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Playoff semi-finals: game 3

It’s all back to 0-0 or almost for Cuneo and Treviso. On Sunday, they will fight it out in game 3. Cuneo had won the opener but Treviso tied it. It goes back to Cuneo, still without Kohut, but with a lot of confidence thanks to Wednesday’s convincing home performance at the PalaVerde. Cuneo will be up for it and will surely do its best to win this 76^th meeting between the two teams. 

On Sunday, there will also be Trentino versus Macerata. The hosts are 2-0 up in the series and have a chance to finish the job off and focus on the Champions League Final Four, which will take place on the first and second of May. If Trento was to win, it would still be unbeaten in the playoffs and also at home this season. As for Macerata, it will try to extend the series to host game 4, but to do so, it will have to defeat a team it has never beaten this season. Corsano is still doubtful.

Game 3 – Sunday 25 April at 6pm

Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Live on Rai Sport Più

Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html

(Cesare-Sobrero)

Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso

(Satanassi-Gnani)

Game 4 (If needed) – Wednesday 28 April at 8.30pm

Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino

Game 4 – Wednesday 28 April at 8.30pm

Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo

Game 5 – Sunday 2 May at 6pm

Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata

Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso

FINAL

Final (V-Day): Sunday 9 May at 6pm, Bologna – Live on Rai Sport Più

Gara 3

Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso

(1 -1)

Game 1: Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-20)

Game 2: Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-0 (25-20, 29-27, 25-15)

Past encounters: 75 (48-27 Treviso).

Alberto Giuliani (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “Game 2 is behind us. Now we have to focus on Sunday’s game: that’s the way to do it in the playoffs. Game 3 now has the same value as game 1, we are tied again and have to start from scratch. We must show our motivation and be ready to face, and we knew it, a very strong opponent. Our preparation remained the same, I really liked the attitude we had in game 1 so let’s try to do that again, and even improve. The fans were amazing last Sunday, hopefully they will be even more numerous this time”.

Roberto Piazza (Sisley Treviso): “I am convinced that Cuneo will be back at a very high level on Sunday in its gym. But we can step up too, especially on the serve. Still, it will be a different game than Wednesday’s. I think Cuneo played under its usual standard in Treviso, we did well to take advantage of it and control the game. We’d better forget about waiting for their mistakes, it won’t happen, we’ll have to do the job to take things in our hand. It won’t be easy, as I’ve said various times before, the two teams are close so each game is unpredictable”.

Gara 3

Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata

(2-0 per Trento nella serie)

Game 1: Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22)

Game 2: Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3 (17-25, 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 10-15)

Past encounters: 26 (15-11 Trento).

Osmany Juantorena (Itas Diatec Trentino): “Game 3 ? Even more difficult than the previous ones. I don’t really like to hear that the series is over. Macerata improved in this series and they will come here without any fear and nothing to lose. We’ll have to be careful, and stay focused, because they won’t give anything away. A victory would be fantastic for various reasons: this would take us to another league final but it would also give us more time to prepare the Champions League Final Four. We are extremely motivated and we’ll have our fans on our part too”. </SPA