Serie A1
Round 10
Results
Calzedonia Verona-Copra Elior Piacenza 0-3 (23-25, 14-25, 17-25); Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata-CMC Ravenna 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-15); Sir Safety Perugia-Diatec Trentino 2-3 (25-23, 20-25, 25-15, 21-25, 6-15); Bre Lannutti Cuneo-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-1 (25-21, 19-25, 25-17, 25-15); Andreoli Latina-Altotevere Città di Castello 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-15); Exprivia Molfetta-Casa Modena 3-2 (25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 15-13)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (25-23, 20-25, 25-15, 21-25, 6-15)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Buti 10, Paolucci 4, Petric 13, Giovi (L), Cupkovic 3, Barone, Della Lunga, Mitic 1, Vujevic 10, Atanasijevic 14, Semenzato 10. DNP Della Corte, Fanuli. Coach. Kovac.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Sintini, Birarelli 14, Solé 10, Ferreira 18, Suxho 3, Lanza 16, Szabo 14, Colaci (L), Nelli, Fedrizzi 3, Burgsthaler. DNP Thei, De Paola. Coach. Serniotti.
Beautiful volleyball in a packed arena for a game between Perugia and Trento. After two hours of a great game, the Italian champions prevailed at the tie-break despite the fact they were without Bulgarian Sokolov and Hungarian Szabo. They dominated at the net with 17 blocks vs 7. The hosts had Atanasijevic playing with the flu.
MVP: Alexandre Ferreira
Andrea Semenzato (Sir Safety Perugia): “We had an emergency line-up, just like them. I think we played a good game. Unfortunately, we were influenced by poor starts in the sets we lost, it’s always tough to come back against Trento. Shame because at 17-14 in the fourth, we were close to the three points”.
Emanuele Birarelli (Diatec Trentino): “I think the crowd saw a good game, with a lot of digs and long rallies. We found it very hard against Perugia, they made very few mistakes on the serve for most of the game. Then in the fourth, there was a click, and we found our way to the tie-break and victory”.
BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA 3-1 (25-21, 19-25, 25-17, 25-15) BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO: Antonov 15, De Pandis (L), Casadei 19, Kohut 8, Alletti, De Togni 11, Coscione 2, Maruotti 20. DNP Marchisio, Gonzalez. Coach. Piazza.
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Trinidad De Haro, Plot, Steuerwald 2, Randazzo 2, Farina (L), Forni 7, Cisolla 9, Villena 2, Crer 7, Gavotto 14, Ogurcak 8, Presta. DNP Sardanelli. Coach. Blengini.
Roberto Piazza’s team collected an important win to stay in the top 8 by beating a direct rival for a place in the Italian cup. MVP Manuel Coscione.
Manuel Coscione (Bre Lannutti Cuneo): “We took a little pressure off our shoulders with this win. It’s hard to take in the elimination from the Cev Cup and our target now is to get into the Italian Cup final eight. We needed a win and we did it! Now we have to think about the coming game, in Modena, after Christmas, we’ll need to go there and win it”.
Frantisek Ogurcak (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We played very poorly. Everything went wrong, it’s very complicated to win when you play like that. Shame we lost the first set like that, we had our chances, we just could not convert them”.
CALZEDONIA VERONA – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA 0-3 (23-25, 14-25, 17-25)
CALZEDONIA VERONA: Blasi, Pesaresi (L), Coali 1, Gasparini 17, White 11, Boninfante, Bellei 3, Anzani 5, Gonzalez. DNP Zingel, Gabriele, Centomo. Coach. Giani.
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Papi 4, Fei 6, Simon 11, Zlatanov 13, Tencati 1, Vettori 14, De Cecco 1. DNP Le Roux, Partenio, Smerilli, Husaj. Coach. Monti.
Gasparini was top scorer of the game with 17 points and 5% in attack as Verona was defeated on home soil by Piacenza 3-0. Verona was without middle blocker Zingel injured and spiker Ter Horst who’s with the Dutch national team.
Luca Vettori was named MVP.
Adam White (Calzedonia Verona): “I couldn’t say exactly what is it we did wrong, what is the reason why we lost. We wanted to repeat the good things done in the first set, but we did not manage to do it. We just have to keep working”.
Luciano De Cecco (Copra Elior Piacenza): “It was a good game, a thrilling one to play in front of those great fans. The first set was a little tight, then we managed to put pressure on our opponents thanks to some good serving. We played good volleyball and sealed it as we wanted. A nice way to get to the two-day break before going back to work”.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – CMC RAVENNA 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-15) – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Henno (L), Parodi 10, Zaytsev 13, Patriarca 7, Martino, Giombini, Kurek 8, Baranowicz 2, Podrascanin 11. DNP Paparoni, Stankovic, Kovar, Monopoli. Coach. Giuliani.
CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 3, Kauliakamoa Jr 1, Cricca 1, Jeliazkov 7, Scarpi, Patriarca 6, Cester 6, Bari (L), Cebulj 17. DNP Ricci. Coach. Bonitta.
Macerata sealed the year with a new record. It gathered its tenth consecutive win in the league at the expense of Ravenna and stayed unbeaten. Already winter champs last week, Zaytsev and co won in straight sets for the 8th time this season despite the many players that were gone on international duty.
MVP: Zaytsev (13pt, 59% in attack, 2 blocks, 1 ace).
Alberto Giuliani (Coach Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “A strange game in which Ravenna did not have all its starters and that’s a shame. We needed a win, we took the opportunity to play Simone Parodi and make Stefano Patriarca play. He really deserve it because he is second to none in terms of effort. The three points came rather easily, except for some slight amnesia at the start of the second set. Thanks to this win we consolidate our first place ahead of the last game in Piacenza before the halfway point of the season. Now there is a break which could make us lose a bit of our rhythm. We will miss the two Serbian middle blockers, who are going to the World Cup Championships qualifications, but we’ll do everything possible to maintain a high level of play”.
Marco Bonitta (Coach CMC Ravenna): “We tried to play a decent game, in the first set and in the first half of the second we played well, we reached the highest level possible for us today. Then, we obviously faced a strong Macerata team, they never make anything easy. The boys have to be encouraged though after this performance, this should not have been a game for them”.
ANDREOLI LATINA – ALTOTEVERE CITTà DI CASTELLO 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-15) – ANDREOLI LATINA: De Rocco 2, Candellaro 11, Rossini (L), Gitto 9, Sottile 2, Michalovic 1, Tailli, Noda Blanco 12, Starovic 5, Fragkos 16. DNP Paris. Coach. Santilli.
ALTOTEVERE CITTà DI CASTELLO: Franceschini 2, Carminati 3, Corvetta 2, Dolfo 6, Sartoretti 3, Massari 10, Tosi (L), Piano 5, Rossi 6, Marchiani. DNP Lensi. Coach. Radici.
Just over an hour of play was enough for Latina to take the game against Città di Castello. Three crucial points for the hosts, who were closer to the team seen in Europe than the one seen in the league so far. Very solid performance taking maximum advantage of the players missing for Città di Castello.
MVP: Carmelo Gitto
Carmelo Gitto (Andreoli Latina): “I am satisfied with our performance. It was important for us to get this result and finish the year this way. We’ll have to resume with the same spirit when we play Ravenna in the next round”.
Andrea Radici (Coach Altotevere Città di Castello): “We did our best to prepare well this encounter, motivated, we tried this line-up in a friendly too. I am sorry for the boys. Latina does not deserve to be where they are in the table. They showed how much they wanted to do well and redeem themselves. Our young guys had a big opportunity but that was wasted”.
Played yesterday, Saturday December 21
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – CASA MODENA 3-2 (25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 15-13)
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Piscopo 9, Mazzone 2, Izzo, Cesarini (L), Diamantini, De Marchi 4, Sabbi 36, Zanuto 18, Fornés Jul 1, Casoli 8, Saitta 6. DNP Del Vecchio, Porcelli. Coach. Cichello.
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Donadio, Sala 5, Sket 11, Quesque 20, Bartman 27, Beretta 10, Bossi, Hendriks, Krumins 4. DNP Kovacevic. Coach. Lorenzetti.
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 29, Copra Elior Piacenza 23, Diatec Trentino 22, Sir Safety Perugia 19, Calzedonia Verona 15, Bre Lannutti Cuneo 13, Casa Modena 13, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 12, Exprivia Molfetta 11, Altotevere Città di Castello 8, CMC Ravenna 8, Andreoli Latina 7
Fixtures
Serie A1 round 11
Wednesday January 8 at 8.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Casa Modena – Bre Lannutti Cuneo
Altotevere Città di Castello – Sir Safety Perugia
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Exprivia Molfetta Live on Sportube.tv
Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona
CMC Ravenna – Andreoli Latina
Serie A2
Round 10: Sora wins and makes it into the cup final four, joining Padova Monza and Matera. Home wins for Milan, Monza and Ortona. Castellana Grotte came back from Brolo with the victory. The A2 will be back on boxing day.
Round 10 results:
Elettrosud Brolo-Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 2-3 (25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 22-25, 7-15); Itely Milano-B-Chem Potenza Picena 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-16); Coserplast Openet Matera-Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 15-25); Vero Volley Monza-Cassa Rurale Cantù 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-10); Sieco Service Ortona-Caffè Aiello Corigliano 3-1 (21-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-23) Ha riposato: Tonazzo Padova
ELETTROSUD BROLO – MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE 2-3 (25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 22-25, 7-15) – ELETTROSUD BROLO: Boff 6, Bertoli 18, Sesto 9, Santangelo 2, Gromadowski 19, Visentin 4, Rizzo (L), Nuzzo 4, Di Franco 7, Colarusso. DNP Guglielmo, Muscarà, Riolo. Coach. Pelillo.
MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE: Cazzaniga 28, Primavera (L), Libraro 17, Castellano 16, Sperandio 8, Pellegrino 2, Braico 8. DNP Petrosillo, Civita, Mariella, Ciavarella, Battista. coach. Fanizza.
ITELY MILANO – B-CHEM POTENZA PICENA 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-16)
ITELY MILANO: Seregni (L), Di Felice 9, Rigoni, Sirri 13, Bencz 13, Mattera 4, Cerbo (L), Giglioli 8, Jakovljevic 9. DNP Pizzileo, Daolio, Tescaro, Barsi. Coach. Maranesi.
B-CHEM POTENZA PICENA: Pinelli, De Leo, Tobaldi 3, Bolla 6, Romiti (L), Moretti 7, Zamagni 8, Berni 1, Zampetti 8, Lipparini. DNP Caciorgna, Miscio. Coach. Graziosi.
COSERPLAST OPENET MATERA – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 15-25) – COSERPLAST OPENET MATERA: Luppi 9, Casulli (L), Joventino Venceslau 9, Sette 9, Pedron 1, Suglia 7, Giosa 5, Marretta 2. DNP Sette, Lapacciana, Granito, Monteleone. Coach. Mastrangelo.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Daldello 4, Bonami (L), Tomassetti 11, Silva De Araujo 8, Tamburo 17, Casarin 10, Salgado 6. DNP Williamson, Beccaro, Gradi, Cittadino. Coach. Fenoglio.
VERO VOLLEY MONZA – CASSA RURALE CANTù 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-10) – VERO VOLLEY MONZA: Elia 10, Bonetti 6, Preval 4, Tiberti 4, Padura Diaz 30, Pieri (L), Vigil Gonz
