Gazzetta Award 2013/2014
Atanasijevic wins 42nd edition
Aleksandar Atanasijevic is the winner of the “Gazzetta Award 2014”. Perugia’s strong spiker, the number one in the Serie A1 at the end of the regular season, obtained the prestigious prize of the pink daily sport paper thought out in 1973 by Carlo Gobbi, dean of journalism on Italian Volleyball. The “Gazzetta Award” is given to the best player of the regular season elected by the reporters of the “Gazzetto dello Sport”.
The award will be handed to Atanasijevic on the occasion of the playoffs semi-finals game 2, scheduled on Wednesday April 9 at 8.30 in Perugia (live on RAI Sport 2).
“GAZZETTA AWARD”: PAST WINNERS
1973 Barbieri; 1974, 1975 e 1976 Karov; 1977 Lanfranco; 1978 Koudelka; 1979 Lanfranco; 1980 Nekola; 1981 Bertoli; 1982 Kim Ho Chul; 1983 Dall’Olio; 1984 Hovland; 1985 Vullo; 1986 De Rocco; 1987 Anastasi; 1988 Conte; 1989 Quiroga; 1990 e 1991 Conte; 1992 Giani; 1993 Cherednik; 1994 Stork; 1995 e 1996 Fomin; 1997 Van der Meulen; 1998 Pascual; 1999 Sartoretti; 2000 Iakovlev; 2001 Sartoretti; 2002 Zlatanov; 2003 Wijsmans; 2004 Simeonov; 2005 Swiderski; 2006 Miljkovic; 2007 Anderson Rodrigues; 2008 Zlatanov; 2009 Rivaldo; 2010 Dennis; 2011 Wijsmans; 2012 Fei; 2013 Zaytsev; 2014 Atanasijevic.
Playoffs Serie A1 UnipolSai
Semi-finals game 2 on Wednesday
The Playoffs UnipolSai are back on this Wednesday with Game 2 of the semi-finals.
Playoffs Serie A1 UnipolSai – SEMI-FINALS Game 2
Wednesday April 9 at 8.30pm
Casa Modena (5) – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (1) Live on Sportube.tv
(La Micela-Gnani)
Sir Safety Perugia (3) – Copra Elior Piacenza (2) Live on RAI Sport 2
(Pasquali-Bartolini)
SEMI-FINAL Game 3
Saturday April 12 at 5.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza (2) – Sir Safety Perugia (3) Live on RAI Sport 1
Sunday April 13 at 6.30pm
In Osimo: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (1) – Casa Modena (5) Live on RAI Sport 2
1 Cucine Lube B. Marche Macerata 2 | |||||
3-2 3-0 | 1 Cucine Lube B. Marche Macerata 1 | ||||
8 Calzedonia Verona 0 | |||||
3-0 | |||||
4 Diatec Trentino 0 | |||||
0-3 1-3 | 5 Casa Modena 0 | ||||
5 Casa Modena 2 | |||||
Italian Champ 2013/14 |
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2 Copra Elior Piacenza 2 |
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3-1 3-0 | 2 Copra Elior Piacenza 1 | ||||
7 Altotevere Città di Castello 0 | |||||
3-1 | |||||
3 Sir Safety Perugia 2 | |||||
3-1 3-1 | 3 Sir Safety Perugia 0 | ||||
6 Bre Lannutti Cuneo 0 | |||||
Playoffs Serie A1 UnipolSai
Casa Modena – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
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A Sold out crowd is ready to spur Modena on in the semi-final game 2 against Macerata. The latter won the opening encounter 3-0 in Osimo. If Zaytsev and co were to win this second game as well, this would be a giant step towards qualification (first to three wins). However, the two first sets decided by the minimum margin must serve as an encouragement for Lorenzetti’s men, who know they can be more accurate and composed than in game 1.
Past encounters: 65 (33-32 Modena)
Regular season: 2 (Macerata won both, 3-2 home, 3-0 away).
Playoffs: 15 meetings, 6 quarters (3 each), 9 semis (6-3 Modena)
Andrea Sartoretti (GM Casa Modena): “We had a good opening game, but we did not make the most of the opportunities we created. In game 2, we’ll not only need to come out on top when it’s going to be tight, but also convert the few opportunities they will concede. Our gym will be packed, there is a good atmosphere in the city. Macerata is extremely strong, in game 1 they won by playing as a team, with all those stars playing together as a unit. We’ll have to stay focused at all time on our side of the net and on what we can and have to do”. <o
