With the recovery of Rossatti, the spiker from Verona makes room in the sextet together with his teammate Nasari. At the center of the net the usual duo Bombardi-Rustichelli Riccardo, assisted by Matteo Rustichelli in the role of libero. The main diagonal is that of Quartarone and Albergati.
The start of the match sees a tense CUS Cagliari, which gives the home team a double advantage 6-3. Calarco’s turn of service hints at a recovery capable of bringing the islanders back to -1 until the equalizer by Marinelli on 7 points. Busch then dictates the flow of the game, reversing the initial +3. The Mescoli timeout does not seem to alter the situation: the rossoblù continue to grind out points by favoring short balls both in service and in attack. Nothing to do for Mirandola, who saw his deficit increase to 7 points after the yellow-blues’ second timeout (12-19). A normal management of the advantage allows Cagliari to find themselves serving with 7 set points in their hands. The first was enough for Marinelli to finish 16-25.
Lineups unchanged in the second match, conceptual extension of the previous one. The first timeout is by Mescoli at 3-6. The distances between the two teams shorten to -1 with the scoreboard reading 8-9, but once again CUS returns to the chair and forces the Mirandola coach to take a second break (8-13). Nothing to report in the remainder of the set until the conclusion: Ambrose serves with 7 set points. His counterpart Bombardi cancels one, but it is still a central defender (captain Menicali) who takes care of the paperwork and concludes.
The third start is the most balanced and identical to the previous one, with the Cagliaritans managing to once again score a 3-6 lead. Mescoli calls a timeout at 3-8 in an attempt to rekindle the flame of a completely absent Stadium which concedes another 3 points before grabbing the fourth point. The second timeout of the Emilian coach arrives at 4-12. Advantage managed and extended by the islanders who managed to double the score by 10-20. 14 match points obtained by Cagliari. After 3 match points canceled by the gialloblù for the honor, Cagliari collects the spoils.
