ANKARA ZEREN SPOR KULÜBÜ-ANTONIO CARRARO PROSECCO DOC CONEGLIANO 0-3
(21-25| 18-25| 21-25)
Ankara Zeren Spor Kulübü: Alkan, Karadas 1, Ercan Küçükaslan ne, Lazareva 18, Aleksic 5, Mihajlovic, Arici 4, Gatina 3, Erkul, Onal, Uzelac 15, Sahin 2, Malinov, Guven, Kuyan. Coach: Ljubicic
Antonio Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano: Gabi 9, Zhu 8, Scognamillo, Ewert ne, Lubian 8, De Gennaro, Haak 26, Munarini ne, Wolosz 2, Adigwe ne, Daalderop, Chirichella ne, Fahr 7, Sillah ne. Coach Santarelli
Referee: Yovchev (BUL) and Lopes Pinto (POR)
Attendance: 4708
Set length: 27′ – 25′ – 26′
Notes: service errors An 6, Co 8; aces 1-7, blocks 3-11
MVP: Haak
Quarter-finals up for grabs for the fourth of the pool: Antonio Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano, two days after Turin’s victory in the Italian Cup, faces Ankara Zeren Spor in the CEV Zeren Group Champions League. In case of victory against the Turks at the TVF Ziraat Bankkart Volleyball Hall , the Panthers would detach the pass for the quarterfinals of the competition, mathematically centering the first place in the group. In the first leg “royal rumble” at the Palaverde, with a yellow-blue victory in the tie break.
Coach Daniele Santarelli does not change his 6+1 base: captain Wolosz on the dribble, Haak opposite, Gabi and Zhu spikers, Fahr and Lubian the middles, De Gennaro free. On the other side, coach Ljubicic chooses Malinov, Uzelac, Lazareva, Sahin, Aleksic, Arici, libero Onal.
Uphill start for the Panthers who look for the measures and the rhythm of the match thanks to the blocks of Fahr and Haak, while Gabi stings with the ace (12-10), while it is Uzelac who pushes on the accelerator for the Turks. Lubian and Wolosz also obscure the valley, Haak finds the winning serve and after being on -7 the Panthers are ahead (15-17). Scognamillo enters the service, Wolosz magic of second, Haak towers in the front line (19-22): Antonio Carraro of character and class, Haak seals a partial team block with the set point (21-25, 6 blocks for the Panthers who will close at 11, 9 points for the Swede).
Total balance in the opening of the second set, Lubian breaks the tie with the ace of 6-8; Fahr baptizes the first half twice, the other Olympic champion in the center blocks twice the gap increases (10-15, 8 points for Lubian with 4 blocks and 75% in attack at the end). Gabi awakens the attack after the time-out called by coach Santarelli (16-20, 4 centers for the Brazilian in the set), Daalderop makes Zhu breathe again in the second line, Fahr closes the accounts by messing up the opponent’s reception (18-25). Facing each other are Lazareva and Uzelac, on 12 and 10 points at 0-2.
Haak breathes fire from the serve even at the dawn of the third set (3-4, opposed by 26 points with 62% in attack and 5 blocks), the longest exchange of the match ends with an error by the Turks that leads to the new advantage (9-10). Haak remains lethal from place 2, Uzelac is on fire on the parallel bar, Lubian is categorical with the fast (14-17). Zhu pinches with the ace that gives 5 match points (0 errors in attack for the Chinese), at the third attempt Gabi sends the Panthers to the quarterfinals of the Champions League (21-25).
Great expectations for the return of the Panthers to the Palaverde who will return to the friendly walls after winning the Italian Cup in Turin and qualification for the Champions League: on Sunday at 5 p.m. the championship returns against Cbf Balducci Hr Macerata, still available a few tickets online on Vivaticket.com. From the same site, the presale is already open for the last match of the CEV Zeren Group Champions League pool, yellow-blue at the Palaverde on Wednesday 4 February at 20.30 against LKS Lodz.
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(CEV photo)