CHORUSLIFE VOLLEY BERGAMO-PROSECCO DOC A.CARRARO IMOCO CONEGLIANO 1-3
(13-25| 25-23| 18-25| 19-25)
Choruslife Volley Bergamo: Gelin, Van Avermaet 8, Bassi 2, Stigrot 11, Kipp 17, Pietrini ne, Agazzi ne, Battistoni, Allaoui 2, Esposito 11, Meli ne, Babatunde 4, Rocca, Carletti. Coach Cervellin
Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano: Gabi 13, Zhu ne, Manfredini 14, Folie 9, Piovesan, De Gennaro, Haak 17, Di 1, Arici, Wolosz, Adigwe 4, Cekulaev ne, Sillah 10. Coach Santarelli
Referees: Scotti and Canessa
Attendance: 3811
Set duration: 19′ – 25′ – 25′ – 25′
Notes: service errors Bg 16, Co 15; aces 3-10, blocks 7-7
MVP: Manfredini
The result changes, not the substance: Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano wins and remains at the top of the standings with full points, on the 9th day of LVF A1 Fineco the first to steal a set from the Panthers is Choruslife Bergamo. But it’s the evening of aces: 6 Panthers wet their match from 9 meters, it stands out Linda Manfredini. The former of the evening is MVP with 14 points, 3 winning serves, 2 blocks and 50% in attack, top scorer Isabelle Haak with 17 centers. Prosecco DOC now prepares for the big match against Milan, next Sunday at the Unipol Forum in Assago for the A1 leaders.
Coach Daniele Santarelli chooses captain Yao Di in direction, Haak opposite, Gabi and Sillah spikers, Folie and Manfredini central, De Gennaro free. Choruslife side, coach Cervellin chooses Allaoui, Kipp, Esposito, Stigrot, Babatunde, Van Avermaet, libero Gelin.
Two attacks tried and two immediate points, first break Panthers with Haak (2-5). Sillah rejoices for the first ace (4-8, 5 points and a monstrous 100% offensive for the new 24-year-old), Gabi wets his match to the wall and Di forces the bench to stop the game again with the winning serve (6-14). Choruslife reaction with Kipp, but with Haak and Sillah the Prosecco DOC hammers again, while the ace is also taken by Folie (9-19): with the new diagonal also Adigwe makes an impact (12-22), with Raffa’s first half the 0-1 is reality (13-25).
After the two aces at the beginning of the second set, Prosecco DOC starts uphill (3-0), Allaoui blocks to score a new stretch (7-3). The Panthers roll up their sleeves: Folie’s block, Haak’s break point is repeated from 9 meters for the first yellow-blue advantage in the partial (12-13, Swedish offensive dragger in the second with 5 points scored). New spurt Bergamo, the first time-out is urgent for coach Santarelli (16-13): Folie bites the brake to catch the hosts (20-17), Manfredini shortens further (22-21), but it is not enough. Allaoui closes the set, it is 1-1 (25-23).
Bergamo mini-break at the start of the third set (2-0), the Panthers build with defenses and overtake with Manfredini’s block and Sillah’s attack (3-5, 5 centers of the class of 2006 in the partial). Manfredini takes the chair and makes three in a row (7-11), Haak does not even skimp on the block and Prosecco DOC certifies a new domination (10-17). Gabi and Adigwe repel the new assault of Choruslife (16-21), the impact of the young opposite makes the difference: 18-25 the end of the third period.
Haak bites again in the opening of the fourth set (2-4), Sillah and Manfredini return to the winning serve (5-8). Kipp opens the challenge from a distance with Haak (10-13), Gabi takes on new protagonism in attack (6 points with 100% offensive in the final partial for the carioca), while Adigwe hammers from 9 meters (14-19). It’s time for Piovesan to serve, Arici gives life in the second line, Manfredini launches the Panthers to 6 match points, the 19-25 of the final 1-3 comes on an opponent’s error.
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