PROSECCO DOC A.CARRARO IMOCO CONEGLIANO-NUMIA VERO VOLLEY MILANO 3-1
(25-17 | 23-25 | 25-23 | 25-21)
Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano: Gabi 19, Scognamillo, Ewert, Lubian 1, De Gennaro, Haak 26, Munarini ne, Wolosz, Adigwe, Daalderop 3, Chirichella 2, Fahr 9, Forte ne, Sillah 10. Coach Santarelli
Numia Vero Volley Milano: Miner, Gelin, Bosio 4, Modesti ne, Pietrini 3, Plak ne, Sartori 8, Danesi 5, Kurtagic ne, Cagnin, Lanier 18, Egonu 25, Piva 5, Fersino. Coach Lavarini
Referees: Pozzato and Luciani
Attendance: 5344 (sold out)
Set length: 22′ – 30′ – 28′ – 24′
Notes: service errors Co 12, Mi 15; aces 7-5, blocks 9-5
MVP: De Gennaro
Volleyball gala in the sold out Palaverde: Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano challenges Numia Vero Volley Milano in confrontation number 48 between the two teams, which meet for the recovery of the 4th day of the Regular Season of Serie A1 Tigotà. On the field a parade of stars and many former yellow-blues, including the spiker Khalia Lanier, on her return to the house of the Panthers, honored with a bouquet of flowers after a two-year period full of successes in Conegliano.
Coach Daniele Santarelli deploys Wolosz and Haak in the diagonal, Gabi and Daalderop are the wings, Fahr and Chirichella the middles, De Gennaro is the libero. On the other side, coach Stefano Lavarini chooses Bosio on the dribble and Egonu opposite, Pietrini and Lanier are the spikers, Danesi and Sartori the middle, Fersino the libero. Before the kick-off, coach Daniele Santarelli receives the Ballon d’Or for the Sergio Guerra award dedicated to the best coach of the season, while Gabi is awarded the MVP award of the 24-25 championship.
Vero Volley brand start, the Panthers get closer with Daalderop’s block and Haak’s ace (9-10), but Milan goes to 9-13. Santarelli’s thaumaturgical time-out has an effect: Wolosz leads her teammates to a partial of 16-4 in which Gabi and Bella stand out with 13 points combined with 0 errors in attack out of 20 attempts (50% point attack in the first set). The Swede gives the Panthers 8 set points, then realizes with 25-17.
The errors of the two teams are the masters in the second set, Haak finds the first yellow-blue break point (13-12), then Milan goes ahead strongly (13-17).
High rate of spectacle also in the opening of the third set, Fahr has already placed 3 on the initial 6-3, including 1 ace. The Panthers keep their distance with Gabi (11-7, 21 points, 2 aces and 1 block the performance of the carioca), Milan tries to make up for it but the pressure of Wolosz and her teammates in the squad is sufficiently incisive (18-15). Sillah reinforces the front line and gives a little rest to a Daalderop very active in defense (20-17, 0 incorrect receptions from the bands in the set), but the final is still heart-pounding: Neneh solves it, first with 24-23, then with the ace of 2-1. Flamboyant Slovenian, 10 points in 1 and a half sets.
Also in the fourth set, Prosecco DOC puts the arrow at the beginning with Gabi’s ace of 3-0, De Gennaro saves a ball that leads to Sillah’s 4-1. Gabi blocks the 11-7 on a partial opened by Fahr, Wolosz puts his hands printing the 16-14, it is De Gennaro’s defense still decisive for 18-15. The strongest libero on the planet is MVP on the evening of the Palaverde. Neneh Sillah is lethal with a very heavy 23-19, Scognamillo enters the second line at the finish line, crossed by Isabelle Haak, top scorer of the day with 26 points, 3 aces, 1 block and 48% in attack.
It is the eighth victory in a row for Prosecco DOC, first in the standings. The Panthers will play the next challenge again at the Palaverde, appointment on Sunday 9 November for the championship match against the Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia, kick-off at 16 . Info and tickets available online on the Vivaticket.com.
PHOTOGALLERY AND POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS ON IMOCO VOLLEY’S SOCIAL PROFILES
(photo Gregolin)