PROSECCO DOC A.CARRARO IMOCO CONEGLIANO-NUMIA VERO VOLLEY MILANO 1-3
(17-25| 25-15| 23-25| 23-25)
Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano: Gabi 13, Zhu 11, Manfredini 1, Folie, 8 Piovesan, Manda, De Gennaro, Haak 16, Di 1, Arici ne, Adigwe 10, Cekulaev 7, Fahr ne, Sillah ne. Coach: Santarelli
Numia Vero Volley Milano: Cerbino ne, Bosio 2, Tessariol ne, Di Napoli ne, Sartori 1, Danesi, 7 Dautova ne, Kurtagic 12, Lanier 10, Egonu 30, Gennari, Piva 12, Fersino. Coach Blengini
Referees: Papadopol and Marigliano
Set length: 23′ – 22′- 26′- 32′
Notes: service errors Co 7, E 8; aces 6-4, blocks 8-10
In the last test of the pre-season , Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano loses to Numia Vero Volley in the final of the Courmayeur Cup. In a match in which coach Santarelli carries out the last experiments before the official debut in the championship, Prosecco DOC plays a second set swollen with good returns and they come close to winning the partial two more times in the hard-fought match at the Courmayeur Sport Center.
Coach Daniel Santarelli rotates the available players and for the starting six chooses Di on the dribble with Adigwe opposite, Gabi and Zhu are the wings, Cekulaev and Folie the middle, De Gennaro free. On the other side, coach Blengini chooses Bosio, Egonu, Piva, Lanier, Danesi, Kurtagic and Fersino free.
Explosive first half and block, Folie protagonist at the start (2-1), De Gennaro raises to the kiss and for Zhu (4-3, 5 centers with 50% in the first half), Piva enters the game and launches Milan ahead. Egonu realizes the 8-12 and coach Santarelli calls a time-out, so the Panthers open a mini-partial to get closer with Folie and Zhu (11-12). Manda and Haak make the diagonal breathe in a relay that will be repeated throughout the match , but Numia breaks the rhythm again by escaping on 13-21: at the second set ball Piva makes no mistake and is 17-25 the first set.
Attack and double ace, Adigwe grinds the first break in the second set (5-1); Cekulaev closes an endless exchange in fast and Gabi consolidates the advantage of Prosecco DOC (9-4). Adigwe hits the block twice, then hammers again from 9 meters in a round that allows the Panthers to book the 1-1 (19-10, 8 points, 3 aces, 2 blocks in the partial for the opposite). Piovesan enters in the back round and sends to the direction, there is a lively Haak in zone 2, Manfredini presents himself with the winning serve, the Panthers capitalize on the second of 10 set points (15-25).
Balance at the beginning of the third set, Di rejoices for the first break Panthers followed by Gabi’s whirlpool (5-3, carioca on the ball with 5 points and 62% in attack). Cekulaev earns the first ace of his match (also 7 points and 2 blocks in his match) , Piva and Lanier animate Milan’s attack before taking the block from the German (14-10). Piovesan and Haak are called into question again in the most exciting moment of the partial (16-13, 16 centers for the Swede in the match, yellow-blue top scorer), Kurtagic blocks for the equalizer and coach Santarelli stops the game. Haak lights up the break (21-19), Egonu responds by giving away a set ball that she converts herself immediately after (23-25).
Fourth set on the wave of the third, Adigwe thrust to shorten (3-4), then the Panthers roll up their sleeves and go slightly ahead (7-7). Kurtagic signs the break with the block, then Zhu puts the exclamation mark on a long exchange, Manda and Haak enter to shake the sextet, the class of 2009 takes over the yellow-blues in direction: there is a 5-star De Gennaro in the action that leads Gabi to score 14-14 (13 points in the match for her). Milan pulls the rope on its side (16-19), Zhu sees himself on the block (20-22), Haak and Cekulaev cancel two match points, but in the third Egonu slips the 23-25
PHOTOS AND POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS ON IMOCO VOLLEY’S SOCIAL PROFILES
(photo Rubin-LVF)