PROSECCO DOC A. CARRARO IMOCO CONEGLIANO-SAVINO DEL BENE SCANDICCI 1-3
(23-25| 25-18| 26-24| 26-24)
Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano: Gabi 10, Zhu 17, Manfredini, Folie 8, Piovesan, De Gennaro, Haak 30, Di ne, Arici, Wolosz 3, Adigwe, Cekulaev, Fahr 12, Sillah ne. Coach: Santarelli
Savino del Bene Scandicci: Eze, Van Ryk 27, Skinner 7, Sirressi ne, D’Odorico, Van Hecke, Aleksic 17, Bosetti 6, Ognjenovic 1, Armini, Graziani 3, Nwakalor, Bergmann 9, Alberti ne. Coach Gaspari
Referees: Pozzato and Salvati
Attendance: 4997
Set length: 27′ – 26′ – 28′ – 31′
Notes: service errors Co 11, Sc 8; aces 3-5, blocks 12-7
MVP: Haak
The Ninth Symphony: Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano wins the FIAT 2026 Super Cup. The yellow-blue success matures in the sold out of the PalaFlorio in Bari, the setting that accompanies the 3-1 of the Panthers against Savino del Bene Scandicci. MVP of the evening Isabelle Haak, princely with 30 points scored: in the calendar year Prosecco DOC makes en-plein of trophies in Italy after the Italian Cup in Bologna and the eighth Scudetto.
For the first match of the season with a trophy up for grabs, coach Daniele Santarelli deploys captain Wolosz in the direction, Haak opposite, Gabi and Zhu spikers, Fahr and Folie central, De Gennaro free. On the Scandicci side, for coach Gaspari Ognjenovic, Van Ryk, Skinner, Bosetti, Aleksic, Graziani, libero Armini play from the start. The athletics champion Antonella Palmisano, gold medallist at Tokyo 2020, brings the cup to the field.
I start in the name of balance, then Haak gets on the pedals and scores a break point followed by the ace that fixes the 11-8 and the first time-out called by Savino del Bene (9 points with 53% in the first set for the Swede). But Scandicci shows up in the wall match, then Bosetti gnaws at the tie with the ace (13-13). The understanding between Wolosz and Gabi grows (15-14), Folie rings a couple of first periods, but Scandicci goes up to 18-20: coach Santarelli proposes Manfredini in the front line and Arici at the service, Folie thunders at the wall (8 centers in addition to a vital entry to the advantages of the fourth set) and Haak cancels a set point, but the first hurrah is Tuscan (23-25).
Gabi shakes off Savino del Bene’s first break attempt, overturned by Haak (4-3). Zhu rises in tone (8-6), Wolosz scores and guarantees confidence to the forwards, Fahr blocks immediately after the time-out called by the opponents and Haak concludes a spectacular exchange (14-8). Folie also extends (17-12), on the other side coach Gaspari rotates the staff, but Zhu keeps Savino del Bene at a safe distance (20-15, it will be 17 points for the Chinese at the end, 2 blocks): Haak clears the opponent’s reception (23-16), Piovesan serves on set point, Fahr blocks and brings the games back to parity (25-18, 7 centers, 2 blocks and 1 ace with 100% in attack for the center in the intermediate partial).
Zhu’s brilliance in the opening of the third followed by a defense by De Gennaro (2-0), then Scandicci goes back up and Bergamann finds the ace of 5-5. Ping-pong of breaks and counterbreaks, then Scandicci rises in tone (8-10); yellow-blue central players on the pulpit to stay in the slipstream, Haak puts the accounts back in order with the winning serve (13-13). Gabi rings the overtaking bell (16-15), the quality of the exchanges rises and the tension with her: Fahr’s block for 20-19, Zhu waters the lead (22-20), Gabi sends the Panthers twice to set point (4 key tokens for the carioca in the partial, 67% in attack). It is a mistake by the opponents to make the Panthers rejoice for the 2-1 (26-24).
There is also a battle in the fourth set, between the defenses of Prosecco DOC and a perky Gabi, while Zhu also leaves his mark on the wall (8-6). Flashes on the wall by Fahr (12-8, 12 points with 67% and 3 blocks for the Olympic champion), Gabi dusts off the diagonal, then Folie blocks for a crucial 15-11: Zhu keeps his distance (18-15), it is again the wall of Prosecco DOC to leave the groove 22-19: it is another long battle for advantages, Haak brings the Panthers closer to success which materializes immediately after due to an opponent’s error.
The Panthers will land tomorrow around 1 pm at Venice airport, Wednesday 28 October at 8 pm the Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano receives the Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia at Palaverde.
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