The Italian champions from Trento are getting closer to the Scudetto final: in game 2 they also managed to beat Monza, taking a 2-0 lead after the 3-1 away win (15-25, 25-21,18-25, 18-25). However, everything was open between Milan and Perugia who faced each other at the Allianz Cloud: after three hours of play, Milan prevailed at the tie break, finishing 3-2 (25-27, 25-21, 21-25, 27-25, 20 -18) after going down 2 sets to 1 and canceling 3 match points in the final half.
Michieletto & C, the balance lasts only one set
The team of Fabio Soli gave the impression of being able to close early after a first set won by Trento with a 10-point lead, but Vero Volley’s redemption came in the second set, with the final phase managed with confidence and 4 set points exploited after a service error . But Monza’s many errors, combined with Itas’s superiority in blocking (15-4) and in serving (5-2) brought the match back into the hands of the team Alessandro Michielettobest scorer of the Italian champions with 17 points, followed by Kamil Rychlicki with 16, while in the team of Massimo Eccheli 19 points came from?Eric Loeppky.
Milan never gives up on Perugia
It was clear that Milan was combative even in the first set they lost, when Matthew Kaziyski he brought the team back down with a innings that delayed Perugia’s success. The Allianz of Roberto Piazza he thus responded in the second set, when a double dunk and a lob of Yuki Ishikawa they created the gap needed to equalize. Perugia reacted immediately, going towards the end of the third set with 4 set balls available and the final point of Flaviobut at that point Milan didn’t give up, not even in the fourth set Kamil Semeniuk he scored 23-22, just two points away from victory. It had a lot of impact Ferre Reggersbest scorer of the match with 31 points, but also Damiano Catania he saved incredible balls, helping Milan to play the tie-break. In the third hour of play Perugia took the lead to 12-10, to 13-11, with the match point in their favor (and with Wilfred Leon serving) Piazza called a time out to stop it, managing to reverse the trend of the match, finding the slam dunk Marco Vitelli when Simone Giannelli he came to bat to end the game. And in the end it was Flavio who was blocked, in a final of game 2 which reopened the semi-final in the most spectacular way.
The program for match 3: Sunday 5pm Trento-Monza, 6pm Perugia-Milan (RaiSport).
Volleyball, Meloni invites the clubs of the European triumph: to Palazzo Chigi Conegliano, Milan, Chieri and Novara
Women, Novara advances and finds Conegliano
Meanwhile, in the women’s Serie A playoffs, the list of semi-finalists has been completed: the fourth still in the competition will be Novara, who beat Chieri 3-1 who had taken the lead (22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25- 23). Hero Marina Markova with 25 points in the team coached by Lorenzo Bernardiwhich now finds Conegliano in the semi-final.
Saturday starts with match 1: at 8.30pm Savino Del Bene Scandicci-Allianz Vero Volley Milano. Sunday (8.30pm) Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano-Igor Gorgonzola Novara.
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