LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA 2-3 (19-25; 20-25; 25-13; 25-22; 10-15)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata: Lebl 9, Giovi (L), Vermiglio 1, Bartoletti, Snippe, Saraceni, Martino 6, Monopoli, Corsano (L), Santana 3, Omrcen 27, Swiderski 15, Podrascanin 7. Coach. De Giorgi
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza: Rak 13, Pampel 1, Insalata, Meoni 1, Marshall 29, Grassano, Boninfante 1, Zingaro (L), Zlatanov 17, Durante (L), Bravo 10, Dunnes 1, Bjelica. Coach. Lorenzetti
The final that will hand the 64th title will again be between Piacenza and Trento. Indeed, Piacenza went through today thanks to a tie-break win in game 5 against Macerata in Ancona. The 5.000 crwod showed great fair play by applauding the winners.
In the first set, Zlatanov and Marshall created the first gap (8-12). Piacenza found its best serve and Bravo was doing well to in attack, while Macerata was not clicking as a team and not having any breakthrough from its stars either. As a result, the guests dominated the first set.
The key to a second set that began tight was two blocks from Rak. The Czech middleblocker paved the way to a 2-set lead thanks also to his serving. De Giorgi tried a couple of changes with Saraceni and Podrascanin but in vain.
Macerata’s determination seemed completely different all of a sudden. Macerata alternated well the game between the middleblockers and the wings and Piacenza was lost. At 12-8, Omrcen went on the serve. That was the end of the set for Piacenza. Then, with the momentum, Macerata obtained a tie-break.
In the decisive fifth set, Lorenzetti’s team did well not to panick and start from scratch. Despite the five consecutive games, despite the previous four sets, Marshall kept producing the goods. Lorenzetti’s last change was Pampel and the German scored the winning ace: 10-15. It will be the first time that the fifth team of the regular season qualifies for the league final.
Matteo Martino (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “My teammates did what they could while I am disappointed with my own performance. We stood there waiting in the first two sets, and that was a terrible mistake”.
Marco Meoni (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza): “It has been a very long series and now we are facing again the strongest team. They started out very tense and our serve did some damage from the beginning. We couldn’t be pretentious as to think we could close the game easily in three sets. We didn’t think so and now we can celebrate our qualification for the next Champions League too”.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza): “We never gave up hope of winning this game. The serve proved very important. We had an unbelievable pressure. I don’t want to make any contraversy but we were playing two seasons in one game. But we won it”.
SEMI FINAL RESULTS
GAME 1
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 3-0 (25-22; 25-15; 25-18)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-2 (25-19; 25-18; 30-32; 21-25; 15-10)
GAME 2
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-2 (20-25; 25-22; 20-25; 28-26; 15-11)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3 (23-25; 20-25; 25-13; 25-17; 8-15)
GAME 3
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 0-3 (20-25; 20-25; 19-25)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-1 (20-25; 25-21; 25-12; 25-20)
GAME 4
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 0-3 (23-25; 18-25;24-26)
GAME 5
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 2-3 (19-25; 20-25; 25-13; 25-22; 10-15)
2008/09 PLAYOFF DRAW
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1ª – Lube Banca Marche MC | 3 |
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3-0; 3-2; 3-1 |
| Lube Banca Marche Macerata | 2 |
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8ª – Sisley Treviso | 0 |
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| 3-0; 2-3; 0-3; 3-0; 2-3 |
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4ª – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia | 0 |
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1-3; 1-3; 1-3 |
| Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza | 3 |
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5ª – Copra Nordmeccanica PC | 3 |
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2ª – Itas Diatec Trentino | 3 |
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3-2; 3-0; 3-2 |
| Itas Diatec Trentino | 3 |
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7ª – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia | 0 |
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| 3-2; 3-2; 3-1 |
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3ª – Bre Banca Lannutti CN | 3 |
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2-3; 1-3; 3-1; 3-0; 3-0 |
| Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo | 0 |
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