Revivre Milano-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 22-25); Wixo LPR Piacenza-Azimut Modena 3-2 (29-27, 17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12); Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Gi Group Monza 2-3 (23-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-23, 14-16); Biosì Indexa Sora-Bunge Ravenna 2-3 (36-34, 16-25, 22-25, 25-20, 12-15); Cucine Lube Civitanova-Taiwan Excellence Latina 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-16)

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Biosì Indexa Sora – Bunge Ravenna 2-3 (36-34, 16-25, 22-25, 25-20, 12-15) – Biosì Indexa Sora: Seganov 4, Rosso 10, Caneschi 9, Petkovic 17, Nielsen 23, Mattei 9, Mauti (L), Santucci (L), Marrazzo 0, Fey 2, Lucarelli 0. N.E. Farina, Penning, Duncan-Thibault. All. Barbiero. Bunge Ravenna: Orduna 4, Marechal 21, Diamantini 7, Buchegger 18, Poglajen 21, Georgiev 10, Vitelli 0, Raffaelli 1, Gutierrez 0, Goi (L), Pistolesi 0. N.E. Marchini, Mazzone. All. Soli. ARBITRI: Luciani, Frapiccini. NOTE – durata set: 39′, 23′, 34′, 26′, 18′; tot: 140′ MVP: Nielsen

At PalaGlobo “Luca Polsinelli” for wednesday night two teams who needed to show up and play some good volleyball. And so they did. It was a very exciting game, concluded with the tie break win for the visiting team Bunge Ravenna, after almot two hours and half of big challenge. First set saw coach Marco Barbiero’s team winninf the set at the extras 36-34, after a big balance long 40 minutes. In second was an easy one for coach Fabio Soli’s team who won 25-16 the set, tying the game. With Poglajen and Buchegger who took on their shoulders Ravenna, the visiting team won also the third 25-22, looking forward to a three points win, but in fourth Biosì Indexa Sora fought back, drove by Nielsen and Petkovic, by winning the set 25-20 and forcing the game to the tie break. It was a big battle also the tie break, with Bunge Ravenna who stepped up in the crunch time, grabbing the 15-12 and escaping from PalaGlobo with two precious points.

MVP: Rasmus Nielsen

Spettatori: 2153

Mario Barbiero (Biosì Indexa Sora): “I’m not satisfied because as usual we played a good volleyball, being in the lead but without closing the game. We played bad in third set where we could do something important. We came back to play the right way at PalaGlobo, we moved our standings, but now we have to be back to win and do more on the court”.

Fabio Soli (Bunge Ravenna): “It was a big fight, I expected this type of effort by Sora, because we are not so brilliant on the court in this moment, we should come back as we were a couple of months ago. On toeday we were nervous sometimes, because of something happened on the court, and this did not help. sora played a good game, they don’t dserve the pace in the standings”.