SERIE A1 TIM – MATCH 2 PLAY OFFS SEMIFINALS

ON COURT TOMORROW EVENING. LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2 FOR ROMA-TRENTO

On legavolley.it the radio coverage live on streaming

RESULTS

MATCH 1

Itas Diatec Trentino – M. Roma Volley 3-0 (25-22; 25-19; 25-15)

Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 3-2 (25-16, 25-21, 21-25, 18-25, 15-9)

MATCH 2

Wed Apr 23rd

20.30 Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo

Locatelli – Barbero

21.00 M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino (Live on SKY Sport 2)

Cinti – Menghini

POSS. MATCH 3

Sat Apr 26th

21.00 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza (Live on SKY Sport 2)

Sun Apr 27th

21.00 Itas Diatec Trentino – M. Roma Volley (Live on SKY Sport 2)

M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino

(0-1 in the series)

Prev. matches: 5 (5 victories for Trento, 0 for Roma)

1 direct match n the championship Play Off : 1 victory for Trento

In this championship: M. Roma – Itas Diatec 2-3; Itas Diatec – M. Roma 3-0

The ex’s: Wytze KOOISTRA (in Trento in 2005/2006), Paolo TOFOLI (in Trento from 2001 to 2005), Cristian SAVANI (in Trento from 2004 to 2006)

Nikola Grbic (Trento): “Match 2 will be harder than the one we won last sunday in Trento. I believe M. Roma Voley will be the star of a reaction of pride, both from the individuals and the team. This does not mean we will sit and watch, on the contrary; we are ready to fight and we do not surrender so easily”.

Leonell Marshall (Roma): “In volleyball, each time you have the chance to turn things around. That is why I am sure that the game is not over yet and we have infinite chances to win tomorrow evening. We must try and leave with sweaty shirts like our president says and give our supporters some satisfaction, which, despite everything, have always followed us through the season. Their strength is the service. We can only fight them peacefully, stayng on court calm and stop them from hitting us where they found us unprepared in the first match”.

Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo

(0-1 in the series)

Prev. matches: 23 (15 victories for Cuneo, 8 victories for Piacenza)

8 direct matches int the championship Play Off: 4 won by Cuneo, 4 4 by Piacenza

In this championship: Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 0-3; Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 3-1

The ex’s: Daniele VERGNAGHI (in Piacenza in 2003/2004), Frantz GRANVORKA (in Cuneo in 2002/03), Paolo COZZI (in Cuneo from 2005 to 20/09/2006), Ventceslav SIMEONOV (in Cuneo from 1996 to 1998 and in 2002/03).

Javier Gonzalez (Cuneo): “It is going to be a very hard match, even though winning Match 1 is a little advantage which can allow us to play with a little bit of a piece of mnd. We need to be careful not to undermine Piacenza, that are surely on the war path because they know they cannot get it wrong. If we play like we have proven to be able to do, we have some chances to win. The one coming up is a very important match which is not only about winning it but going through to the final.
Copra Nordmeccanica will put us under pressure; it is a team that never gives up and gives everything on each ball. We are going there to play and win and they will do the same”.

Angelo Lorenzetti (Piacenza): “Match 1 was a battle already, but that is how it is with Cuneo. It will be the same on wednesday, which will be a decisive match for us.
In the first challenge they have showed a great physical strength, together with excellent technical qualities that have put a lot of pressure on us and during the match we have been forced to find the solutions to stop them”.

VOLLEY ON TV AND RADIO

We Apr 23rd

LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2<br>

M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino from 21.00

Commentaries by Marco Nosotti and Luca Cantagalli, tactical board by Andrea Zorzi. On court with Pietro Colnago.

“VOLLEY TIME WEB RADIO”

Evening appointment live on streaming on teh Volleyball League site to follow minute by minute Match 2 of the Serie A1 TIM seminfinals. Starting from 20.20 all the emotions live from Piacenza and Roma.

To listen to “Volley Time Web Radio” just click on www.legavolley.fm or www.legavolley.it through a pop up window which will open automatically.

“PALLAVOLANDO” – RADIO RAI 1

From 21.00, the Radio Rai 1 programme dedicated to the Serie A1 TIM championship will follow live the Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo match with Simonetta Martellini and M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino with Tonino Raffa.

“SET&NOTE” – RADIO LATTEMIELE

From 20.30, the radio verve of the programme presented by Marco Caronna will follow live the Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo and M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino matches.

BROADCASTING ABROAD

AL JAZEERA SPORT, SPORT KLUB POLONIA and SPORT KLUB SLOVENIA will broadcast live M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino.

ESPN BRASIL – on fri may 2nd at 16.00 (Local Time) will broadcast M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino.

BWIN.COM programming continues with their streaming live, the worldwide GLOBAL MATCH this week will be M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino.