Serie A1
Round 10
Monza goes fourth thanks to win over Latina
The live game between Monza versus Latina was not broadcasted due to the bad weather conditions that hit the Italian territory yesterday.
Latina’s team had to deal with the same problem. It was blocked by the snow and travelled for 24 hours before reaching Monza.
Result
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Andreoli Latina 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-23)
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA – ANDREOLI LATINA 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-23)
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Cetrullo, Rauwerdink 3, Forni 9, Molteni 3, Rooney 16, Travica 4, Gavotto 11, Shumov 10, Exiga (L). DNP Pesenti, Krumins, Zito, Buti. Coach. Monti.
ANDREOLI LATINA: Kovacevic 9, Popelka, Kohut 5, Gitto 8, Sottile, Pieri (L), Spairani, Vujevic 8, Starovic 6, Giombini 7. DNP Cortina, Labardi, Nonne. Coach. Medei.
Monza had the better of an exhausted Latina team who endured 14 hours of bus from Incisa to Vale D’Arno. Latina still fought hard especially in the second and third set but Monza acted as a real serial killer, inflicting Latina its fourth consecutive loss. Thanks to this victory, Monza consolidates its fourth place in the table.
Daniele Sottile (Andreoli Latina): “This is a rather clear victory if you look at the score, but things were actually very tight. They won on just a few plays: They have definitely done a good job of taking their opportunities and on the counters. I think this was the difference”.
Konstantin Shumov (Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza): “We have really played as a team today. We had a couple of blackouts but we overcame them and I think we deserved to win. We are happy with the result, and it’s clear that our unity is our strength right now. We have another three games before the halfway point of the regular season and we’ll do our best to keep this positive streak going”.
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 29*, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 25, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 22, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 19*, Copra Morpho Piacenza 14*, M. Roma Volley 14, Sisley Treviso 14, Casa Modena 13, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 11, Andreoli Latina 11*, Marmi Lanza Verona 10, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 9, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 4, Yoga Forlì 0.
1 game more: Itas Diatec Trentino, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza, Copra Morpho Piacenza, Andreoli Latina
Fixtures
Round 10
Sunday 19 December at 6.15
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Lube Banca Marche Macerata Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Pol-Rapisarda)
Sunday 19 December at 6pm
Casa Modena – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino
(Tanasi-Caltabiano)
Sisley Treviso – M. Roma Volley
(Zucca-Padoan)
Yoga Forlì – Marmi Lanza Verona
(Pozzato-Pasquali)
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
(Braico-Sobrero)
Played on November 3
Itas Diatec Trentino-Copra Morpho Piacenza 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-23)
World Club Championships
Trentino BetClic: Top spot at stake in last group phase game
The group phase of the Club World Championships will end on Sunday December 19 with Trentino versus Paul Mitchell, USA. A win would guarantee Stoychev’s team the first place and benefit therefore from an easier opposition in the semi-final. Three possible opponents could come at that stage: the polish side of Belchatow (the less probable because top of the other group right now), the Iranian team of Paykan (already met last year at the same stage) or the hosts of Al Arabi. The last two teams will meet tomorrow.
Radostin Stoytchev (Trentino BetClic): “The two points at stake are crucial because that would allow us to stay unbeaten in this first phase and get to the decisive stage with the best credentials possible. We want to avoid loss of concentration at all cost which is why we’ll put maximum effort. It’s also true that we have little time to rest between games in such events, so I don’t exclude the idea to rest some players, and send others on court, without, however, lower our level of play. It’s early to think about the semi-finals. We don’t even know at this stage which will be our opponent”.
