Serie A1
Round 3, Verona beats Città di Castello
ALTOTEVERE CITTA’ DI CASTELLO – CALZEDONIA VERONA 1-3 (26-28, 21-25, 25-23, 22-25) ALTOTEVERE CITTA’ DI CASTELLO: Franceschini, Fromm 21, Carminati, Corvetta 2, Dolfo 7, Massari 3, Tosi (L), Piano 10, Van Walle 17, Rossi 7, Marchiani. DNP Lensi, Sartoretti. Coach. Radici.
CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 17, Blasi, Pesaresi (L), Ter Horst 12, Gasparini 19, White 22, Boninfante 2, Bellei, Anzani 4, Gonzalez. DNP Coali, Gabriele, Centomo. Coach. Giani.
Verona came back from the PalaKemon arena with all three points on Saturday night. Città di Castello built a four-point lead, but the visitors fought back and celebrated on a Boninfante block. Thanks to 2 consecutive blocks from Zingel on Van Walle, Verona escaped 13-9 in the second, the hosts reacted 20-21, but only to lose it 21-25 on clutch points from Gasparini and White. Verona tried to seal it in three sets (16-13) but Città di Castello had not said its last word and won the set. At 13-10 for the hosts, Ter Horst’s run of serve proved crucial (13-17), Città di Castello would never recover.
Simone Anzani (Calzedonia Verona): “Just like in all three league games, the key factors were the serve and the block-dig area. They struggled against our floater, which allowed us to get back in the first and fourth set”.
Matteo Piano (Altotevere Città di Castello): “We lacked fighting spirit and determination in the first two sets. In the third set, the attitude was good, but that was not enough to alter the outcome of the game. This is round 3, there’s still a long way to go, we have to keep working to get better in certain situations”.
Serie A1 Round 3
Saturday November 2
Altotevere Città di Castello – Calzedonia Verona 1-3 (26-28, 21-25, 25-23, 22-25)
Sunday November 3 at 5.30pm
Casa Modena – Copra Elior Piacenza Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Saltalippi-Bartolini)
Sunday November 3 at 6pm
Bre Lannutti Cuneo – Andreoli Latina Live on Sportube.tv
(Sobrero-Puecher)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Sir Safety Perugia
(Pol-Padoan)
CMC Ravenna – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
(Genna-Gnani) Diatec Trentino – Exprivia Molfetta
(Satanassi-Simbari)
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 6, Calzedonia Verona 6, Sir Safety Perugia 4, Casa Modena 4, Diatec Trentino 3, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3, Exprivia Molfetta 3, Copra Elior Piacenza 3, Altotevere Città di Castello 3, Bre Lannutti Cuneo 1, Andreoli Latina 0, CMC Ravenna 0.
1 more game: Calzedonia Verona, Altotevere Città di Castello
1 game in hand: Diatec Trentino, Andreoli Latina
