Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 0-3 (13-25, 23-25, 23-25) – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Coscione 2, Antonov 11, Costa 0, Patch 9, Lecat 9, Verhees 7, Torchia (L), Izzo 0, Massari 0, Marra (L), Domagala 1, Presta 1. N.E. Corrado. All. Tubertini. Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 3, Zaytsev 11, Podrascanin 11, Atanasijevic 14, Russell 7, Anzani 5, Cesarini (L), Shaw 0, Colaci (L), Berger 0, Della Lunga 1. N.E. Andric, Siirila, Ricci. All. Bernardi. ARBITRI: Gnani, Venturi. NOTE – durata set: 21′, 30′, 30′; tot: 81′. Spettatori 2000. Incasso: 12.375 euro. MVP: Atanasijevic
More than 2000 people at PalaValentia for this big match versus one of the favourite teams from the final win, Sir Safety Conad Perugia. Lorenzo Bernardi’s team put on court all their strength, by winning easily first set 25-13, with a great Alexander Atanasijevic (later Mvp of the game) and Ivan Zaytsev. In the second Lorenzo Tubertini’s team fought back fighting all set long, with Benjamin Patch and Fracois Lecat in great shape in the second, but fell short in the crunch time, thanks to a couple of good plays by Marko Podrascanin. Perugia won 25-23 the second, and the third was on the same way, on the edge and balanced until the crunch time. After the tie at 18, Tonno Callipo took a lead on 21-20, but Perugia stayed focused, and on 24-23 Atanasijevic punished the previous mistake of Coscione and put on the ground the 25th point for set and match. 14 points in the end for Atanasijevic.
MVP: Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
Spettatori: 2280
Incasso: 12.375 euro
Filippo Callipo (President Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “It was a great night of sport. We played versus the best team in Superleague, In first set we were out of the game, in second and third we played point by point. We are satisfied for how the team played, and we are sure that the audience had fun with this game”.
Lorenzo Bernardi (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “We knew the probable difficulties to play here in Vibo, versus a team who plays good volleyball. We had a good start, and we were good in coming back in third set, recovering the deficit. I asked to the players to give more in the breaks. We should learn from these things, looking forward next games”.
