A real marathon Game 1 between Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza and Itas Trenino won by the Dolomites in front of the public after two hours and thirty-two minutes of play.
The game ended in a tie break in which among the red and whites of coach Ljubo Travica Stephen Maar stood out with 24 points, the second best scorer of the evening behind Alessandro Michieletto with 25 points on the scoresheet. Efe Mandiraci also did well among the red and whites with 20 points and Yuri Romanò with 17 points while among the middle blockers the best in terms of points scored was the red and white Robertlandy Simon with 11 points.
For Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza there were a total of 10 winning serves against, however, 26 errors, some of which in the final part of the tie break: and of these 10 aces, 6 bear the signature of Yuri Romanò, star in the third and fourth set with three consecutive aces in each set.
The longest match of this first appointment of the Scudetto Semifinals was the one played in Trento, two hours and thirty-three minutes of play while the other semifinal between Perugia and Lube lasted one hour and thirty-three minutes. The longest set of the entire weekend was the third between Piacenza and Trento which lasted 34′.
Top of the team: in attack with 53.5% Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza, in reception always the red and white team with 15.8% as well as the best in terms of points scored, 85 and in winning serves (10) tied in this fundamental with Trento.
