Black and white derby last night on the taraflex of Chicago for the two standard-bearers of Sir Susa Vim Perugia: the captain, Simone Giannelli and the spiker Kamil Semeniuk! Teammates in the club of President Sirci, they took to the field against each other, with their respective national teams, at the Now Arena in Chicago, in the VNL match that opened the “week 2” of Pool 5.
It is Italy who wins, in a comeback, at the end of a long, complicated and also spectacular match. Fourth victory for the Azzurri, led in the control room by the black and white captain, who thus hit the poker in the opening match of this second week.
Giannelli and his teammates prevail in the tiebreak over Semeniuk’s Poland: they start ahead by taking the first set with a wide margin (25-17), they suffer the Polish team’s catch-up and overtaking (23-25, 21-25), but then they take the fourth set (25-20) determined to take the match to the fifth and in the last fraction they close the accounts 15-11. Many emotions were intertwined in a clash, the one between Italy and Poland, which brings to mind recent successes, but above all an unforgettable match for the Azzurri! Kamil Semeniuk’s Poles, reigning European Champions, found themselves face to face again with Italy captained by Simone Giannelli, who in 2022, again led by Fefè de Giorgi, won the World Championships in Katowice by beating the outgoing champions Poland.
