Copra Elior Piacenza was able to win three matches in a row against Lube Banca Macerata and qualified to the great final of Serie A1. What a game!
Copra Elior Piacenza – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-1 (26-28, 25-22, 25-23, 25-15)
General score: 3-1
Stats: block 9-5, attack 51% – 42%, reception 44%(27%) – 51%(34%), serve 7-7
In the 3rd semifinal match against Macerata it was very difficult to find a weak point in the team of Piacenza. Regardless of the player, who appeared on the court on Piacenza’s side, scored points. Great cooperation between Luciano De Cecco and the spikers, but absolute heroes of the match were the middle-blockers: Simon Robertlandy (MVP of the match) and Philip Maxwell Holt! Not only they finished all attacks (Simon had 63% efficiency, Holt – 75%), but also worked perfectly on the net, stopping many attacks of the opponents. Their manner made Marko Podrascanin and Dragan Stankovic lost their confidence and since the second set the “danger” from the middle hasn’t existed. Alberto Giuliani used almost every player from the bench, but the game didn’t become better. The advantage of Piacenza in each set was almost 3 points and got bigger with time. In the 4th set, when the hosts led with 9 points (18-9, 20-11), it seemed like the players of Macerata lost their willingness to play and put their heads down. In that moment even Ivan Zaytsev, the best player among the guests (16 points) didn’t fight. The team mentored by Luca Monti won with 10 points of advantage, after an error from the serving area of Lube.
In the Final will meet the champions from the season 2010/2011 (Itas Diatec Trentino) and 2008/2009 (Copra Elior Piacenza). Today’s winner is in good form and certainly the final matches will be very interesting!
Below updated grid and final matches schedule
Castellana Grotte 1
Vibo Valentia 0
Vibo Valentia 2
Trentino(+1) 3
Trentino (+1) 3
Trentino
Casa Modena 0
Cuneo 0
- Cuneo (+1) 3
Andreoli Latina 2
Italian Champion 2012/13
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Andreoli Latina 1
San Giustino 1
Macerata(+1) 1
Macerata (+1) 3
Piacenza
- Perugia 0
Piacenza 3
- Piacenza(+1) 3
25 April 2013 h. 17.30 Itas Diatec Trentino – Copra Elior Piacenza (1st match)
28 April 2013 h. 17.30 Copra Elior Piacenza – Itas Diatec Trentino (2nd match)
1 May 2013 h. 17.30 Itas Diatec Trentino – Copra Elior Piacenza (3rd match)
5 May 2013 h. 17.30 Copra Elior Piacenza – Itas Diatec Trentino (4th match*)
12 May 2013 h. 17.00 Itas Diatec Trentino – Copra Elior Piacenza (5th match*)
*the winner is the team with 3 victories in max. five matches
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