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QUARTER OF RETURN
SIR SICOMA MONINI PERUGIA – LEO SHOES MODENA 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-21). Gold set: 15-5
Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia: Travica 0, Leon Venero 24 (18 games + 6 golden set), Ricci 10 (10 + 0), Ter Horst 7 (6 + 1), Plotnytskyi 17 (13 + 4), Solè 5 (4+ 1), Colaci (L); Piccinelli 0, Zimmermann 0, Muzaj 3 (3 + 0). NE Vernon-Evans, Sossenheimer (L), Russo, Atanasijevic. Heynen herds.
Leo Modena Shoes: Christenson 4 (4 + 0), Lavia 8 (7 + 1), Mazzone 5 (5 + 0), Vettori 14 (12 + 2), Petric 5 (5 + 0), Stankovic 4 (4 + 0) )), Grebennikov (L); Rinaldi 1 (0 + 1), Porro 0, Karlitzek 2 (2 + 0), Buchegger 0. NE Iannelli (I), Sanguinetti, Bossi. Giani herds.
REFEREES: Cesare, Rapisarda.
NOTES – established duration: 31 ′, 25 ′, 31 ′; tot: 87 ′; GS: 13 ′.
PERUGIA – Mission accomplished for Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia who, after Pala-Panini’s clear defeat, wears his best suit and completes the award, ending with a practically perfect Golden Set. The Block Devils, dragged by Leon’s 24 points and a Plotnytskyi in “sniper” mode in the deciding set, are the first semifinalists of the Champions League. Modena is unable to repeat the great performance of the first leg: a good start, but too many direct errors and late-no in the fourth place make the difference; only Vettori reaches double digits. For Giani’s team, the head now goes only to the Scudetto Play-offs, while for Sir the dream of the Superfinals continues at the AGSM Forum in Verona.
PIU ‘EI LESS – Perugia outperforms Modena in all fundamental aspects: blocking, serving and attacking (47% to 36%). Top scorer and MVP León with 24 points (4 blocks, 2 aces), seven more than Plotnytskyi; double digits also for Ricci. On the other hand 14 centers for Carriers, disappointing the performances of Petric (22%) and Lavia (30%), who add only 13 points. Stankovic also underlined (4 times on the minutes, 29%).
THE KEY – Four aces and three walls in the Golden Set for Sir, who built his fortune with the house specialties, relying on his own weapons Leon and Plotnytskyi. The Block Devils dominated in the two fundamentals, recording 13 blocks (5 by Ricci) and 8 service winners throughout the game, against 4 and 3 by Leo Shoes, respectively.
SEXTETS – Heynen’s 6 + 1 is not surprising, who relies on the Travica-Ter Horst diagonal in position two, Solé-Ricci in the center, Leon and Plotnytskyi on the wing and Colaci to command the second line. Giani responds with Christenson in the lead and Vettori in the front, Stankovic and Mazzone in the middle, Petric and Lavia in fourth place and Grebennikov leading the second row.
THE MATCH – Question and answer at the beginning, then it is Stankovic from the baseline to charge his team (8-10), which stretches with Vettori’s blocking on León (11-14). Low percentages in attack for both teams (42% to 31%) and many direct errors (8 to 10); Plotnytskyi, top scorer alongside León at five, hit the wall (18-18). Petric (1 of 8, 12%) shoots giving the advantage to Perugia (20-19), Ricci stops Stankovic (22-20) and the Vettori network (24-21); Petric’s ace also cancels the second set point, but that’s not enough; Leon closes.
Modena restarts better (4-6), Mazzone extends and forces Heynen to a timeout (5-8); In the second half León is a rage and scores five times (once in service), Ricci’s blocking (three personnel) ends a fundamental break for Sir (11-8). Vettori is the best of his (7 centers), Petric on the other hand continues to fight (1 of 7); Muzaj takes over the front row, finding the first point on the Block Devils jersey (16-13) on the wall. The change in León’s service (an ace at 130 km / h) deserves the decisive advance (23-16); Plotnytskyi’s lunge signs double.
The inertia does not change in the third set, Perugia flies to serve with Ter Horst (6-4), Solé (10-7) and León (14-9); Giani tries to shuffle the cards, inserting Karlitzek and Porro. The distances are reduced (17-15), but Perugia does not tremble, thanks also to the entry of Muzaj, who scores twice more (22-16); Modena is too wrong (10 more direct errors), giving many match points (24-18), it is Plotnytskyi (71%) who closes on the fourth attempt.
Typical formations of the Golden Set. Ricci from the baseline finds the first break (4-2), Modena receives a hit in the first minutes (5-4), then Sir monologue. Two Leon walls before the track change (8-4), Karlitzek seizes Petric but the music does not change; Plotnytskyi hits four with three consecutive aces, which open the door to an infinite series of “golden points.” Christenson’s error from 30 feet kicks off the Block Devils party.
GAME TABLE
MATCH BOARD + GOLDEN SET
