30th April 2011
16:00 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo - Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2:3 (Rai Sport 2)
1st May 2011
18:00 Itas Diatec Trentino - Casa Modena 3:0 (Rai Sport 1)
16:00 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo - Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2:3 (Rai Sport 2)
1st May 2011
18:00 Itas Diatec Trentino - Casa Modena 3:0 (Rai Sport 1)
Macerata deserved to win, was more lucid, more focused, and the way they won the tie-break... just unbeliveble!! (and I cheers Cuneo, so...). Difficult to say who didn't play wel in Maceratal... amazing Savani, Omrcen and Conte...
Cuneo also when won the sets wasn't brilliant as usually, expecially with Wijsman and Mastro. Henno, Nikolov and also Patriarca played very well, Volkov did great thing and stupid errors. not a big difference with the last match...
I actually recognized the real Cuneo at the beginning of tie break and in few other moments... I think that if they fight with Macerata in this way even playing not at the top, if Wijsman and Mastro will come back they can win again. But at the moment Macerata seems to be stronger.
ah, also this match both the teams defended very well, but again Macerata gave something more.
The biggest problem of cuneo is not absence of parodi, because giuse doing his best, but wijsmans disposition, he always finish those difficult balls, today about half of those he screwed he usually could finish. But i'm not blame him, the reason why play is that he is fighter and playing on painkillers, his leg is not ok. Also cuneo never had problem whn opponent try to chase score, today they screwed few times when thy had about 5 points over lube. It will be REALLY hard for them to reach the final.
18:00 Itas Diatec Trentino - Casa Modena
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His only fault was the error in serve at 23-24 for Macerata at the second set (if I'm not wrong)
Wijsman unfortunally is definitly under his normal level, you're absolutly right Zyta, he usually closes almost all the difficult situation he had the chance to close, instead this time he committed so many errors and often in important moment, for exemple after an incredible and long really he shot the ball out... and at the beginning of the match he sent a lot of serve on the net.
the stats: attack 35% (12 /34), blocked 7 times e 4 errors...
But also Mastro these last two matches didn't play very well...mistakes in attacks and not very consistent in block.
And you are right, even if probably Parodi would add something to Cuneo, his absence is not the reason (or at least the main reason) of Cuneo problems: they aren't blocking well as usually. And their attacks is not really effective (while Macerata had really high stats).
raylight Nikolov was sometimes in crucial points, but sometimes he was blocked. He was more angry when his defense wasn't successful, I think is harder for him with every match because of that arm.
Really good match of Omrcen, Savani was not good in reception, sometimes he passed so easy balls wrong and Valerio set to Igor for triple block, but yesterday it wasn't problem for him. Omrcen attacked 49 times, Valerio used him yesterday like Nikola usually use Ivan when Serbian receivers are not effective in scoring points ?
"I would say that last ball was punishment for Cuneo for letting Lube for matchball, it just shouldn't happen when you have tie-break which you opened 4:0 and you heading 10:5."--> totally agree. and actually Macerata deserved to win in my opinion. also the second match.
btw, also Cuneo defended a lot, but not as Macerata did.
what's surprised me in these last two matches is that too often there was some misunderstanding that I didn't expect from Cuneo.
I though again about Parodi absence, and I realized that actually the fact he isn't playing is a problem bigger than I belived, because if he would play Giuliani could change Patriarca for Wijsman sometimes, and let him rest for a while.
so the problem is not that Patriarca isn't good, but the fact they don't have other OH... considering that Galic is never used and Montagna neither (but Montagna could be a choice just for the second line, not for attack, and that was Wijsman main problem)
ps but I also read that this wasn't sokolov best day...
I think if Trento keeps their game on the same level Modena will beat them home once again, because they played a very good match yesterday and it was away.
more matches and more suspence! =)
I agree, I can't be surprise if Trento won easliy 3:0, but I defintly will surprise if they lose a match 25:8 with an "inferior" team.
I will be/am surprised also if/when they lose 25:8/3:0 with Cuneo, or Macerata, or Zenit, or Belchatow...
I love volleyball also because it can be unpredictable=)
and give you a lot of advantages in the play off (you played against the 8th, and after again the 4th or 5th, so you teorically have more chance to get the final).
If who is the best NT in the world can be decided in one match, the same can happen to chose the best italian club?