Coach Angelescu’s girls close their accounts with the Focol and celebrate their promotion. The enterprise in the twentieth anniversary of the Garlasco club that awaits the “icing” from the men’s team in A3
GARLASCO
Ambrovit Garlasco completes the masterpiece of a season in game 2 of the play off final by winning 1-3 in Legnano and returns after two years in women’s B1. The signatures are obviously those of a group that has proved talented and strong, but also of a meticulous and experienced technical staff, with the director Fabio Ricci confirming himself as a top-level figure in the role. And, in the twentieth anniversary of Silvia Strigazzi’s Volleyball 2001 (now Fipav national councilor), there would be only the icing on the cake from the men with the team of coach Maranesi in the final to go up to Serie A3 after eliminating Caronno Pertusella.
But let’s go back to the decisive match in Legnano. Armondi at the service propitious the starting 1-4, but Simonetta’s turn on the opposite side is a counterbreak (6-4). It is the batting phases that dictate the rhythms at the start of the race and when Sala goes there, the Ambrovit goes back (8-10). Favaretto plays several times in a winning way with the hands of the opponent’s block (11-13). Legnano saves and wins three interminable exchanges forcing coach Madalina Angelescu to time out first at 20-18, then at 22-19. The comeback is born on the wall (23-23 and local suspension). Legnano cancels two set balls, three also cancels the Ambrovit until a wide attack by Legnano delivers the fraction to the lomelline (28-30).
Angelescu’s team starts again more lucid (5-8) and Legnano seems to feel the blow, but on the 8-9 the long suspension due to the failure of a tie of the net disturbs more the Ambrovit who goes below 16-12. He talks to us about Angelescu on 18-14, but the errors in attack send Legnano forward 23-15 who closes 25-16.
Gullì’s batting turn weakens the local reception (0-4), Kovacova crumbles the wall (3-8), Ambrovit rises to 4-10, then wastes three balls in a row (8-10). Legnano draws 13-13, then Garlasco recovers with the sumptuous wall of Kovacova for the 14-16, escapes 17-21 thanks to the errors in the attack of the premises. Angelescu wants time on 19-21, but does not stop Legnano’s return (21-21). The Ambrovit restarts tightening in defense and finding points until 22-24, then Favaretto closes 23-25. Extreme equilibrium since the first exchanges of the fourth period (10-10). Inevitable suspension for Angelescu on the drop in reception that brings Legnano from 13-14 to 17-14. He mends the shift in Sala’s service with Kovacova overtaking at 17-18 and local time out.
Here starts the final crescendo of Angelescu’s team that sees the finish line and finds points on the wall, in attack, in defense, leaving no more space for Legnano until the hands-off play of Citterio (19-25) that makes the party uncork.
Fabio Babetto