Conegliano only complicates his life in the first set, then the first semifinal with the Tuscans goes to the archive: it’s show time for the panthers
VILLORBA. Luna Park Imoco. On the one hand Conegliano, who seems to be going to a party, ready to dance, go wild, hug after a point. On the other, Scandicci, which lives (a little) on gusts, for the rest many dull, almost frightened glances, with surrender always around the corner.
More than a scudetto semifinal it seemed like a massacre: Imoco won 3-0, with ample distractions at the end of the first set (which he was leading with a margin), with violence in the second (Merlo knows something, ended up on the mat after a fast brutale by De Kruijf) with the third pushing very hard with the serve.
Ah yes, that’s 60 wins in a row. A monstrous record, also considering the pandemic era, because staying constantly on the track, not leaving the crumbs to the opponents, is sensational. And then there is never an opportunity to celebrate Paola Egonu, but pay attention to Sarah Fahr: although she may not be competing in the best race of the season, she leaves a glimpse of frightening margins for improvement, and considering that already now it is a sentence it is to be believed that in Conegliano she can become one of the most important players on the planet.
The dawn of the match sees Monica De Gennaro very attentive in defense, while Wolosz immediately begins to make Malinov understand that it will be better to keep the DVD of the match and look at it carefully. Egonu seriously jeopardizes the tightness of the taraflex, on the other hand Stysiak is the only alternative but the asphyxiating wall marking. In the final set the panthers relax and bring Scandicci back, until Lubian puts the 25-23 on the net.
In the second set. So Barbolini decides to let the bench also take the field – you can also see the former Camera, kryptonite in the last lost Italian Cup final – but obviously the result does not change: in the final Santarelli also grants a minimum of catwalk to McKenzie Adams, while Pietrini understands little or nothing in the final 25-16.
In the third set Barbolini realizes that it is not a day for Pietrini, also because Conegliano continues to serve by covering the Mikasa with poison. Conegliano immediately flies to 9-4, not even the time to turn around that the Palaverde cube adds another 3 points with Asia Wolosz (what a great party for her birthday) on the serve, so much so that Barbolini already runs out of his timeouts. If then Fahr arrives at the service, for Scandicci (and for Vasileva) it is pitch dark: 20-7, with an infinite turn at bat. Santarelli has almost the entire bench to enter, and Butigan finds the 25-14.
Race-2 is scheduled for Saturday at 6 pm in Scandicci. But either the Tuscans find the verve sight of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals or there is already the name of a finalist, who will still go hunting for the Scudetto.
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