The 41-year-old coach repeated his success in Poland in 2012 This year he also raised the Brazilian and European Cups to the sky
TREVISO
The second career title came in comeback for the 41-year-old from Treviso Nicola Negro (nominated best coach), who led Itambé Minas to the title of champion of Brazil against Praia Clube in the bubble of Saquarema, near Rio De Janeiro. After losing game 1 on Friday by 1-3 (21-25, 12-25, 25-21, 22-25), the biancoblù team from Belo Horizonte drew the series the following day with the same score (19-25, 25-20, 27-25, 25-23); Monday in the decisive match a further comeback was needed after two badly lost sets to get to the tiebreak that awarded the trophy (25-17, 13-25, 12-25, 25-18, 15-11). Top scorer of game 3 was former panther Megan Easy, author of 24 points (53% in attack), with an ace and two blocks; the 22 points of the Dominican Martinez were not enough for the opponents, who also played in Busto and Casalmaggiore. For Minas it is the fourth national title after those won in 1993, 2002 and 2019; for Negro, who took over from Lavarini in September 2019, it is the third trophy in Brazil, after the South American Champions Cup and the Brazilian Cup won two months ago again against Praia. Between the two clubs the balance of the last two seasons is clearly in favor of Minas who have won 8 of the 9 direct clashes: the only defeat, that of game 1 of the final, interrupted the record streak of 24 consecutive victories collected since November 2020 , which also helped set the Superliga record of 21 wins out of 22 regular season matches. Negro has also worked in Poland, Turkey, Azerbaijian, Romania and Slovenia. –