Spot for volleyball A stellar exchange decides Imoco-Cuneo

Prosecco Doc dances in the third set, in the fourth there is the best action of the year De Kruijf returns, Egonu is a diesel, 3-1 arrives but there is a step back

/ VILLORBA

To understand yesterday afternoon’s match, you have to look and look at the exchange of 21-21 of the fourth set, closed with half the players lying on the taraflex. A lot of effort, like a mountain grand prix in which you no longer have gasoline in your legs, but a lot of willpower from an opponent who doesn’t give up an inch. The winning scratch in the end is that of the panthers, but against the Cuneo cats the Conegliano game marks a step backwards compared to the tests against Busto and Police. There is no Omoruyi, stopped by a problem in a shin, but Robin De Kruijf is back as a starter after more than a month. In warm-up, Fahr also sees himself, whose return is now a matter of days. For the rest Santarelli lets Vuchkova catch his breath and maintains the same sextet of the last two outings. Cuneo is immediately confirmed as a tough nut to crack with Stufi and Squarcini good at anticipating the yellow-blue wall. Plummer suffers in reception and the Piedmontese understand this. Egonu also struggles to land his first point only at the sixteenth exchange. Cuneo finds interesting solutions with Jasper and Gicquel. Conegliano makes up for the early days of Folie and a lob from Courtney (14-12), but must succumb to the sharp serves of Squarcini and Gicquel (16-18). Sylla enters for Plummer, but the gap widens until 18-21. After the timeout comes the reaction with two walls from Egonu and one from Courtney (22-21). The opposite of Cittadella suddenly finds his percentages and takes home the set with the sixth personal point. The panthers remain aggressive with the block and do not make the mistake of lowering the pace. It is Cuneo who is in difficulty and is no longer able to express the brilliant game seen up to that moment. It starts with 3-0 and a Courtney finally productive also in attack and on the wall. It is his 10-5 which arrives after a few points of applause from Egonu and Sylla. We arrive at 15-7 on a mistake by Gicquel, until Squarcini returns to serve, who finds his third ace and triggers a small comeback that stops at 16-13. At this point Cuneo begins to force to tighten the times, but finds a tarantolata Sylla and also a couple of forcing by Jasper and Gicquel. At 19-13 the panthers breathe again and close the practice without particular worries, with De Kruijf, who slowly finds his best shots. The Dutchman leaves room for Vuchkova at the resumption of the game, Gicquel finds a good sequence of attacks, but the former partner Egonu (8-8) responds blow for blow. Degradi gives the guests a little liveliness, but it is still on Squarcini’s serve (two aces on Sylla) that Cuneo puts his head back (10-13). Conegliano stitches up with Egonu and Sylla up to 20 all. Folie, Vuchkova and Courtney also give an important hand, but too many mistakes in the final cost the set. The road continues to remain impervious thanks to Degradi and Gicquel. The French punishes twice with her serve, again on Sylla, which must leave room for Plummer (9-13). The finish is a climb that never ends, up to that epic exchange, which shifts the balance, once again, to Conegliano’s side. –