The Resanese Cagnin with Frosini (19 points) and Omoruyi (14) make Imoco rejoice Today the last act of the world championship, while the U17s aim for the Scudetto
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ItalImoco is in the final. Two years after the disappointment of silver in Mexico, in which the blue threw away a tie-break and a title already won, the U20 national team coached by the Paduan by adoption Massimo Bellano, beat Russia 3-0 in the semifinal at Rotterdam, Holland. The climate today will be fiery. Italy at 17.30 will in fact find Serbia who had beaten in the last match of the second phase 3-0, Friday, in a play-off for the first place in the group, a match to win precisely to avoid the hosts of the ‘Holland, then overwhelmed by emotion in the presence of the Serbian giant.
Also yesterday the Imoco babies were highlighted, namely Omoruyi, who lived the Grand Slam season in the first team, and the rising stars Cagnin and Frosini, who yesterday scored 19 points. The daughter of the basketball champion Alessandro Frosini dragged the team as she had not done in the previous day’s match against Serbia. Omoruyi also finds a place in the match report with 14 points. «We knew – said Omoruyi at the end of the match – that the Russian team was very strong and we are very happy to have won. The second set was decisive, we were good at closing the important balls. The key to victory was precisely this, to play the decisive balls well after the twentieth point. Now let’s think about the final, we are ready and we will give our best to reach our goal ».
In each set, Italy has shown great coolness in difficult situations. In the first and third set she started at a disadvantage but she was able to recover thanks to a superior technique, especially in the batting phase. Bellano, however, was angry, in the second set that was about to be thrown to the winds by Italy, so far unbeaten (7 matches won out of 7). If you really have to find a fault with the blue, it is in the fact that when they have to rage on their opponents they settle down at the lower pace of the opponents. Partial finals with Russia: 25-22, 29-27, 25-23. Bellano today dreams of that moment that has been waiting for two years, as well as the fans, burned by the defeat at dawn 2 years ago. In Conegliano, the fans greeted Italy’s excellent performance, especially on social media, with great satisfaction.
And it doesn’t stop there. Imoco San Donà reached the final at the Italian under 17 women’s championships in Salsomaggiore Terme, beating Club 76 Play Asti 3-0. Here the prediction has been overturned: partial 25-21, 25-19, 25-19. In the morning the panterine had defeated Anderlini Modena 3-1 in the decisive clash for the passage to the semifinals. Today at 11 the final for the Scudetto with the battleship Casal de ‘Pazzi Roma. –