Three fundamental points for the Tuscans, once again close to the playoff zone. Piedmontese bringing up the rear
A match that is already a salvation challenge. The winner was Il Bisonte Firenze, capable of scoring a precious 0-3 (19-25, 26-28, 20-25) at home to Honda Olivero Cuneo in the recovery of the seventh day of the first leg of the A1 women’s volleyball championship.
the best of Tuscany
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A tense match, right from the start, between two teams that needed to score points with Cuneo second to last and Florence leading by two points but coming off four consecutive defeats. The ones who prevailed were the guests who now move up the rankings. A match marked above all by the great comeback of Florence in the second set after a lightning start by Cuneo, a partial which directed the match towards a victory for the Tuscans.
the match
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The teams started the match keeping in touch with Pintus who shuffled the cards by inserting Martinez on the pitch as a starter. However, it was Davyskiba (7 points, 66% in attack in the first set) and Mancini (later named MVP), who showed off themselves in the first set, dragging Il Bisonte up to the final 19-25 scored by the “usual” Malual. In the second set, Cuneo pushes right from the start, with Bjelica and Kapralova bringing the scores even to +9 (13-4) but the Florentines don’t give up and with determination, pushed by Mancini, protagonist of the point of -1 (22-23), they start again and take the lead by winning (26-28). It’s hard to believe it in the third set but Honda Olivero seems to be trying, at least in the early stages of the set: she starts with the lead (8-5) then the turn of service of the Belarusian from Florence marks the overtaking of the guests (8-10) who dominate the final. Cuneo cancels two match balls (20-24) but it’s not enough: the Florence team celebrates as they take home very important points with a view to survival. Honda Olivero remains at the bottom of the standings and complicates the games. Vallefoglia arrives in Cuneo on Sunday to close a bitter first part of the season, while Florence hosts Bergamo.
Wedge: Kapralova 11 points, team blocks 4, team aces 2.
Florence: Davyskiba 16, team blocks 9, team aces 7.
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