Boninfante’s team recovered from 0-2 led by the Turkish talent Mandiraci
Comeback victory for Piacenza who recovered from the hosts’ 2-0 deficit in Cuneo and won two important points in the absence of the starting director Paolo Porro, who is still out due to muscle problems. Tomorrow five matches are scheduled on the fourth day of the Super League with the match between the league leaders Verona and the Italian champions Trento
MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo-Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 2-3 (27-25 25-18 15-25 20-25 10-15)
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The 3 thousand Cuneo fans were not enough to drag Ma Acqua S. Bernardo to victory. Ahead 2-0 in the bedlam of their stadium, the Cuneo team suffered from the third set the game of Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza who forcefully returned to the match, until winning in the tie-break. Piacenza thus achieved a precious comeback success while Cuneo suffered its first stop at home, collecting only one point and more than one regret. A difficult match as the first set already predicts in which, after leading at +7 (14-7), Cuneo lets the guests catch up with them at 22 and then ends the first set with the advantages. In the second set, Cavaccini and his teammates continue to lead, dragged by Feral: on the other side of the net, the eight points of Mandiraci alone (MVP of the match with 18 in total) were not enough to send Piacenza ahead, with coach Boninfante also throwing Gutierrez and Leon into the fray, looking for solutions.
the comeback
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The pace changes in the third set, with Cuneo in trouble for the first time (5-11) and not very consistent in blocking: the additions are done well and Piacenza flies up to 15-25 and reopens the games. Fourth partial fought (7-12) but Cuneo collects too many errors. With Zaytsev he savors the restart (17-18) but Piacenza doesn’t give up and Bovolenta sends everything back to the tie-break. Fifth set one-sided, led by the guests right from the start.
Wedge: Feral 22 points, team blocks 8 (3 Codarin), team aces 3
Piacenza: Mandiraci 18 points, team blocks 14 (4 Simon, 4 Leon), team aces 4
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