Conegliano respects the prediction: it beats Vallefoglia 3-0 and will appear in the final four of the Italian Cup for the tenth time in its history. In the men’s field, Perugia ahead
For a team used only and only to winning, closing the calendar year with a victory is practically the rule. The one that Conegliano he also imposed himself in the match against Vallefoglia, the last of the quarter-finals of Italian Cup, the one (on paper) with the most obvious prediction. In reality the Panthers they did theirs, but not without a little effort: thanks to the Marche players, a little intimidated in the first set, decidedly more aggressive and threatening in the next two sets. Nothing, however, that could ruin the end-of-year plans Santarelli and his girls.
All the starters on the pitch: Conegliano doesn’t play jokes
The accounts at the end Prosecco Doc Imoco he always knows how to get them back: the guns didn’t sit idly by, given that the evening featured 16 points for Isabelle Hook14 per Gabi, 13 per Fahr and 10 per Zhu. Santarelli he didn’t want to take excessive risks: no turnover but all the starters on the pitch, because the perfect streak of the season (with this they make 25 victories out of the same number of matches played) deserves to be respected.
More, why the Italian Cup is an objective that Conegliano cares aboutand a lot too: the last defeat in the competition is dated February 2019, then since then there have been 16 victories in a row, with 5 trophies on the board (if it were to arrive again this year it would be the sixth in a row). The Venetians will compete in the semi-final Novara, while on the other side of the board the usual challenge between Milan and Scandicci (Therefore Egonu vs. Antropova).
Vallefoglia tries, but the Panthers have a different rhythm
The idea of aiming for one new tricolor cockade represents a good reason to keep the antennas straight: the first set went away without jolts, with the Panthers always leading the way and two winning attacks Gabi to definitively crush the guests’ timid attempts to get back in touch at 17-15.
In the second and third there was a little more work to do: a partial of 8-1 signed by Zhu and Fahr breaks the spear in favor of the Venetians, who then take pity and risk a lot, allowing themselves to recover until the 23-22. They want us a mistake from Weitzel and a block from the usual Zhu to return the inertia to the side of the world champions, who finish 25-22. It’s always in the third the Imoco to dictate the pacealso ahead 13-8, but Vallefoglia finds the strength to bring himself back into contact with the 21-20. At that point, however, he thinks about it Hook to resolve the matter, with two attacks that send the Panthers towards 4 match balls (the first one was good, with an invasion of the net Megabox Ondulati).
Perugia doesn’t make mistakes: Modena fights, but it’s not enough
In the men’s field, only the challenge between was missing Perugia and Modena to complete the picture of the final four, which as for the women will be played in Bologna (but a week earlier: 25-26 January): despite suffering quite a bit, especially at the start of the first and second sets, the Sir Susa Vim has won the pass to go and challenge Verona, which he defeated Piacenza in the tightest match of the quarter-final programme. The other semi-final will see them involved Trento e Civitanova. Perugia did well not to make any mistakes in the key points of the match, with Ishikawa and Plotnytskyi as usual very inspired (especially in service).
Source: sport.virgilio.it
