first victory in the away match against Cisterna – Corriere di Siena
There Emma Villas Aubay Siena hits his first championship win in volley Superlega going to storm the sports hall of Cistern of Latina. Strong test of the Tuscans who conquer the first three points of their ranking. I Sienese they go under in the first set but then they manage to overturn everything with an excellent choral performance and with the high notes of Giulio Pinali and a Giacomo Raffaelli who enters from the bench and is decisive in some phases of the match.
First set Siena begins the challenge with Finoli and Pinali on the setter-opposite diagonal, Petric and Van Garderen spikers, Mazzone and Ricci in the middle, Bonami free.
Bayram’s ace gives Cisterna +2 at 4-2. Bayram again shortly after from place 4 after a good play by Van Garderen. From nine meters he also hits Zingel for the hosts. The bulwark suffered by Pinali leads to 7-3. Dirlic finds the point of the hosts’ change after a long exchange: 10-7. Pinali to score, Siena approaches with the winning service of Maarten Van Garderen (12-11). Cisterna scores the third ace of the set with Zingel: 15-11. Petric responds, two points from the Siena captain and 15-13.
It is Petric who takes responsibility for the Sienese attack at this juncture, but Dirlic responds blow for blow. Coach Montagnani meanwhile sent Pereyra and Pochini to the field. Cisterna misses something in attack, Pereyra puts down the point of parity (19-19).
Wall of Zingel, and Cisterna is still ahead. Pereyra replies of quality by crossing the dunk (20-20). Baranowicz still looks to the center, the fast with Zingel is perfect (21-20). An intelligent play by Sedlacek gives the twenty-second point to Top Volley. Gutierrez’s fourth winning service from Top Volley in this set (23-20). The first set ends on 25-21.
Second set Coach Montagnani restarts with the initial starting six. A point wall by Ricci and two good plays by Pinali can begin at Emma Villas Aubay to stretch in the second half: 2-6. Inside Raffaelli for Van Gardenen, and Raffaelli himself puts down the point of 4-9. Raffaelli again gives place 4: 5-10. Cisterna approaches with four consecutive break points that arrive with two walls by Andrea Rossi and with the dunks of Gutierrez and Bayram: 11-11. It is therefore parity again.
Pinali mura Sedlacek, important break point for Siena: 12-14. Then Ricci does the same with Andrea Rossi: 12-15. Another side of Siena arrives, signed by Fabio Ricci: 13-16. Federico Bonami flies to save a ball, making a beautiful intervention: Pinali closes the exchange with a side: 14-17.
Fast Finoli-Mazzone scores: 17-19. Sedlacek and Dirlic report everything on parity: 19-19.
Pinali overcomes the local wall well: 19-20. The Sienese wall touches the attack of the home team, Pinali does the rest: 19-21. Gutierrez gets closer to him: 20-21. Ok Curls after a long exchange: 20-22. Pinali is very lucid and finds the space for 21-23. Again a relentless Pinali: 22-24. Sedlacek misses the service, Siena wins the second set: 23-25.
Third set Cisterna misses something in attack, Siena goes up to +3 at the start of the third set: 2-5. Excellent wall mounted Raffaelli: 2-6. It is again Raffaelli who takes advantage of an opportunity: 2-7. Cisterna finds three good plays with Dirlic’s dunk, Gutierrez’s dampened serve and Bayram’s block: 5-7. Raffaelli is confirmed in a very good moment: break point for him: 5-9. Again an inspired Raffaelli puts down the 6-10. Andrea Rossi answers in the center: 7-10.
Superstar Raffaelli: 7-11. Nemanja Petric also did well: 9-14. Raffaelli and Pinali keep the Sienese percentages in attack high: 15-18.
Van Garderen’s foot saved in the exchange of 16-18 was spectacular.
Petric’s lob, which eludes the Lazio wall, is beautiful and very important: 19-21. You arrive on 21-21 with the side of Baranowicz. Bayram pulls out of the hat a great game that is worth 23-22 for the locals. Sedlacek scores: 24-22. We go to the advantages after the Bayram error: 24-24. Pinali’s joke brings Siena back forward: 24-25. Excellent Mazzone who puts down the 25-26. Pinali closes the set on 25-27.
Six points each were scored by Raffaelli and Pinali in this set.
Fourth set Two points from Ricci at the start of the run and Emma Villas Aubay immediately goes up to +2: 1-3. Giulio Pinali scores again, Raffaelli follows him: 3-5. Zingel’s wall is worth 6-5, Cisterna overturns everything and with Dirlic extends to +2: 7-5. Raffaelli is still very good at crossing the dunk: 7-6. Giulio Pinali’s winning serve is equal: 7-7.
Mazzone’s Wall: 8-9. Mazzone again, and Siena remains ahead. Crush Petric well on the hands of the local wall: 11-12. A quick sign in the center with Ricci: 12-13.
Splendid Petric from nine meters, the ace takes Siena on +2: 12-14. Raffaelli scores again: 15-16. Scoring at elastic, Bayram’s two points in a row and is 18-16. Pereyra enters and immediately scores: 18-17.
Another winning wall by Mazzone: 18-18. Petric is not wrong, another point for Siena. Mazzone’s serve puts in great difficulty the reception of the local team, which in fact fails the attack: 19-20. Great Pereyra: 21-22. Zingel dunks right on the line, the point is awarded after the video check request. Fantastic play by Pereyra who does not go with power but with cunning for 22-23.
Pereyra again, and it’s match point for Siena: 23-24. Bayram is not wrong: 24-24. Another match point with Raffaelli’s point: 24-25. Cisterna defends twice and puts down with Dirlic: 25-25.
La Pereyra: 25-27.