Bologna triumphs in Fasano: Fcredil wins the Coppa Italia B1

FASANO (Brindisi)The company is served, Bologna he did it again: the Fcredil raise the Italian B1 Cup two years after the last time, when the season culminated with promotion to A2. A test of strength, heart, head and character that is worth double: Ghiselli's girls win 3-2 at Fasano, against the home team and a stadium almost entirely in favor of the Apulians. The ones celebrating, however, are Saccani and her teammates, with the hundred fans who came to the province of Brindisi to support them.

In the first set, Fcredil picks up where it left off with Ostiano, in the semifinals: it is a perfect machine, with Taiani and Frangipane (75 percent positivity in the first set) to guarantee the ball in the lead for Saccani, who continuously calls Pulliero and Neriotti into play. Three of the first 4 points come from the center. The director also adds a sharp serve and a block and when slashes and counterattacks arrive from Frangipane, Taiani and Tellaroli, the break arrives: 10-13. Bologna is on all the opponents' attack directions, defends a lot, forces Fasano to play 2-3 balls to put down a point or an error, in defense it plays a great game. Tellaroli plays it (8 points in the first set), a thorn in the side from the front line and pipe and with two blocks from Pulliero, Fcredil closes a dominated first set (17-25).

The show continues in the second set, at least until 6-11. Botarelli and Martilotti, with pride and with individual plays on high balls, bring Fasano back into the game, who with his serve begins to cause a crisis in Bologna's system and distribution and change of ball. But the red and blues also know how to suffer and in the moment of difficulty the defenses of Laporta and the attacks of Tellaroli, Taiani and above all Frangipane avoid the collapse. Fasano makes two errors with Martilotti and Bologna starts flying again (18-21) and also takes the second set, with the entrances and aces in the service of Cavicchi and De Paoli, demonstrating that the red and blues are a group capable of finding resources even from the bench and the second lines.

One step away from the finish line, Bologna is lacking a cool head. It holds up until 15-15 in the third, but a couple of errors put Fasano in the game, who raises the pace in service: with equal percentages in reception, the quality and physicality of the high ball attackers of the home team comes out, first and foremost Bottarelli and Martilotti Fasano reopens the game. Also because in the fourth set, Bologna wastes the opportunity to escape and suffers a counterbreak of 10-3 (14-10). We are heading towards the inevitable tie break with Pulliero and Frangipane in decline. But Fcredil does not give up and returns in great form in the tie break: from 8-7 we go to 10-14, with a block and ace by Neriotti, Tellaroli hammering, the defenses of Laporta, a precious point by Frangipane and a block by Pulliero. Taiani closes, the first seasonal objective is achieved: waiting for the promotion race, the Italian Cup is in the cabinet.