Playoff Scudetto. Vero Volley monologue: it is ahead in the semifinal

A debut with a bang for the Numia True Volley Milan in the series valid for the championship semi-finals against Savino del Bene Scandicci. In a'Allianz Cloud finally sold out again, the Consortium girls won with a clear 3-0, thus sending a clear signal to their opponents also in view of the next challenges. The Tuscans, already defeated in the semi-final of the Italian Cup played at the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno (but only in the tie-break), started well with a promising 0-4 but from then on it was almost a solo by the home team who with a partial of 13-4 effectively overturned the result and mortgaged the 1-0. The absolute protagonist, for a change, was a paola egono from 10 points (in the end it was 22 for the top scorer of the match). In the second set, the girls trained by coach Stefano Lavarini continued to hammer, extending their hands on the match, even if Ekaterina Antropova tried to reopen the match, but it was too late. Scandicci, in fact, came back up to -2 but a touch by Alessia Orro allowed Milan to close for the decisive 2-0. The girls trained by the great ex Marco Gaspari no longer had the strength to reopen the match and the third set was one-sided, with Milan that almost without tiring kept the ball in hand until the end, thanks also to two consecutive aces again by captain Orro that sent the credits to an early end. Another solid performance by Hena Kurtagic is worth mentioning, who after two MVP performances in the quarterfinals against Megabox Ondulati del Savio Vallefoglia did not reach double figures but with 7 points she gave a good contribution to her team. Nika Daalderop and Myriam Sylla also did well, both in reception and in attack.

Next Sunday at 20.30:2 pm at Palazzo Wanny in Florence we will be back on the court for game 3 and we can expect more balance. Scandicci did not play its best match and does not appear to be in top form, but we are talking about the Italian vice-champions who last year, before surrendering to the unbeatable Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano in the semifinals, swept away the then Allianz Vero Volley Milano. The series could still be long, even if on Sunday an away win for Anna Danesi and teammates could be worth a mortgage on the passage to the next round. Whatever happens, Milan and Scandicci will then be protagonists in the Champions League Final Four in Istanbul on May 4 and XNUMX, with the possibility of facing each other in an all-Italian final, even if Conegliano and Vakifbank appear as favorites.

NUMIA TRUE MILAN-SAVINO DEL BENE SCANDICCI 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-21)