Volley Coppa Italia, Conegliano is a train without stops

Conegliano doesn't stop, takes risks in a couple of sets but continues his unstoppable march. The train of victories extends to 39 consecutive matches, four of which in the past season and the others in this one. The first semi-final of the Italian Cup The Frecciarossa held this weekend at the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno ended in just three sets thanks to the superiority of the Venetians trained by Daniele Santarelli. All the sets against Igor Novara were very hard fought, the team of Lorenzo Bernardi, deputy of Julio Velasco at the Paris Olympics, he did everything he could against a team that was superior to all at the time, not only at the Italian level. The final wall of Fahr and Haak sealed a match that ended 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-23) for the Venetians, waiting to know the name of the opponent in the final on Sunday, who will come out of the second semi-final between the Milan di paola egono and Scandicci by Kate Antropova, the two opposite blue and gold in Paris.

Conegliano distributed the game very well, so much so that in the end the top scorer was the opposite Haak with 15 points, but only one more than the middle blocker Sarah Fahr (with 5 blocks), while the Brazilian star Gabi stopped at 11. For Novara, Tolok's 17, all in attack, and Mims' 10 were not enough. 

The two-day Bologna match is also an opportunity for coach Velasco to see the best Italian A2 players at work, with a training camp held by the coach at the Pala Jessie Owens in Calderino, a few kilometers from the Unipol Arena. The same facility will host a tournament reserved for mini-volleyball players on Sunday morning in memory of Elisabetta Velabri, president of Pallavolo Bologna who passed away a few days ago. Before the final of the A1 Italian Cup, the A2 match will be played between San Giovanni in Marignano, which will have almost a thousand fans following it, and Itas Trentino, coached by the former coach David Mazzanti.

The scoreboard. PROSECCO DOC IMOCO CONEGLIANO - IGOR GORGONZOLA NOVARA 3-0 (25-21 25-23 25-23)

PROSECCO DOC IMOCO CONEGLIANO: Wolosz 1, Braga Guimaraes 11, Fahr 14, Haak 15, Zhu 10, Chirichella 3, De Gennaro (L), Lubian 3, Lukasik, Seki, Bardaro. Do not enter: Lanier, Adigwe, Eckl (L). Coach Santarelli.

IGOR GORGONZOLA NOVARA: Ishikawa 2, Bonifacio 2, Alsmeier 7, Tolok 17, Aleksic 7, Bosio 3, Fersino (L), Mims 10, Mazzaro 1, De Nardi. Did not enter: Villani, Squarcini (L), Bartolucci, Akimova. Coach Bernardi. REFEREES: Vagni, Canessa. NOTES - Spectators: 6850, Set duration: 27', 29', 28'; Total: 84'. MVP: Fahr.