Acqua Paradiso MONZA defeats Dinamo MOSCOW by 3-2 – 2012 CEV Volleyball Cup
The first semi final match of the 2012 CEV Volleyball Cup Men took place on March 14 in the Italian city of Monza.
The two teams that competed with each other in the final four competition were Dinamo MOSCOW of Russia and the home team of Acqua Paradiso MONZA. The venue of the competition was the Palaiper with a total of 1,500 spectators watching the show.
The match between the two sides went on for five long and thrilling sets at the end of which the team that found itself on the winning side was the Italian squad. The scoreboard showed the final set scores as 23-25, 25-21, 25-22, 18-25 and 15-12.
The star player of the home team, Marco Molteni, shared his views in the following manner at the press conference that was held after the closing of the match, “Our opponents were really strong tonight and they were able to cause us quite many problems.
I think we deserved to win this game as we displayed a good and consistent performance and maybe the many tie-breaks we recently had in domestic competitions helped us tonight cope with such a long and hard-fought match.”
The first set of the match saw both the teams come out strong against each other. No team was letting the other take the lead for a long time. No one was sure where the tables would turn until the end of the frame when the guests took the opening frame at
25-23.
The loss of the first set made the home team work harder and they were able to secure the second as well as the third sets at 25-21 and 25-22 respectively. The guests bagged the fourth set but the final frame of the game went towards the home team.
The player that was able to earn the title of being the top scorer of the match belonged to the home team. Facundo Conte of Acqua Paradiso MONZA was able to tally a total of 23 points for his team. On the Russian side, Peter Veres stood to be the top scorer
of his team by scoring 22 points and keeping the pressure on his opponents.
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