A1 women – Scudetto playoff – Semifinals – Game 1 (race 2 on 7/5, if necessary. race 3 on 10/5)
ANTENOR PLEBISCITE PADOVA-RAPALLO 12-8 (4-1, 1-5, 4-0, 3-2)
Antenor Plebiscito Padua: Teani, Bacelle, Cassarà 2, Schaap 6, Queirolo 3, Casson, A. Millo, Yaacobi, Al Masri, Meggiato 1, V. Sgrò, Grigolon, Pozzani, Bozzolan. All. S. Posterivo
Rapallo: Caso, Zanetta 2, U. Gitto 2, A. Milicevic, Marcialis, Vanelo, Gnetti, Cabona, Kudella 1, Vomastkova, Bianconi 2, Lombella, Pizzimbone, Grasso 1. All. L. Antonucci
Referees: Carmignani and Navarra
Note: upper number Padua 2/9, Rapallo 0/3. Schaap (P) missed a penalty at 1.16 of the second half saved by Caso. Bianconi (R) missed a penalty (post) at 5.10 of the second half. Exit due to limit of fouls Marcialis (R) in the second half. Posterivo (P) booked for protests in the fourth half. Zanetta (R) exited due to fouls in the fourth half. Approximately 300 spectators.
The championship playoffs of A1 female they open with the victory ofAntenor Plebiscito Padua on the Rapallo in the advance match 1 of the championship semi-finals. Swing of emotions in the pool of the Venetians, who started like a rocket launched by a brace from Schaap, reaching 4-1, and then suffered a comeback from the yellow-blues: the Dutchman saw a penalty saved by Case at 4-3, then Ursula Gitto equalized the guests twice (4-4 and then 5-5). On the second siren, Zanetta surprising Teani from his half of the pitch, giving Rapallo the lead at half-time (6-5). The third quarter, however, is a monologue of the Posterivo team which organizes the defensive phase, denying the Ligurian shooters time to think on the perimeter, and with doubles from the unleashed team Schaap (6 goals on the scoreboard at the end of the match for the Dutchman) and of Cassara runs away at 9-6. In the last partial Padova resists Rapallo’s attempt to close the match and ends the match at 12-8.
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EKIPE ORIZZONTE-SIS ROMA 8-5 (1-0, 3-3, 4-1, 0-1)
Ekipe Horizon: Condorelli, Halligan, Tabani 1, Viacava 1, Gant, Daf. Bettini 1, Palmieri 1, Marletta 4, Gagliardi, Borisova, A. Longo, Leone, Celona, Lombardo. All. Miceli
SIS Rome: Banchelli, Misiti, Galardi, Gual, Ranalli, Papi, Picozzi 1, Di Claudio 1, Nardini 1, Centanni 1, A. Cocchiere 1, Carosi, Sesena, Aprea. All. Capanna
Referees: D. Bianco and Calabrò
Note: numerical superiority Orizzonte 5/12 + 2 penalties and SIS Roma 3/13. Ranalli (R) exit due to foul limit in the fourth half. Spectators: approximately 400.
After a series of mixed performances,Ekipe Horizon comes back to roar in the debut match of the championship playoffs against SIS Romedefeated thanks to an excellent defensive phase, especially in man-less situations, and to the saves of Condorelli. At Nesima, an international level match is played: intensity, hands on, pace in the counterattacks and quality conclusions, in short, nothing is missing. Orizzonte leads thanks to the opening goal of Marlettathen the score remains blocked due to Condorelli’s saves and Stalls. The match remained in balance until the 3-2 score for the guests By Claudio, then the Orizzonte enters a phase of defensive trance, the aggression against a man less is taken to the extreme and for the Capitolines being able to think becomes complicated. On the other side of the pool, however, Ekipe maintains the clarity necessary to strike: in the 15th minute Tabani, in numerical superiority, kicks off a 6-0 break for the Etna team which inflames the Nesima crowd and directs game 1 towards Martina’s girls Miceli. Marletta closes the partial with the 8-3 goal, the gap becomes irrecoverable for SIS Roma, also because in the last quarter the pace slows down significantly. The final 8-5 takes Orizzonte to a victory in the championship final.
“For us this match had the flavor of a revenge compared to the one played a month ago against SIS Roma in the Italian Cup – Aurora Condorelli’s comment at the end of the race, goalkeeper of the Orizzonte -. We are very happy with the result, but we are also aware that we have done nothing. Now we will focus everything on Race 2, because we want to do everything we can to win that too and close this semi-final as early as next Tuesday. We will try to give our best like today, trying to do even better. Tomorrow and Monday we will work on the mistakes made in this match and prepare in the best possible way for the new challenge that awaits us.
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