DEL MONTE ITALIAN CUP A2 – FINAL
Consar Ravenna – Consoli Sferc Brescia 0-3 (23-25, 20-25, 18-25)
Consar Ravenna: Mancini 1, Raptis 11, Grottoli 4, Orioli 13, Feri 4, Bartolucci 6, Chiella (L), Goi (L), Russo 0, Benavidez 4. NE Mengozzi, Arasomwan, Rossetti, Menichini. All. Bonitta.
Consuls Sferc Brescia: Tiberti 1, Gavilan 16, Candeli 7, Klapwijk 23, Cominetti 6, Erati 4, Braghini (L), Ferri 0, Franzoni 0, Ghirardi 0, Pesaresi (L). NE Sarzi Sartori, Bettinzoli, Mijatovic. All. Zambonardi.
REFEREES: Save yourself, Grassia.
NOTES – set duration: 31′, 27′, 27′; total: 85′.
MVP: Simone Tiberti (Consoli Sferc Brescia)
Spectators: 1134
WEDGE – The Serie A2 Italian Cup goes to the bulletin board Consuls Sferc Brescia who in Cuneo beat the young Consar Ravenna 3-0 in the final, gaining the pass to the category Super Cup which, next weekend, will be played against Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina to close the season of the cadet championship.
Nothing to be done for Bonitta’s team, which leaves the Cuneo Final Four with the silver medal around its neck.
Dragged by Niels Klapwijk (top scorer with 23 points scored), Consoli Sferc Brescia therefore finds its first success in the competition, the second ever for the Captain, Simone Tibertiawarded MVP of the Final, and for Roberto Cominetti.
SESTETS - No changes compared to the Semifinals in the starting six of Consar Ravenna and Consoli Sferc Brescia: Bonitta chooses Bartolucci and Grottoli in the center, Mancini and Orioli make up the main diagonal while Raptis and Feri are the spikers, with Goi free. Tiberti is the dribbler for Brescia, Klapwijk is the opposite, Gavilan and Cominetti are on the bench while the central players are Candeli and Erati. Pesaresi is the libero.
THE MATCH – The first set was fought and reopened at the end at the Palasport in Cuneo in front of 1,134 spectators: Brescia started well and with Erati’s block they found themselves ahead by three points (3-6), managing to maintain their distance and increase it until 11-15 with the invasion whistled in Ravenna. Consar tries to get closer but Gavilan’s point for 14-19 allows Consoli Sferc to attempt an extension, which results in the maximum advantage (16-22) thanks to Klapwijk’s block. At 19-24 for Brescia Ravenna came close to making a comeback with four consecutive points, until the invasion whistled at Consar for 23-25 which awarded the first set.
Consoli Sferc Brescia dragged by Niels Klapwijk in the second set, which closed at 20-25: Zambonardi’s men started strongly and found themselves at 0-3. Ravenna regroups trying to get closer, but Gavilan’s attack allows Consoli Sferc to find themselves at 4-9. Consar gets closer (8-9 with the Brescia attack out) but it is Klapwijk (11 points in the second set) who re-establishes the safe distance, despite a fierce Ravenna who reaches 14-15 and comes close to a draw. At the end of the set, Gavilan and Klapwijk brought Brescia closer to the second set, despite an attempted comeback from Ravenna (also thanks to the additions of Russo and Benavidez) which ended with Gavilan’s winning point.
Ravenna starts the third set with Raptis in the opposite role and Orioli in the band together with Benavidez, with Russo replacing Mancini as setter. Consar manages to stay level with Brescia until the score is 3-3, but Klapwijk also makes an excellent impact in the third set (6-9). Ravenna comes forward again, but the winning attack of the opposite team from Brescia re-establishes the distance (7-12) until Gavilan’s point which puts Brescia at 10-16. In the final it is once again the Consoli Sferc spiker who gives a very specific direction to the match (13-21) until the winning point scored by Cominetti which is worth 18-25 and the victory for Brescia of its first Del Monte® Italian Cup Series A2. This is the second success for Cominetti, which also arrived in the same Palasport which two seasons ago earned its first triumph in the competition, with Reggio Emilia which won in Cuneo two years ago.
COMMENTS
Lorenzo Grottoli (Consar Ravenna): “We came close to two great objectives, we lost to Grottazzolina in the Play Offs and now in the Final to Brescia. With a little more attention we would have gained some satisfaction.”
Roberto Cominetti (Sferc Consuls Brescia): “This arena brings good luck, two years later I managed to achieve this feat together with my teammates. After the defeat in the Play Offs we were good at getting back on the pitch despite the difficulties. We arrived here and played good volleyball, we are proud of ourselves I’ll think about getting a tattoo for this Italian Cup, it’s the second one I’ve won. I always try to give my best contribution to the team, both in reception and in attack. Today we were very good, this arena brings me luck, it’s wonderful to play here in addition to being a great captain, he is very good at managing the group and calming down, he is a great player.”
Marco Bonitta (Consar Ravenna): “I congratulate Brescia on how they played and certainly deserved the victory. To have any chance of winning, we knew we had to repeat yesterday’s match especially in batting. It didn’t happen that way. I would also like to publicly praise this group and these guys. A huge thank you to them, to the club and to my truly top-notch staff.”
