The balance of the Final. In Game 3 of the PalaVerde we start again from 1-1 – Women’s Serie A Volleyball League

Series in balance, Scudetto challenge tied. After two episodes of the final of the top Italian women’s volleyball championship, Savino Del Bene Volley and Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano shared the stakes.

Both finalists prevailed on the road, with the first match, played at the PalaVerde in Villorba, which saw coach Barbolini’s girls triumph, while in the second match, staged at Palazzo Wanny, coach Santarelli’s athletes won to prevail.

With the series tied at 1-1, the two contenders for the Italian title will return to the field Wednesday 24 April at 8.30pmwhen within the walls of PalaVerde the challenge valid for will begin Race-3.

FORMER AND PREVIOUS

Two former Savino Del Bene Scandicci players are on the roster of Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley Conegliano, they are:

Isabelle Haaka Swedish opposite born in 1999, wore the Scandicci shirt in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons.

Marina Lubiana midfielder born in 1900, played for Savino Del Bene Scandicci for three seasons.

In coach Barbolini’s team, however, there are no former players from Conegliano.

This Wednesday’s it will be the thirty-second official match between the Italian borders, while also considering the four European challenges, it will be the thirty-sixth overall match.

Savino Del Bene Volley and Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley Conegliano also competed in CEV Champions League.

In the 2018-2019 season the two teams faced each other twice in the matches valid for group D, with Conegliano taking the lead won the first leg match 3-2 and Savino Del Bene Scandicci who won with the same result in the return match.

In the 2020-2021 season, however, Scandicci and Conegliano crossed paths in the quarter-finals. It was Conegliano who prevailed and won the first leg 3-2 And the return match 3-0.

The balance of precedents in the Italian context is today in favor of Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley Conegliano, capable of winning 25 victories against the 6 impositions of Savino Del Bene Scandicci.

THE WORDS OF MASSIMO BARBOLINI

“We start again from a draw, not only in the result, but also in the game and this in my opinion is comforting. It is important because we are playing on equal terms with a team that has dominated far and wide throughout the season, so the victory in Game 1 was definitely not a coincidence. Game 3 could be different from the first two matches, which were very balanced. The playoffs are like this, but we are aware that we are playing good volleyball, we are doing the best of what we can do, then it is obvious that we can always do something more, and probably on Wednesday evening we will need to do it.”

THE OPPONENTS

There Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano concluded the 2023-2024 regular season in first place in the ranking of Serie A1finishing unbeaten with 26 victories to 0 defeats which earned her a total 75 points in the standings12 more than Savino Del Bene Volley who came second.

In the play-offs, the girls led by coach Santarelli made it through to the quarter-finals, beating them in two games Aeroitalia SMI Romebeaten 3-0 in Race-1 And Race-2.

In the semi-final, however, Conegliano prevailed on the Igor Gorngonzola Novara, but to overtake the Piedmontese team he had to go all the way to Race-3. After achieved victory in the first episode of the Semifinal seriesConegliano was in fact knocked out in Race-2, surrendering in the tie break. With the series tied at 1-1, the Venetian team earned the pass to the Scudetto Final by winning 3-0 in Game 3.

In the first match of the Scudetto Final, best-of-five seriesthe Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley Conegliano was overcome 2-3 by a Savino Del Bene Volley capable of imposing itself within the walls of the PalaVerde. In Race-2 the Venetian team was able to overturn the result of the first episode of the series and won the match staged at Palazzo Wanny at the tie break.

Conegliano is not only facing its fifth consecutive Serie A1 final, but will also have to prepare for the CEV Champions League final against Allianz Vero Volley Milanoa challenge scheduled for May 5, 2024 in Antalya, Türkiye.

In addition to having dominated its Serie A1 and CEV Champions League challenges, this season the Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano has also conquered his seventh Italian Super Cup And his sixth Italian Cupin both cases defeating in the final Allianz Vero Volley Milan.

This Saturday Conegliano should confirm the lineup that took to the field in Game 1 of the Scudetto Final and the starters should therefore be Wolosz at the dribble, Haak as opposite, Plummer And Robinson in band, Lubian And Fahr as central. De Gennaro in the role of libero.

ON TV

The match between Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley Conegliano And Savino Del Bene Volleyball will be visible live on Rai Sport, Sky Sports One and upon subscription, on the platform Volleyball World TV. We remind you that by entering the code SAVINODELBENE20 when registering, you will be able to benefit from a 20% discount on your subscription.