L’Alva Inox 2 Emme Service Porto Viro gives in at home 2-3 at the Development South Catania in the last match of 2025. An infinite and furious battle that took place at the Palasport in via XXV Aprile: twice in the lead, the nerofuchsia of Matteo Bologna they are unable to contain the return of the Sicilians, dragged by a He is protective 40 points (56% in attack, 3 aces and 2 blocks) and also decisive in the tie-break. For Porto Viro good reception performance (60% positivity), while the attack stops at 39%, confirming the difficulties highlighted in last week’s match against Siena. The best scorer of the Polesans is Pins (25 points, 38% in attack, 5 aces and 3 blocks), also in double figures Magliano (15 points, 43% in attack and 3 aces), You were (11 points, 53% attacking and 2 blocks) e Pedro (19 points, 42% in attack), who took over during the match. With this result, Alva Inox 2 Emme Service rises to 10 points, but, thanks to Taranto’s victory over Aversa, it remains alone in the penultimate place in the ranking. In the next round, scheduled Sunday 4 January, Sperandio and teammates will face away Brescia for the last round of the first round of Series A2 We believe the Bank.
THE MATCH
Coach Matteo Bologna must give up Eccherinfluenced, the captain returns to his place Sperandio. The 6+1 of the Alva Inox 2 Emme Service completes Zonta in direction and Pins as opposite, You were to the center, Magliano e Chiloiro (at his 100th appearance in Serie A) in place four, Morning in the role of libero. Thus Sviluppo Sud Catania of Paolo Montagnani: Cottarelli-Arinze Nwachuckwu on the main diagonal, Fox-Crossbow central, Basic-Feri spikers, Carbone–Caletti to divide the tasks on the second line.
Stuttering start from Porto Viro, immediately below 0-4 on the service of Cottarelli. Halve the disadvantage Chiloiro in pipe, ma Basic re-establishes the distances, always from the second line (4-8). Catania authoritarian in the ball exchange and surgical in the break phase, again Basic on target for8-13he responds, however, immediately Magliano with an ace of pure power. The two opposing players become protagonists, with two winning serves He is protectiveone per Pinswhich also favors the subsequent ball put on the ground by Zonta: 14-17with time spent by both technicians. Another target serve, by Ferry (14-19), the Alva Inox 2 Emme Service inserts Pedro (as opposite receiver) e Mazzon (dribbling). Volpe on the block he cancels the black-fuchsia counterattack of the possible -3, they return to the field Zonta e Pins who, with an ace and a block, reopen the contest: 19-21time per Montagnani. Upon returning, thunderous wall of Sperandio for the 20-21the ending becomes incandescent. Ferry wrong for equality, Magliano signs the overtaking of Polesine in action, the tandem Chiloiro–Sperandio on the wall print the 24-22 on the board. The first set ball goes away for the hosts, not the second, he thinks about it Pins: 25-23, 1-0.
Free-diving attacks at the start of the second half, Porto Viro breaks away 7-4 after the third personal ace of Magliano and the block of Sperandio are He is protective. He mends the tear Ferryfirst in reconstruction, then in action (8-8). Magliano in pipe e Pins from nine meters they put the Alva Inox 2 Emme Service back in command: 11-8time per Montagnani. Another break point from Polesine after the break, Catania changes direction (inside Pinelli per Cottarelli) and goes back to -2 with Basic. Pinelli he signs up on the scoresheet with the ace of 13-12then it is an offensive error by the home team that restores parity, on 16-16. The guests feel the wind in their sails and accelerate, two aces from Ferryin the middle a thrust of He is protective and a wall of Volpe: 17-21with a yellow to the home bench for stretching. There are four set points for Catania, the wild one Ferry stands on the wall and realizes the first: 20-25, 1-1.
Alva Inox 2 Emme Service begins the third half with Pedro in the place of Chiloirowhile Catania confirms in the sextet Pinelli e Gittothe latter taking over from Crossbow during the previous partial. Teams arm in arm for a long time, Pins e Magliano the most consistent among the home attackers, on the other side of the net in temperature He is protective. Just an ace of Pins from the “la” to the first stretch of Porto Viro (14-12), You were e Pedro they replenish the fuchsia-black spoils, convincingly Montagnani to spend some time (16-13). Basic the attack fails upon re-entry (and is then replaced by Wordbooks), You were adds another brick to the Polesine climb: 18-13. Home training in control now, there is a ring of Volpe to wall (20-17), to whom Brondoloat bat, and the same You werein counterattack, respond in kind: 23-18second time for Montagnani. The practice closes with a very hot moment You were: 25-20, 2-1.
Porto Viro’s approach to the fourth set was too soft 0-3 on the board with two Sicilian bulwarks in the count. He is protective continues to rage (1-5), Pins shorten with an ace (4-6), Gitto (2) Volpe (at bat) they drag Catania offshore again (4-9), Pedro reduces the gap to three lengths, but Volpe he places yet another block and restores +5. He goes out Magliano per Chiloiro in the black and fuchsia ranks, meanwhile He is protective continues his personal show (9-15). The home team seems to have run out of batteries, He is protective lands yet another break blow: 13-20time per Bologna. In the final Porto Viro takes pride and goes back to -3 on the batting turn Pedro: 18-21 after the block of Pins. There would also be the chance of -2 but Volpe stop You were and deletes it (19-23). Pins last black fuchsia bastion, rekindles the flame of hope with the ace of 21-23. It’s not enough, He is protectiveand who else delivers three set balls to Catania, Basic puts down the second one (after confirming the check): 22-25, 2-2.
Tie-break, tiredness and a lot of inaccuracy, on both sides. You were Porto Viro is alive and well He is protective (5-5), which still leads his team to the changeover with the minimal advantage. Poisonous joke by Brondolo e He is protective the road is once again blocked by You werethe Alva Inox 2 Emme Service takes the lead on 9-8. He redeems himself immediately He is protectiveneedles del 9-10 and time for Bologna. Palpable tension, the home team makes a mistake in changing the ball and slips to -2. There is the entrance to Mazzon on serve, Catania doesn’t exploit the first match ball, the second does, with the relentless He is protective: 13-15, 2-3.
Coach’s comment Matteo Bologna: “It’s unfortunate because we started badly in the first set but, even with the substitutions, we managed to put him back on his feet and take him home. We were also managing to do so in the fourth, but we lacked clarity. And when on the other side you find a player who scores 40 points in five sets, it means that you have to be perfect when he fails to put the ball down. On the positive side, whoever entered did well, but this is the fifth tie-break we’ve played and it’s the fifth time we’ve played we’re coming because we lose the fourth set. It’s a situation that must set off an important alarm bell: if we’re ahead 2-1, we can’t sit back. So far we’ve shown that we can compete with anyone, on par if not better, the hope for 2026 is precisely to have more clarity when the matches go long. Today’s ranking tells us that we have to work, we’ll lock ourselves in the gym and work even harder.”.
The opposite of the Alva Inox 2 Emme Service Giacomo Brondolo: “We played well and fought for five sets, in some situations we lacked clarity, in big battles this is also normal, but we have to improve because from now on we have many close matches ahead of us. We are leaving behind us a year in which we had some difficulties, but we will work even harder in training to try to win all the battles that await us in 2026”.
SCORESHEET
Alva Inox 2 Emme Service Porto Viro-Sviluppo Sud Catania 2-3 (25-23, 20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 13-15)
Partial duration: 31′, 28′, 28′, 32′, 18′. Total: 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Point hits/Errors: Porto Viro 9/12, Catania 9/24; Reception: Porto Viro 60%, Catania 54%; Attack: Porto Viro 39%, Catania 46%; Point blocks: Porto Viro 9, Catania 15.
Alva Inox 2 Emme Service Porto Viro: Erati 11, Zonta 3, Magliano 15, Pedro 10, Brondolo, Sperandio 3, Mazzon, Morgese (L), Chiloiro 5, Pinali 25; ne Maghenzani, Lamprecht (L), Milan. Coach: Matteo Bologna.
Development South Catania: Pinelli 1, Cottarelli, Basic 9, Gitto 5, Volpe 13, Marshall, Caletti (L), Balestra 2, Arinze Nwachukwu 40, Parolari, Feri 13, Carbone (L); in Torosantucci, Gasparini. Coaches: Paolo Montagnani and Marco Franchi.
Referees: Antonio Mazzarà from Milan and Michele Marotta from Prato.
