MILAN- CONEGLIANO 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 31-29, 25-20)
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Milan wins 3-1 against Conegliano in the Allianz Cloud’s big match, sold out for the occasion (5296 spectators), driven by its captain, Paola Egonu. Numia takes 3 fundamental points, after 10 consecutive defeats in the championship against the panthers and above all after the defeat against Vallefoglia 4 days ago, while Imoco, after years of undisputed or almost undisputed dominance, confirms some difficulties. But the absolute protagonist is Paola Egonu: MVP with 32 points, which is the least compared to the quality of the shots she ensures especially in the hot moments of the sets. The whole team, however, runs wonderfully, excellently orchestrated by Bosio, with Lanier and Piva always lucid and Kurtagic who when his tone increases (5 blocks) drags the whole team along with him. For the Venetians Haak scores (15 points, with 33% effectiveness and 21% efficiency), Fahr is back on the field, but for Wolosz and her teammates the deck narrows in the end despite Gabi and Lubian. Lavarini starts with the typical sextet: Bosio-Egonu, Lanier-Piva, Danesi-Kurtagic, Fersino libero. Santarelli responds with Wolos-Haak, Zhu-Gabi, Lubian-Chirichella with De Gennaro libero. Imoco started better, and not by a little: 0-3 and 3-9, with Gabi and Haak as protagonists. Milan almost never passes and the wall is non-existent. Down 15-20, however, the Milanese found aggression in their serve, coming back to 22-24, which would also be 23 without a defensive miracle from De Gennaro. Prosecco.doc finishes 22-25 with Haak scoring 7/10 in attack. In the second half, the wall appears again for Milan, who runs away immediately (6-2). Conegliano struggles with all the attackers, has to force it and makes some mistakes (8 at the end), while from 9 meters Numia continues to be aggressive. The home defense significantly lowers the opponents’ offensive percentages, Piva and Lanier strike regularly, but above all the team, reached 16 after a 0-4, reacts, finding a decisive break with Akimova (launched by Lavarini in the double substitution), Egonu and Danesi. 25-19 and 1-1. Real match in the third set, with Sillah as the protagonist and Milan’s wall always present. However, Haak drops noticeably, and above all the Venetians find nothing from the serve. Gabi and Sillah, as well as Lubian, are the best, Conegliano wastes a set point, and in the fifth he surrenders to Egonu, monumental with 11 points in the half, but also as an emotional presence for the group, as when he takes a timeout at the end of the half. Imoco is tried, Santarelli tries to redesign the team with Fahr from the beginning and Adigwe (for Haak, in vertical collapse) and Zhu (for SIllah) in progress, but Numia is confident, with Fersino arriving everywhere, Bosio who doesn’t make a mistake and Egonu… who does Egonu. The first break (7-4) is the one that Milan takes to the end, with Conegliano without energy (mental, before physical), and Egonu always uncatchable. The last 4 points are his, and the 3 (very heavy) points for the team’s classification. Who looks with great confidence to the rest of the season, starting from the quarter-final of the Italian Cup with Novara.
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