Conegliano passes at Forum, Paola Egonu and Myriam Sylla not enough in Milan

Conegliano beats Milan 3-1

In front of the crowd at the Mediolanum Forum in Assago, capable of setting a record attendance record in the stands for a women’s volleyball match (12,562 spectators), Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano defeated 3 sets to 1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-15) Allianz Vero Volley Milan in the sixth day of the women’s Serie A1.

A 17-point performance for Paola Egonu and an 11-point performance for Myriam Sylla were not enough for the home team. The evening’s opponents were able to come back from a one-set deficit and then ramped up thanks mainly to Haak’s 18 points, Robinson-Cook’s 17, Fahr’s 16 and Plummer’s 13.

"Today a bit’ bitter sweet – explained Myriam Sylla after the end of the match, to the official channels of the Allianz Vero Volley -: bitter for the result but sweet for the response of the public. How’è was it to play at the Forum? It was great to see it so full. They really embraced and supported us. I think and hope there was for a while’ a good show".

"Unfortunately, then we came up short,” he added, “but still è it was good and I have a good memory. On today’s game, we definitely started off on the right foot. Then forò è dropped the’attention and focus in doing some things: this is not enough to win".