Scandicci reaches Conegliano: all-Italian final in Champions League

It will be Euroderby in the women’s volleyball Champions League final. Following Conegliano‘s success over Milan, Scandicci pulled off the pass for the final by overwhelming the hosts of VakifBank with a peremptory 3-0 score of 25-12 25-19 25-21.

The first set was decided from the opening bars, as Scandicci immediately flew away in the score even going so far as to double its opponents at 14-7. On the strength of the wide lead, it was just a formality for Antropova and her teammates to close the partial set on 25-12.

In the second set, the score does not change with Savino del Bene immediately stretching to 10-6. The Tuscans even reach +7. At that point, comes the pride reaction of VakifBank, which manages to come back up to 24-19. In the best moment of the Turks, it took an excellent diagonal of Bajema to close the partial on 25-19.

In the third set, Scandicci again got off to a rocketing start with an 8-2 partial, effectively putting an end to the game.

Conegliano and Scandicci will face each other on Sunday, May 4, in a historic all-Italian final.