Champions League, Antropova drags Scandicci, Conegliano struggles but wins

Champions League, Antropova drags Scandicci, Conegliano struggles but wins

In one’hour and 19 minutes of play, Savino del Bene Scandicci, dragged by 28 points from Ekaterina Antropova, beat the Polish women of Bielsko-Biala 3-0 on the road in the third match of Champions League Group E. 25-22 26-22 25-23 were the set partials in favor of Marco Gaspari’s girls.

The Tuscans in the first set turned the situation around from 15-20 with a 10-2 partial then winning it 25-22. Even at the’beginning of the second set the guests went down 1-4 but immediately recovered with a 5-0 partial and from 9-9 they never let go of the lead in the partial. In the third set Scandicci è almost always a control apart from halfway through the partial.

It makes more effort Conegliano, which always away in Poland, in the third match of Group A  beats Rzeszow 3-1 and remains alone at the top of the standings just to the detriment of the Polish, obviously full score as Scandicci. 30-28 25-20 23-25 25-15 were the set partials in favor of Imoco. First set in which Daniele Santarelli’s Panthers went down 11-16 but then recovered and in the final point to point won on the sixth set point without conceding any to the opponents.

In the second set the Venetians are always ahead although never more than 5 lengths which è then also the margin by which they win the partial. In the third instead the hosts go ahead even by 4 lengths, Conegliano comes back under on 20-20 and this time the point-to-point challenge is won by the Poles at the first set point. The fourth set from 10-11 è a monologue of the Venetian women, among whom Isabelle Haak scores 28 points, practice closed after an’ira and 51 minutes of battle.