Hernandez (33 points) spikes against Diatec Trentino three block

Ph. Angiolino

Molfetta (Bari), March 13th 2016

The Field factor confirms as a fundamental element even in Game 2 of the series of the quarterfinals of the playoffs Championship UnipolSai 2016. As it happened in PalaTrento last Thursday, the PalaPoli enforced its own law on the occasion of the second game of the comparison to the best of five, led by the public’ sold out (nearly 1,500 spectators), Exprivia Molfetta clinched the 3-1 victory on Diatec Trentino, bringing tied the fate of the confrontation and giving at least another home game (Game 4 on March) 27th to their own people.
Puglia has therefore confirmed as a not easy ground to win for Stoytchev’s team that after the good things showed three days before, in this case instead marked a step backward not only in terms of the final result. Overwhelmed by the opponents’ great performance at the service (17 aces in four sets against 16 errors) and by the great realizations of the pair Hernandez-Fedrizzi (49 points in two), Giannelli and teammates tried to meet head-on at least until the third set, managing bad an important advantage in the first set and losing the second one at the sprint. After reopening the game with the clear statement in the next period, the light, however, turned off again and the formation Champions of Italy has been overwhelmed by the firepower of Puglia from nine meters. Among the ranks of the tricolor, to save the statistics there were Nelli (16 points with 48%, 4 blocks and 2 aces), the performance of the combative Kaziyski (13 with two aces and 48%) and Van de Voorde (2 blocks, an ace and 86% in the first half) and the ideas offered in certain junctures of the service, who scored 12 times (4 only with Urnaut) compared with 11 errors.

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