Castellana Grotte had a better start in the tie-break, with Cester‘s block for 0:3. Sabbi and Yosifov extended the lead to 4:10. It took BCC-NEP four match points to finish the game against CMC Ravenna.
Mauro Fresa (CMC Ravenna coach): “We wanted to win for the first time at home, but we haven’t succeeded. It was a gamble to deploy Owens after a few workouts but he has showed well, except for the fatigue in the final part of the game.“
Flavio Gulinelli (coach BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “We started off really bad, but we were able to get back and play well in the tie-break but wasted four match-balls.“
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