Italy Serie A1 2010-2011

Quote from alex002

Copra, how has Nilsson been doing after his poor start to the season?

well..it's a hard question...
as someone already said, Gonzalez doesn't set him so many balls...and that's why many times the opponent's block understand his choices...
anyway, i think he's improving day by day, and for sure he's another player compared to the one we saw in the very first games of the season.
yesterday he scored 20 points, which for an opposite is quite normal, but taking in consider the "Gonzalez factor" is a good score.
he's not Fei or Nikolov or Mijlikovic...but he can do pretty well if the cuban guy will choose to spend more confidence on him

RESULTS
Sisley Treviso-Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 31-29);
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo-Copra Morpho Piacenza 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 24-26, 17-15);
M. Roma Volley-Andreoli Latina 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21);
Yoga Forlì-Itas Diatec Trentino 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 21-25);
Casa Modena-Marmi Lanza Verona 3-2 (28-26, 23-25, 24-26, 25-16, 23-21);
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia-Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-20);
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino-BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 3-0 (32-30, 26-24, 25-19).

STANDING
Itas Diatec Trentino 35,
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 30,
Lube Banca Marche Macerata 27,
Casa Modena 21,
Sisley Treviso 20,
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 19,
M. Roma Volley 18,
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 18,
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 17,
Copra Morpho Piacenza 15,
Marmi Lanza Verona 14,
Andreoli Latina 11,
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 4,
Yoga Forlì 3.

NEXT ROUND
Itas Diatec Trentino-Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo;
Copra Morpho Piacenza-M. Roma Volley;
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte-Sisley Treviso;
Lube Banca Marche Macerata-Yoga Forlì;
Andreoli Latina-RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino;
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza-Casa Modena
Marmi Lanza Verona-Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia

the same Copra of this year...
for some moments we can play a high volleyball, but in other moments we seem a second division's team..too many errors and, also this time, even if we played better than our opponent we lost.
very very big pity especially because we were leading 13-10 in the tie-break.

RESULTS
Itas Diatec Trentino - Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-0 (25-23 25-11 25-23)
Copra Morpho Piacenza - M. Roma Volley 3-2 (25-17 23-25 18-25 27-25 15-11)
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte - Sisley Treviso 0-3 (20-25 23-25 19-25)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata - Yoga Forlì 3-0 (25-14 25-16 25-15)
Andreoli Latina - RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 1-3 (22-25 20-25 25-18 20-25)
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza - Casa Modena 2-3 (25-10 16-25 23-25 25-22 14-16)
Marmi Lanza Verona - Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 1-3 (23-25 25-21 23-25 17-25).

STANDING
Itas Diatec Trentino 38,
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 30,
Lube Banca Marche Macerata 30,
Casa Modena 23,
Sisley Treviso 23,
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 21,
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 20,
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 20,
M. Roma Volley 18,
Copra Morpho Piacenza 15,
Marmi Lanza Verona 14,
Andreoli Latina 11,
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 4,
Yoga Forlì 3.

ITALIAN CUP'S QUARTERFINAL
(plays at home the best team of the ranking-final four will be in Verona)

1)Trento- 8 )Monza
4)Modena- 5)Treviso
3)Macerata- 6)Vibo Valentia
2)Cuneo- 7) San Giustino

Trento is angry with Cuneo because they leave Mastrangelo, Grbic and Wijsmans out intentionally...
i think this decision of Cuneo is not so fair...they ruined the best match of this regular season.
anyway...

we have the 8 teams that are going to go to Italian Cup's final eight, and probably the most important surprise is the 7th place of San Giustino, a really mediocre team in my opinion, but for sure they deserved this qualification playing with heart and passion.
Modena-Treviso is going to be the most balanced quarterfinal.

p.s for Raylight: winning in Trento is not impossibile, we did it twice in 2009's final for the title