On the way to Final Four, Lube Banca had no problems with beating another representative of Serie A – Cuneo. The game was short and the level was quite disappointing.
Cuneo did not have anything to even compare themselves to their rivals. On the other hand, Lube Banca was killing with the attack of Zaytsev and Kooy and blocked Cuneo over and over again with hands of Dragan Stankovic and Marko Podrascanin. Lannuttti only made it worse for themselves by making a huge number of mistakes, so there was no way for them to win this part (25:17).
The second set was practically identical. Earvin Ngapeth was replaced by Dore Della Lunga, but it was too late even at that moment, as Cuneo was far far behind (4:12). It was only the matter of time for Macerata to push it to the end with the same result as in the previous set.
In the last part Cuneo improved their quality and even took a lead for a while, but Lube was strongly motivated to finish the game without further complications. Sokolov and Antonov comitted more errors in the end and that helped to closed the game 3:0.
“I want to thank my players because tonight they really showed a great attitude and approached the match the right way” said Alberto Giuliani after the game. “This is a very important victory but our qualification for the final four is still not guaranteed. We do expect a tough game next week in Cuneo and we have to improve on some details if we want to win there as well”.
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3:0 (25:17, 25:17, 25:22)
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