Battle for group B top spot, last Final Six ticket

The long ten-round Champions League preliminary phase will come to its conclusion on Saturday when the final day of competition will be played. And an exciting finish it is promised to be with two major focus points. The battle for the top spot in group B, and direct Final Six semifinal qualification, between current leader Szolnok and Croatian 2nd seed Primorje who lost the first match-up in Hungary on day 1 with a narrow margin (13-12) so know what to do on Saturday at home in the battle between two title contenders. But in the field of participants for the Final Six, late may in Barcelona, still one more spot is at stake. And with the Hungarian champion ZF-Eger as main candidate to take it out of group A, Greek powerhouse Olympiacos still have a chance if the Hungarian squad will be unable to beat or draw level with Final Six hosts Barceloneta in their head-to-head match. The Greek side meanwhile host Italian runners-up Brescia who, although eliminated from the Final Six race, showed their class in a 12-4 blowout win over Barceloneta in the penultimate round two weeks ago. 

The winner in group A though is already determined in Italian giant Pro Recco who takes on Radnicki at home to close out their prelims capaign and complete a successful unbeaten run so far going on to the Final Six race; the stage to erase the disappointing memory of last year's Final Six where Recco lost a quarterfinal match-up to a young Partizan team on penalties only to finish the tournament 6th and last. This time though the expectations are rather higher as the team is showing off a dominancy that reminds back to the 2012 season where the Italian champion cruised to the European championship at the Final Four which was played in Oradea, Romania.

Elsewhere on Saturday Jug Dubrovnik, currently placed 3rd in group B, host German competitor Spandau who scared the Croatian favourites in their previous match-up, in Berlin, Germany on day 1 when Jug came away with a late but close 8-9 victory. No such thing is expected to happen on Saturday though as Jug is proved to be a more and more solid group of players gearing up for the anticipated finals series of the domestic play-offs while seemingly comfortable beating Partizan 13-6 two weeks ago on day 9 of these prelims. In Istanbul home side Galatasaray takes on Partizan in an attempt to finish this year's Champions League campaign with two wins, while Partizan is looking for its third. The Serbian side is in the midst of a heavy battle with rivals Red Star for a spot in the Serbian play-offs finals with the all-decisive third game to be played next Wednesday at home so will know where their priorities are at this moment with the qualification race for the Final Six already decided in group B a long time.

Champions League 2014-2015

Preliminary round

Day 10

Saturday, 2 May

16.15: ZF-Eger (HUN) vs. CN Atletic-Barceloneta (ESP)

17.00: Jug CO Dubrovnik (CRO) vs. Wasserfreunde Spandau Berlin (GER)

17.15: Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) vs. AN Brescia (ITA)

18.05: Primorje EB Rijeka (CRO) vs. Szolnoki VSK (HUN)

20.00: Galatasaray Istanbul (TUR) vs. Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade (SRB)

20.30: Pro Recco (ITA) vs. VK Radnicki Kon Tiki Kragujevac (SRB)

N.b.: time mentioned is local time.

The current standings are:

Group A

1. Pro Recco 9 - 27 pts

2. ZF-Eger 9 - 13

3. C.N. Atletic-Barceloneta 9 - 11

4. Olympiacos Piraeus 9 - 10

5. VK Radnicki Kragujevac 9 - 9

6. AN Brescia 9 - 8

Group B

1. Szolnoki VSK 9 - 24 pts

2. Primorje EB Rijeka 9 - 21

3. Jug CO Dubrovnik 9 - 19

4. Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade 9 - 6

5. Wasserfreunde Spandau Berlin 9 - 6

6. Galatasaray Istanbul 9 - 4

* Hosts Barceloneta automatically qualified for Final Six (28-30 May in Barcelona)

* Top 2 (ex Barceloneta, group A) and top 3 (group B) qualify for Final Six.

* Group winners advance to Final Six semifinals directly.

Final Six tickets available here.

Pictured: Szolnok's Tamas Mezei and Primorje's Petar Muslim battling for a good position during the teams Champions League prelims day 1 match-up.

Top four emerge at FINA Women’s Intercontinental Tournament

Auckland, May 1.— Four teams have qualified for the FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai next month, winning their quarterfinals on day four of the FINA Women’s Water Polo Intercontinental Tournament at West Waves Aquatic Centre today.

Canada beat Kazakhstan 11-3, reigning World League champion United States of America dropped Japan 17-0, Australia had by far the better of Brazil 17-4 and China came from behind to defeat New Zealand 14-6.

With Super Final berths wrapped up for four teams, there is still one berth to be decided from this tournament as China is the host.

The team to finish fifth on Sunday will be the final qualifier to meet up with the three European qualifiers — Netherlands, Italy and world champion Spain (although there is a rumour that Spain has withdrawn and Russia might fill the position).

Saturday’s semifinal programme:

15:00    Match 17    Round 5-8        NZL    v    BRA

16:30    Match 18    Round 5-8        KAZ    v    JPN

18:00    Match 19    Round 1-4        CHN    v    AUS

19:30    Match 20    Round 1-4        CAN    v    USA

Match Reports:

Match 14: 16:00, KAZAKHSTAN 3 CANADA 11

Quarterfinal

Quarters: 0-2, 0-4, 2-2, 1-3

Referees: Andrew Carney (AUS), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED).

Extra Man: KAZ: 2/6. CAN: 2/4.

Pens: KAZ: 0/1. CAN: 1/1.

Teams: 

KAZAKHSTAN: Alexandra Zharkimbayeva, Aruzhan Yegemberdiyeva, Aizhan Akilbayeva, Anna Turova (1), Kamila Zakirova, Irina Svinarenko, Zamira Myrzabekova, Oxana Saichuk, Darya Muravyeva, Darya Roga, Anastassiya Mirshina (1), Assem Mussarova (1), Darya Ryzhinskaya. Head Coach: Miroslav Trumbic.

CANADA: Jessica Gaudreault, Krystina Alogbo (1), Katrina Monton (1), Emma Wright, Monika Eggens (1), Jacqueline Kohli, Joelle Bekhazi (1), Shae Fournier (1), Carmen Eggens (2), Christine Robinson (3), Stephanie Valin (1), Dominique Perrault, Claire Wright. Head Coach: Johanne Begin.

Match report:

Canada became the first team through to the FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai, China, with a win built on a 6-0 first half. It was never in question for Canada as tight defence proved critical, only opening up slightly early in the third period before heading into the final quarter 8-2 ahead. Kazakhstan had a penalty attempt blocked late in the second quarter as Anastassiya Mirshina could only watch as Jessica Gaudreault rose to take the pluck the ball from the air. Canada moved to 10-2 before Mirshina scored from the top at 2:48 in the final quarter. Carmen Eggens scored either side of Mirshina’s goal, closing out a comfortable match against a Kazakhstan team that did not lift for the occasion.

Flash quotes:

Johanne Begin (CAN) — Head Coach

“It’s good, our objective was to win our quarterfinal so we’ve taken the first step. We play the winner of USA and Japan and we know both teams. I’m new to the team and step by step we’re growing as a team.”

Claire Wright (CAN)

“We feel pretty good. We’ve being working hard and it’s paying off. We’re going to China!”

Miroslav Trumbic (KAZ) — Head Coach

“Terrible. We are on the second level, not at the level of Canada, America and the like. The players should be very disciplined and not make mistakes like a small child. They played today like this.”

Photograph: Russel McKinnon.

Match 15: 17:30, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 17 JAPAN 0

Quarterfinal

Quarters: 4-0, 8-0, 2-0, 3-0

Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Shihao Li (CHN)

Extra Man: USA: 5/10. JPN: 0/6.

Pen: USA: 1/1.

Teams:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Carlee Kapana, Colleen O’Donnell (1), Melissa Seidemann, Makenzie Fischer (2), Caroline Clark (2), Madeline Musselman (2), Courtney Mathewson (1), Aria Fischer (2), Madison Berggren, Kaleigh Gilchrist (1), Paige Hauschild (1), Kameryn Craig (6), Elizabeth Armstrong. Head Coach: Adam Krikorian.

JAPAN: Rikako Miura, Chiaki Sakanoue, Yuri Kazama, Shino Magariyama, Moe Nakata, Ayaka Takahashi, Yumi Nakano, Mitsuki Hashiguchi, Kana Hosoya, Tsubasa Mori, Midori Sugiyama, Kotari Suzuki, Yoko Umeda. Head Coach: Hideo Kato.

Match Report:

USA did what it does best and that is winning matches. Head Coach Adam Krikorian would have been wanting more from the match, but it gave him a chance to use his bench, sort out combinations, moves and take advantage of situations. It also secured a berth in China, not that this was ever in doubt. Kami Craig had little trouble at centre forward and five of her six goals came from action play at two metres and the other on extra-man attack. USA countered, successfully utilised the six on five and generally tuned up for the semifinal clash with Canada. Japan struggled to penetrate obviously, getting few shots to the cage and had to rely on guile to deny USA some attacking ball. Japanese goalkeeper Yuko Umeda reveled in the avalanche of balls heading her way, gaining her fair share of saves. The good Japanese press defence worked well in the second half, restricting USA to just five goals.

Flash quotes:

Adam Krikorian (USA) — Head Coach

“I’m happy, obviously. Defence was really good, sometimes when you get a lead like that you tend to relax so we were consistent on the defensive end. We’re looking forward to Canada in the semifinals; they’re looking strong. It will be a good experience for us as there are a lot of young players on the team.”

Hideo Kato (JPN) — Head Coach

“We were completely lost. We could not play our own game. The USA kept bringing non-committed defenders into the centre position. As instructed, the girls played a hard press, but the major difference was in the centre position. Our best players stayed too close to the centres (and were being grabbed) and should have stayed looser.”

Photograph: Russel McKinnon.

Match 16: 19:30, BRAZIL 4 AUSTRALIA 17

Quarterfinal

Quarters: 1-4, 2-6, 1-2, 0-5

Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Steven Rotsart (USA).

Extra Man: BRA: 0/7. AUS: 3/10.

Pens: Nil. 

Teams:

BRAZIL: Tess Oliveira, Diana Abla, Marina Zablith, Marina Canetti (1), Lucianne Baroncass, Izabella Chiappini, Amanda Oliviera, Luiza Carvalho, Melanie Dias (2), Flavia Fernandes, Mirella Coutinho, Mariana Duarte (1), Manuela Canetti . Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.

AUSTRALIA: Lea Yanitsas, Gemma Beadsworth (2), Hannah Buckling, Isobel Bishop  (3), Bronte Colenso (2), Rowena Webster (2), Ellodie Ruffin, Zoe Arancini, Bronte Halligan (1), Keesja Gofers (3), Nicola Zagame (4), Lillian Hedges. Head Coach: Greg McFadden.

Match report:

Australia breezed into the Super Final with an edgy win over an agile Brazil. Brazil’s chance of qualifying might come on Sunday and its energetic play today was evident all around the pool. However, the Aussie Stingers had plenty of zest themselves and the penetrative firepower to secure an excellent victory. Both teams had sharpened their game after three days of rusty play and the Stingers proved that they are capable of going to the final in Auckland. Australia, like in its match with Canada the previous day, rattled in three quick goals. Unlike Thursday, the goals kept coming as Brazil tried to stay in the reckoning. Brazil did this by trailing just 6-3 midway through the second quarter. However, Australia scored three more by halftime and two in the third for 12-3.  Brazil, after 11 and a half minutes of inactivity on the scoreboard, netted through Mariana Duarte in the closing seconds. Australia maintained the rush in the final period with five goals, three on counter. 

Flash quotes:

Greg McFadden (AUS) — Head Coach

“Our plan was to work on being dangerous in attack and we did that. Defence was strong with only 4 goals so I’m happy. Only problem was our extra man play but overall we rose to the occasion. Quarterfinals are always hard no matter who you’re playing.”

Gemma Beadsworth (AUS) — Centre Forward

“It was our most consistent game yet. We had good counter-attacks and we were finishing a lot more, which was our problem in other games.”

Pat Oaten (CAN) — Brazil Head Coach

“It was a bad start and with this format we are playing for the next day (alluding to finishing fifth and grabbing the final qualification berth). Australia had a great game, especially defensively. They’re (Brazilians) going to give it their all, whom ever they play. Our backup goalie (Manuella Canetti, who played the second half) was probably our best player. We have got to learn to come out right from the beginning. We’re very inconsistent, but we will just get better.”

Match 13: 14:30, CHINA 14 NEW ZEALAND 6

Quarterfinal 

Quarters: 2-3, 3-0, 5-2, 4-1

Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN).

Extra Man: CHN: 4/7. NZL: 1/6.

Pens: CHN: 2/2. NZL: 1/1

Teams: 

CHINA: Jun Yang, Jianing Tian (2), Zhujia Wang, Xiao Chen, Guannan Niu (3), Xiohan Mei, Donglun Song, Cong Zhang (3), Zihan Zhao (3), Dunhan Xiong (1), Xinyan Wang, Jing Zhang (2), Lin Peng. Head Coach: Rick Azevedo.

NEW ZEALAND: Brooke Millar, Nicole Lewis, Kelly Mason, Hannah Klein (1), Simone Lewis, Sarah Landry, Miranda Chase, Ricci Ferigo, Emma Stoneman (1), Liana Dance (1), Kirsten Hudson, Jasmine Myles (3), Katherine Curnow. Head Coach: Attila Biro.

Match Report:

China became the fourth qualifier after having to come from behind against New Zealand, a team buoyed by its 8-4 win over Japan the night before. So boosted was the Kiwi team that it led 3-2 after the first period thanks to two goals from Jasmine Myles, who also scored twice against Japan. China regained the lead it had in the first four minutes with three extra-man goals from Cong Zhang twice and Guannan Niu once. The margin stretched to 9-3 before the Kiwis struck back with two goals, including a Hannah Klein lob four seconds from the final break for 10-5 down. Three of the four goals either side of the break were from the penalty line with China converting twice and new Zealand once. Heading the honours for New Zealand would have to be goalkeeper Brooke Millar, who is having a fantastic tournament. For the youthful China team, Cong Zhang and Zihan Zhao were potent.

Flash quotes:

Rick Azevedo (USA) — China Head Coach

“We’re still adjusting to this style of game. We’re frustrated with the offence. Our defence did very well and we have been holding teams to a very low percentage. Our centres are being called a lot on contra fouls, which we haven’t seen all year. We’ll get back (to China) and get our other players and that will improve our team. We’re doing what we’re supposed to do, using young players. However, we’re very frustrated at time. Our defence is good, our counter is going well and our six on five, we’re understanding the rotations.”

Attila Biro (NZL) — Head Coach

“We started very well. After the second quarter that’s when the differences came out between the teams in terms of training and funding.”

Jasmine Myles (NZL) — Three-goal hero

“The first quarter was really strong, we went up 3-2, and our defence was very good in the first half. But the third quarter they kind of got away from us.”

Photograph: Russel McKinnon.

By Russel McKinnon - FINA

Spectacle in semifinal match between OSC and Eger

Yesterday Hungary advanced in the stages of their domestic competition that everybody has been waiting for since the start of the season. The championship semifinals promised to be mouthwatering and OSC and Eger did not disappoint! Eger qualified through the quarterfinals by defeating Honvéd in 3 games. The defending champion looked much more confident in the deciding 3rd match this past Saturday, but had not been in form for weeks. While Eger has been working a busy schedule, OSC had a small break after the season finished. The Budapest based side is no longer active in Europe and was already qualified for the domestic semifinals by finishing 2nd in the regular season. They did play an exhibition match against Croatian Mladost but no official competition since the round 26 game against Szolnok on April 3rd.

In a full house at the Újbuda pool in Budapest the teams immediately set the roof on fire. Eger came out very strong and took a 2-goal lead before OSC pulled level again with a double. Both teams played very high pressure with many physical confrontations. The referees did well to allow the match to develop the way it did and not restrict the physical aspect of the game too much. Bálint Lőrincz made it 2-3 for the visitors after a storming 1st period.

After the break the players took it to a whole other level once more. OSC top scorer Bence Bátori made it 3-3 after which goals followed at both ends in quick succession. Eger did manage to keep the initiative and was leading 8-9 at half time.

At the beginning of the 3rd period Balázs Erdélyi doubled Eger’s lead to make a 2-goal gap for the first time since the 1st period. The visitors were looking for a knockout punch but were hit on the counter by Drasko Brguljan to keep OSC in the slipstream. Both teams had chances in man-more situations but were wasteful in their shooting during these power plays. In the entire game Eger only scored 7 times during 19 OSC exclusions and OSC hit 6 goals from 15 Eger exclusions. Quick thinking of Ferenc Salamon then surprised Eger goalie Branislav Mitrovic to make it 10 each. 

Another goal on either side made it 11-11 with the last period remaining.

Realizing the importance of the first victory in the series both teams focused more on defence. OSC were first to breach Eger’s tactics and Joseph Kayes put his team in the lead for the first time since the 2nd period. Balázs Hárai worked hard in centre-forward position to provide his team with plenty of opportunities to shoot but it was clear Eger’s battery was slowly running dry. Miklós Gór-Nagy then confirmed his man of the match performance scoring his hattrick and OSC’s 13th to go 2 goals in front with 3,5 minutes to go. The reigning champions desperately tried to fight back. But when, with 1 minute remaining, Boris Vapenski missed the target on yet another failed man-up attack the home fans started their celebration.

Because of Champions League duties for Eger, the return game in Eger will take place only on May 6th.

Another victory for OSC would then mean there will be a different champion in Hungary this year. However, Eger will certainly be motivated to keep the hattrick dream alive, especially in front of their always loyal and supporting home fans.

The other semifinal was a lot less high profile. In Szolnok this season’s number 1 welcomed FTC (who beat Szeged in the quarterfinals). During the season Szolnok beat FTC twice with convincing numbers and this was expected to happen once again. The hosts were not as accurate as usual, however were still leading 8-4 by half time. FTC managed to reduce the gap to just 2 goals twice in the 3rd period at 8-6 and 9-7 scores but Szolnok put their foot down again towards the end of the game leading to a 13-8 final result. Because Szolnok, like Eger, competes in the last round of the Champions League group stage on Saturday, the return is also scheduled in Budapest for May 6th.

April 29th play-off results

Semifinal 1	OSC	Eger	13-11
Semifinal 2	Szolnok	FTC	13-8
7th place	Vasas	Kaposvár	9-10
9th Place	BVSC	DVSE	12-9

Schedule coming week

5th place	Szeged	Honvéd	Saturday, May 2nd
Semifinal 1 return	Eger	OSC	Wednesday, May 6th
Semifinal 2 return	FTC	Szolnok	Wednesday, May 6th
7th place return	Kaposvár	Vasas	Wednesday, May 6th
9th place return	DVSE	BVSC	Wednesday, May 6th
5th place return	Honvéd	Szeged	Wednesday, May 6th

Playoff A1 M, Canottieri Napoli-Posillipo 12-7

Radovic - Klikovac - Brguljan

CANOTTIERI NAPOLI-POSILLIPO 12-7 

(4-2, 5-3, 2-1, 1-1)

Canottieri Napoli: Vassallo, Buonocore, Di Costanzo 2, Migliaccio 2, Da. Brguljan 2, Borrelli, Ronga 1, Campopiano 1, G. Mattiello 2, Velotto 1, Baraldi 1, Esposito; n.e. Turiello. All. Zizza

Posillipo: Negri, Dolce 1, Briganti, Foglio, Klikovac 1, Radovic 2, Mauro, Gallo 1, E. Russo, Bertoli 1, Mandolini, Saccoia 1; n.e. Turiello. All. Occhiello

Arbitri: Pinato e Castagnola

Note: sup. num. Canottieri Napoli 8/10, Posillipo 3/8. Rigori: Usciti 3 f. Velotto 24’50’’, E. Russo 30’35’’

Un Posillipo svuotato di energie fisiche e mentali per la quintupla battaglia con l’Acquachiara – tra Euro Cup e quarti di finale – viene travolto dalla migliore Canottieri Napoli dell’anno, che conferma così la propria imbattibilità nel “classico” partenopeo: tre successi e un pari contro i rossoverdi quest’anno tra Coppa Italia, regular season e playoff. Ma la vittoria della squadra di Zizza è piena e meritata: i giallorossi giocano una gran bella pallanuoto e dimostrano di avere le carte in regola per vincere la serie e puntare anche all’Europa. Il Posillipo ha due gare per ribaltare la situazione, ma per Occhiello non sarà facile ridare energia al gruppo, anche perché Renzuto, oggi assente, è tormentato dai problemi alla spalla e Radovic ha addirittura concluso oggi la sua stagione: il bomber domenica tornerà in Montenegro per operarsi al ginocchio destro.

Il Posillipo deve ancora smaltire la delusione e la rabbia per l’eliminazione ai quarti da parte dell’Acquachiara e forse dimentica che per difendere l’Euro Cup appena conquistata dovrà arrivare fino in fondo al torneo per il quinto posto. La Canottieri, invece, ha testa, muscoli e denti dentro la partita. Lo dimostra una prima metà gara brillante in fase offensiva e praticamente perfetta con l’uomo in più: addirittura 6/6 il dato all’intervallo lungo, con il tabellone che dice 9-5 per i giallorossi. La squadra di Zizza si porta sul +3 – 5-2 in avvio di secondo quarto di Di Costanzo, ex ispiratissimo – poi subisce il ritorno del Posillipo, che per tre minuti pare ritrovare fosforo e cattiveria visti nell’altro derby, quello con la Canottieri. Bertoli fa 5-5 in superiorità a 4’44’’ dalla fine del quarto e la gara pare rimettersi in equilibrio, ma è solo un’impressione.

Raggiunto il pari, il Posillipo abbassa nuovamente la guardia e si consegna all’aggressività della Canottieri, devastante nel finale di quarto. Ronga apre le danze in superiorità su assist di Di Costanzo (6-5), poi sale in cattedra Velotto, che prima, su uomo in più, sale a raccogliere un invito di Brguljan per il +2 e poi serve il piatto forte della casa: furto sull’esterno a Gallo e controfuga in coppia con Migliaccio, autore del comodo 8-5. L’attaccante fa doppietta dopo 30’’ per il +4 Canottieri, sfruttando la sesta superiorità numerica del match.

Quando il Posillipo, nel terzo parziale, capisce che rischia seriamente di perdere la partita, trova sulla sua strada un Vassallo scattante nonostante l’influenza. Una palomba di Radovic, in partita con una gamba sola, va a segno per il 9-6, ma le conclusioni successive si infrangono sulle mani del numero 13 giallorosso. La maggiore determinazione della Canottieri emerge anche dalle palle rubate di Mattiello, Migliaccio, Brguljan e Di Costanzo, elementi che spesso finiscono per conservare le forze in fase passiva, ma che in questo derby non si risparmiano, rendendo difficile la vita agli attaccanti rossoverdi. In avanti, poi, continua il perfect game in più della squadra di Zizza: Brgljan firma il 10-6, seguito da Mattiello che approfitta di un errore difensivo del Posillipo su un blocco giallorosso. L’ultimo quarto è di pura accademia, anche perché Campopiano fa 8/8 in superiorità per il 12-6, massimo vantaggio giallorosso, ridotto poi da Gallo per il 12-7 conclusivo.

L’uscita per falli di Velotto non si nota neanche, la Canottieri porta a casa gara 1 in tranquillità, il Posillipo arriva stancamente alla sirena finale. Ora tocca a Occhiello dare nuovo carburante a una squadra che ha speso tutto tra Euro Cup e quarti di finale, ormai priva del proprio cannoniere principe, Radovic, e con la sua terza scelta offensiva, Renzuto, in condizioni precarie. La Canottieri, però, ha già fatto intendere di non voler fare sconti ai “cugini”.

“Siamo stati bravi ad approfittare della situazione di difficoltà del Posillipo – ammette Zizza al termine della partita -, ma con questo non voglio togliere nulla alla prestazione della mia squadra. Abbiamo vinto perché ci siamo preparati bene in vista di questa sfida. L’uomo in più? È frutto anche di questo lavoro. Non so se possiamo raggiungere l’Europa, questo è solo il primo passo e gara 2 sarà totalmente diversa perché il Posillipo avrà smaltito lo stress fisico e psicologico della serie persa con l’Acquachiara”.

Occhiello, di fatto, concorda con il collega. “La Canottieri ha avuto più determinazione – spiega il tecnico del Posillipo – ma noi non avevamo le energie sufficienti per affrontare questa partita. La colpa è esclusivamente mia, non ho caricato a sufficienza i giocatori dopo l’eliminazione nei quarti. Ora si fa dura, anche perché fisicamente non stiamo bene: Renzuto è in dubbio per gara 2, Radovic ha giocato da finito la stagione. La cosa più importante, adesso, è ricaricare le batterie per gara 2”.

Clicca qui per i risultati e i tabellini di gara 1 delle altre semifinali