Cuneo flies to final four after claiming dramatic derby
Cuneo, Italy, February 13, 2013
In what was probably the most anticipated fixture in the Playoffs 6 of the 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League, Cuneo could fight their way back after a straight-set defeat last week to first claim the return match with their compatriots of Macerata (3:2; 25-17, 25-19, 22-25, 21-25, and 15-8) and then seize also the golden set (15-7) to qualify for the final four scheduled for March 16-17 in Omsk and play there Poland’s Kedzierzyn-Kozle in the semis. This is the very first time – after many attempts – that Cuneo makes it to the last act of Europe’s most prestigious club competition.
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Cuneo nella storia, conquista la Final Four
Cuneo nella storia. Il doppio confronto italiano nei Playoffs a 6 di Champions League vede la Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo avere la meglio sulla Lube Banca Marche Macerata. Dopo aver perso la gara di andata a Macerata 3-0, i piemontesi hanno dimostrato maggior grinta e determinazione nel match di ritorno, vincendolo per 3-2 e conquistando infine il Golden Set 15-7.
La formazione guidata da Roberto Piazza conquista così una storica qualificazione alla Final Four di Champions League (che quest’anno si svolgerà ad Omsk, in Russia, sabato 16 e domenica 17 marzo 2013), incontrando nella prima semifinale la squadra polacca del Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle. La seconda semifinale vede affrontarsi due formazioni russe, lo Zenit Kazan di Valerio Vermiglio (che ha avuto la meglio sulla Dinamo Mosca), e la squadra qualificata di diritto alla Final Four perché organizzatrice della manifestazione, il Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.
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L’altra metà del mio cuore, in fatto di tifo.
Io sono un taekwondoka ITF e considero il WTF (quello olimpico, nomen omen) una bastardizzazione della disciplina, ma dopo aver visto in diretta quarti, semi e finale posso confermare quanto sopra in tutta onestà.
Sarah Attar, una delle due atlete saudite delle Olimpiadi. Sono le prime donne a gareggiare per l’Arabia Saudita nella storia dei Giochi. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
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E come ha detto Jai Fournier su Twitter (http://tinyurl.com/c7zvqsn), “Entro le prossime olimpiadi però facciamo che si guida pure, in Arabia Saudita”.
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Nov. 11, 1973: “Joe Namath, in furs, and Al Woodall, who came out of yesterday’s game with an injured elbow.” Namath stood on the sidelines as his team played, a shoulder injury keeping him out of uniform. The Jets won the game without him. Victories, the reporter wrote, “come so infrequently these days that each one should be treated with awe and reverence.” Photo: Barton Silverman/The New York Times
Ah, Broadway Joe. The only guy who could wear a fur coat on the sidelines of a football field and still be macho. My all-round life inspiration when I was 16. What makes this last sentence kind of weird is that a) I grew up in Italy b) I was 16 in 1983, waaay after Joe Namath had retired. But I did play American football informally, although not as a QB (my hands were too small to have a proper grip on the pigskin) but as an RB and occasionally a TE (I could run, in those days).
30 Greatest Name Fails In College Basketball History (via Play.ItUSA)
I was interviewing George Halas and I asked him who is the greatest running back you ever saw. And he said, ‘That would be Red Grange.’ And I asked him if Grange was playing today, how many yards do you think he’d gain. And he said, ‘About 750, maybe 800 yards.’ And I said, ‘Well, 800 yards is just okay.’ He sat up in his chair and he said, ‘Son, you must remember one thing. Red Grange is 75 years old.’
Chris Berman on ESPN’s SportsCentury show
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È tornato Garibaldi (nel senso del trofeo). E io c’ero.
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Medal Stand Photo of the Day: American Jordan Burroughs’ gold medal victory over Iran’s Sadegh Goudarzi in men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling led to this poignant photo, proving the Olympic brings the world together like no other event.
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![Sarah Attar, una delle due atlete saudite delle Olimpiadi. Sono le prime donne a gareggiare per l’Arabia Saudita nella storia dei Giochi. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
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E come ha detto Jai Fournier su Twitter (http://tinyurl.com/c7zvqsn), “Entro le prossime olimpiadi però facciamo che si guida pure, in Arabia Saudita”.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7v5oiTcNj1qz57lso1_500.jpg)
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