It's not long before the curtain on the Olympics and the European Championships closes, and the new season begins non-stop. In the early morning of October 3, Beijing time, Conegliano defeated the old rival Novara 3-1 to win the Italian Women's Volleyball Super Cup again, which also marked the beginning of the mainstream competition of the European women's volleyball team.
There have been slight changes in the squads of both teams compared to last season. Conegliano's changes mainly appeared on the main offensive line, after Hill retired, Sierra had to be absent for a period of time due to the treatment of knee injuries, and the two newly introduced American players Courtney and Plummer joined forces to start the main attack, the secondary attack was de Cruyff, Foley, received Egnu, the second pass Volos, the free man De Guinaro.
Novara's new face was mainly in the reception position, bringing in Turkey's Kara Coulter and Brazil's Rosamaria after the Departure of Pole Smazek. In this game, Kara Coulter served as the starting receiver, Novara's other positions were mainly attacked by Poseidti Jr. and Daldrop, the secondary attacks were Zirichera and Washington, the second pass Hancock, and the free man Fersino.
Novara entered form faster in the first set, and Kara Coulter's powerful serve posed a great threat, scoring directly on multiple occasions to lead the team to a 25-23 first set.
The score was more sticky in the second inning, and after Scoring in washington's net, Novara led 22-20 at one point and won two innings 24-22. But at this time, Novara had a weak round because of the "two points for three points", first a serve error, and then the substitute Rosa Maria's attack was blocked by Plummer, and Cone scored two consecutive points to equalize. After 27 draws, Egnu hit an offensive shot, Dirk Ruiff probed to score, and Koone equalized the set with a narrow win of 29-27.
Novara, who was once in a good situation, failed to seize the opportunity, and the slow-moving Kony was difficult to stop. In the third set, Konai opened 3-0 and quickly widened the deficit to 2-15 to make the set 2-1.
In the fourth inning, after taking a 24-22 lead, Coney missed two match points and was chased down to 24 draws. However, after that, Egnu and Courtney hit consecutive hits, and Corne won 26-24, 3-1.
Conegliano didn't look as good as he was, falling sharply behind Novara with a one-pass rate of 45%to 66%, but won the game with an attack and blocking net and a huge advantage.
Egnu scored a game-high 24 points with 2 of 49 dunks and 2 of 21 shots, but the best player of the game was rated as a new signing Courtney who scored 14 points in 2 of 34 dunks, and she often played free in the U.S. women's volleyball team, and the offensive and defensive data in this game were not prominent, and it was somewhat surprising to be rated as the best. Cone's other main attacker, Pramer, scored 17 points on 17-of-31, while Novara's Kara Coulter and Daldrop also scored 17 points.
Since Egnu moved from Novara in the summer of 2019, Conegliano has become the top club in Europe, winning all the championships in all the competitions that can be participated: in the 2019-20 season, they won the Italian Super Cup, the Italian Cup and the Club World Cup with an unstoppable momentum, and since then the Champions League and Serie A have been interrupted by the epidemic, which has slowed their pace of winning the title; in the 2020-21 season, they have all reached the top of the Italian Super Cup, the Italian Cup, the Serie A and the Champions League The upcoming 2021-22 season has made a good start with the defending Italian Super Cup.
Conegliano have won a terrible 65-game winning streak since February 2019, and the new Season of Serie A will kick off on October 9, and with just nine more wins, they will break the world record of 73 consecutive wins for Waqif bank. In the first two seasons, Koone's lineup was generally more stable, and this season, after the change of blood in the main offensive line, the team may need a period of running-in, and it remains to be seen whether it can achieve the glory of the first two seasons.
In fact, the previous Koone was not invulnerable, and the 2019 Club World Cup semi-final saved multiple match points before beating Vakifbank, and last season's Champions League quarter-finals against Scandic almost overturned away. However, as long as there is a big killer like Egnu, Conegliano has the courage to compete with any strong team. In more than two years, Egnu has brought eight gold cups to Cone, and with this summer's European Championship title, she appears to have entered the best stage of her career. In the new season in Italy and Europe, Egnu and Conegliano will continue to be the targets that teams need to work together to block.