Volleyball, women’s Champions semi-finals: incredible Bust, from 0-2 to 3-2 against Vakifbank

Uyba moves to Istanbul and on Wednesday can close the speech for the final. Top scorer Gray with 22 points. At 9 pm Novara-Conegliano

Vakifbank Istanbul-Busto Arsizio 2-3 (25-20, 25-17, 21-25, 13-25, 13-15)

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Incredible and exciting comeback of Busto Arsizio. In Istanbul, under 2-0 in the sets, Musso’s team overturns the fate of the match by winning 3-2 the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against the Italian coach Giovanni Guidetti’s Vakifbank. The Lombard players play evenly in the 1st set but give up in the final stages after having been ahead for large sections of the partial. The Turks properly ride the Swedish Haak who in the 2nd set fly and close 25-17. The game now seems to be marked also because in the 3rd set Vakifbank got off to a good start before suffering the return of Uyba who, pushed by the blows of Mingardi, reopened the game. In the 4th set Busto Arsizio dominates and closes with ease 25-13. At the tie break, the Lombard players run away until 8-4, the Turks return and the two teams travel arm in arm until 13-13. Two mistakes in attack by the Turks, who hadn’t lost in 15 games, gave Busto the victory. The return match in Italy on Wednesday.

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