National team player Samuil Valchinov became MVP in Banca Macerata Fisiomed's first victory over Emma Villas Siena with a 3-0 score (25-21, 29-27, 29-27) in the fifth round of the Serie A2 Credem Banca championship. Former Italian national player Gabriele Nelli from the visiting team did not play. The most contested was the third set, which lasted 40 minutes and finished with a score of 29:27. Sami Valchinov finished with 17 points (including 2 aces and 1 block), with 38 percent positive reception and 58 percent in attack.
Samuil Valchinov: "I am very happy with today's victory, we played very well as a team. We had some difficulties during the match, but we won 3-0 against Siena, which for me is one of the best teams in the championship. We must maintain this level throughout the championship and we will be smiling a lot at the end of the matches," the Bulgarian stated to the club's website after the match.
In the provisional standings, Valchinov's team is eleventh, and Gordan Lyutskanov's team is seventh. Consar Ravenna, where Manuel Zlatanov plays, is at the top.
