Banca Macerata Fisiomed was on the verge of a complete comeback, but dramatically lost to Brescia with a score of 2:3 (29:25, 22:25, 25:21, 27:25, 16:18) in a match from the tenth round of the first part of the A2 championship in Italy.Samuil Valchinov finished with 13 points (3 blocks).Before the match, the blue-whites from Brescia occupied second place in the standings with 6 wins and only 3 losses. Their position in the rankings is enough to explain the ambitions of the Lombard club, which possesses all the qualities to fight for the top. Brescia even won the Italian Cup and the Italian Supercup in A2 last season. The hosts' game has looked improved lately, some attacks are worthy of applause, but too many errors at key moments dropped Banca Macerata Fisiomed to third place from the bottom in A2. Considering the upcoming tough matches (against Prata, Cuneo, Ravenna), the match against Brescia was very important, in pursuit of a fourth consecutive victory at the Banca Macerata Forum. Former Dutch international Niels Klapwijk, an opposite and former opponent player, finished with an impressive 23 points (2 blocks, 2 aces), but this was not enough for the win. With one more point - 24, Oreste Cavuto from Brescia finished.
The tie-break was the most dramatic, in which Sami Valchinov scored for the first match point, but then failed to close out the match on a reflected attack by the visitors. Valchinov equalized for 15:15, followed by another tie at 16:16, but the visitors responded with a successful attack and an ace from Cavuto.