Italy: Verona inflict first home defeat to Modena, surreal performance for Abdel-Aziz – 41 points against Piacenza!

Calzedonia Verona stunned one of the major title favorites Leo Shoes Modena on the road in Round 11 of the 2019/20 Italian Superlega Credem Banca regular season!
Bulgarian expert at the helm of the winners, Radostin Stoytchev, took some sort of revenge on Modena for some controversial dismissal in the spring of 2018. His team inflicted the first home defeat to Modena this season. The match was valid for Round 11 and lasted very long, two hours and 32 minutes, with Verona being ahead of two sets and with Modena bringing the match to the tie-break. For the first time since 2018, Stoytchev has returned to Modena’s Palapanini as opponent. At the end of the 2017/18 season, his collaboration with Modena ended in a bad way and now seeks for the resolution in the courtrooms. The Bulgarian was booed by more than 4,500 spectators in the hall, but at the end he celebrated a great victory. The Frenchman Stéphen Boyer scored 31 points for the winners, including 5 aces, while Enrico Cester made 6 winning blocks. Ivan Zaytsev scored 28 points for Modena, while American Maxwell Holt made 81% attack (13/16).

The Dutch bomber from Allianz Milano Nimir Abdel-Aziz, already awarded on wednesday during the match against Vibo Valentia as November’s MVP, staged a surreal display in the match against Gas Sales Piacenza. He scored 41 points in four sets! The opposite had as many as 60 kills and finished the encounter with a 60% attack success rate (36/60).
On the other matches, first victory on the road for Vibo Valentia on Latina’s (now Cisterna) court and Ravenna destroys Padova in front of their home fans.

Italian Superlega Credem Banca 2019/20 – Round 11

Leo Shoes Modena – Calzedonia Verona 2-3 (23:25, 17:25, 31:29, 25:19, 13:15)
Leo Shoes Modena: Christenson 3, Anderson 17, Mazzone 8, Zaytsev 28, Bednorz 17, Holt 17, Iannelli (L), Rossini (L), Kaliberda 0, Bossi 0. N.E. Sanguinetti, Pinali, Rinaldi, Salsi. Coach. Giani.
Calzedonia Verona: Spirito 3, Muagututia 11, Solé 9, Boyer 31, Asparuhov 13, Cester 12, Donati (L), Marretta 0, Bonami (L), Aguenier 0, Chavers 2. N.E. Zanotti, Franciskovic, Birarelli. Coach. Stoytchev.
MVP: Boyer.

Allianz Milano – Gas Sales Piacenza 3-1 (25:20, 21:25, 25:21, 25:22)
Allianz Milano: Sbertoli 2, Gironi 4, Clevenot 7, Abdel-Aziz 41, Petric 11, Kozamernik 7, Hoffer (L), Pesaresi (L), Basic 1. N.E. Weber, Izzo. Coach. Piazza.
Gas Sales Piacenza: Cavanna 1, Kooy 17, Krsmanovic 9, Nelli 10, Berger 8, Stankovic 11, Fanuli (L), Scanferla (L), Botto 1, Yudin 2, Fei 0. N.E. Copelli, Tondo. Coach. Gardini.
MVP: Abdel-Aziz.

Consar Ravenna – Kioene Padova 3-0 (25:18, 25:18, 25:19)
Consar Ravenna: Saitta 1, Lavia 13, Cortesia 8, Vernon-Evans 10, Ter Horst 16, Grozdanov 8, Marchini (L), Recine 0, Kovacic (L), Batak 0. N.E. Alonso, Stefani, Cavuto, Bortolozzo. Coach. Bonitta.
Kioene Padova: Travica 2, Ishikawa 9, Polo 8, Hernandez Ramos 8, Randazzo 3, Volpato 2, Bassanello (L), Danani La Fuente (L), Barnes 3, Cottarelli 0, Casaro 2. N.E. Fusaro, Bottolo, Canella. Coach. Baldovin.
MVP: Ter Horst.

Top Volley Cisterna – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 2-3 (22:25, 26:28, 25:18, 25:23, 15:17)
Top Volley Cisterna: Sottile 1, Van Garderen 12, Szwarc 12, Patry 24, Karlitzek 4, Rossi 11, Rondoni (L), Cavaccini (L), Onwuelo 0, Peslac 0, Palacios 6, Elia 1. N.E. Rossato. Coach. Tubertini.
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Baranowicz 1, Defalco 16, Chinenyeze 12, Drame Neto 14, Carle 9, Mengozzi 5, Sardanelli (L), Rizzo (L), Vitelli 1, Hirsch 14, Ngapeth 7, Pierotti 0. N.E. Marsili. Coach. Cichello.
MVP: Patry.

December, 7:
Vero Volley Monza – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora 3-0 (25:22, 25:15, 25:15)
Vero Volley Monza: Orduna 1, Louati 6, Galassi 9, Kurek 17, Dzavoronok 13, Beretta 4, Federici (L), Sedlacek 0, Goi (L), Capelli 1. N.E. Calligaro. Coach. Soli.
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora: Radke 3, De Barros Ferreira 11, Caneschi 2, Miskevich 6, Fey 3, Di Martino 5, Mauti (L), Sorgente (L), Alfieri 0, Grozdanov 3, Van Tilburg 3, Scopelliti 2. N.E. Battaglia. Coach. Colucci.
MVP: Dzavoronok.

Played on November, 10:
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3-1 (28:26, 25:20, 24:26, 25:22)
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Mossa De Rezende 5, Juantorena 15, Anzani 6, Ghafour 15, Leal 20, Simon 14, Marchisio (L), Balaso (L), Rychlicki 0, D’Hulst 0, Kovar 0. N.E. Bieniek, Massari, Diamantini. Coach. De giorgi.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 0, Leon Venero 24, Podrascanin 6, Atanasijevic 20, Lanza 14, Russo 4, Burnelli (L), Plotnytskyi 0, Zhukouski 0, Colaci (L), Hoogendoorn 0. N.E. Piccinelli, Taht, Montanaro. Coach. Heynen.
MVP: Leal.

Day off: Itas Trentino

Standings:
Cucine Lube Civitanova 29
Sir Safety Conad Perugia 25
Leo Shoes Modena 25
Itas Trentino 21
Allianz Milano 19
Consar Ravenna 15
Kioene Padova 14
Calzedonia Verona 14
Vero Volley Monza 12
Gas Sales Piacenza 9
Top Volley Cisterna 7
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 7
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora 4.

Next Round:
SuperLega Credem Banca Round 12
Gas Sales Piacenza – Consar Ravenna
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Leo Shoes Modena
Allianz Milano – Top Volley Cisterna
Kioene Padova – Cucine Lube Civitanova
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Itas Trentino
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Vero Volley Monza

Dayoff: Calzedonia Verona

Source: legavolley.it; Photos: bluvolleyverona, legavolley