Italy: Trento and Monza toast the new year in advance by beating Ravenna and Padova

Two games were played today in Italy. In the first, Itas Trentino closed 2020 perfectly, earning three points also in the recovery match of Round 11 of SuperLega.
This is the ninth consecutive success in as many matches played in December, and today the victim was Consar Ravenna. With this success in four sets on the road, the winners are alone in fourth place with one point and one game less than Vibo Valentia.
Second set apart, when Trento showed difficulties especially in reception and made too many errors, they dominated the match in all the fundamentals. The best was once again the Dutchman Nimir Abdel-Aziz, author of 21 points with 55% in attack, two blocks and three aces. Good performances also by the two middle-blockers Podrascanin-Lisinac, with 22 points in two, with the latter with 73% in attack.

📌| Regular Season SuperLega Credem Banca | Recovery match of Round 11 | December 30, 2020

• Consar Ravenna – Itas Trentino 1-3 (20:25, 25:18, 13:25, 19:25)
Consar Ravenna: Batak 1, Recine 8, Arasomwan 4, Pinali 5, Loeppky 16, Mengozzi 8, Giuliani (L), Zonca 0, Stefani 2, Kovacic (L), Redwitz 1. N.E. Pirazzoli, Koppers, Grottoli. Coach. Bonitta.
Itas Trentino: Giannelli 5, Santos De Souza 8, Lisinac 12, Abdel-Aziz 21, Michieletto 8, Podrascanin 10, De Angelis (L), Sosa Sierra 0, Rossini (L). N.E. Sperotto, Argenta, Kooy, Cortesia. Coach. Lorenzetti.

In today’s second match, Vero Volley Monza toasts the new year in advance by giving himself a very important victory at home against Kioene Padova. In the recovery match of fifth round of second-leg (or if you prefer, Round 16), the hosts, twenty-five days from the last game played due to some positivity to COVID-19, resumes its winning march by taking the fifth success in a row. As in the first leg duel, they make their marathon with the generous formation of Padova, which gives many points to the rivals, especially in the decisive moments of the match, despite having played good first and third sets, led by a super Bottolo and a precise Stern. On the field again already this weekend: on Sunday, Monza against the last-placed Cisterna, while Padova will host Civitanova on Saturday.

📌| Regular Season SuperLega Credem Banca | Round 16

🗓| December 27
• Leo Shoes Modena – Itas Trentino 1-3 (18:25, 27:29, 25:23, 22:25)
• Top Volley Cisterna – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 0-3 (14:25, 19:25, 21:25)

🗓| December 28
• NBV Verona – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-1 (21:25, 25:19, 25:14, 25:22)
📸| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

🦠| Postponed for COVID
• Consar Ravenna-Allianz Milano

• Vero Volley Monza-Kioene Padova | December 30
3-2 (23:25, 25:23, 21:25, 25:11, 15:13)
Vero Volley Monza: Orduna 1, Dzavoronok 22, Beretta 16, Lagumdzija 7, Lanza 18, Holt 2, Brunetti (L), Davyskiba 3, Federici (L), Galassi 4. N.E. Rossi, Ramirez Pita, Giani, Magliano. Coach. Eccheli.
Kioene Padova: Shoji 3, Wlodarczyk 6, Vitelli 13, Stern 23, Bottolo 14, Volpato 6, Gottardo (L), Danani La Fuente (L), Merlo 0, Ferrato 0, Milan 0, Fusaro 0. N.E. Casaro. Coach. Cuttini.

• Cucine Lube Civitanova-Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza | January 5 3-1 (25:19, 22:25, 25:20, 25:19)

📃| STANDINGS
Sir Safety Conad Perugia 43 (16)
Cucine Lube Civitanova 33 (14)
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 28 (15)
Itas Trentino 27 (14)
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 24 (15)
Leo Shoes Modena 23 (16)
Allianz Milano 20 (12)
Vero Volley Monza 20 (13)
NBV Verona 16 (15)
Consar Ravenna 13 (14)
Kioene Padova 12 (16)
Top Volley Cisterna 5 (16)

(match played)

📌| NEXT ROUND
🗓| January 2, 2021
• Kioene Padova-Cucine Lube Civitanova

🗓| January 3, 2021
• Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza-Leo Shoes Modena
• Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Itas Trentino
• NBV Verona-Allianz Milano
• Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Consar Ravenna
• Vero Volley Monza-Top Volley Cisterna