Italy: Piacenza and Modena defeat Vibo Valentia and Verona in Round 5 for 5th Place

Another two games valid for Round 5 of PlayOffs for the 5th place of Italian Superlega Credem Banca were played yesterday. After the clear victory of Kioene Padova over Top Volley Cisterna in the advance on Saturday, fourth knockout for one of the surprises of the championship, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia, ended in fifth place in regular season and defeated by Monza in the playoffs quarter-finals . This time, the Calabrian team was defeated on their home soil by Gas Sales Piacenza, in a clear 0-3 (20:25, 20:25, 20:25).
MVP of the match outside hitter Oleg Antonov, who has also achieved 5 aces among others. Good performances also for Clevenot with 16 points (including 4 winning blocks) and best scorer for the winners, and Finger (13 points and 60% in attack), while Candellaro closes the match with 100% in attack (6/6). De Falco, with Vibo Valentia’s jersey, was the top scorer of the match (and only player on his side of the net with a double digit).
In the other match, home victory for Leo Shoes Modena over NBV Verona. 3-1 is the final result, 19:25, 25:23, 25:23, 25:21, and opposite Paul Buchegger, author of 26 points and absolut top scorer of the match, was named MVP.

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| Superlega CredemBanca Playoffs for 5th Place | Round 5
| April 10, 2021
• Kioene Padova – Top Volley Cisterna 3-0 (25:17, 25:19, 25:15)

| April 11
• Leo Shoes Modena – NBV Verona 3-1 (19:25, 25:23, 25:23, 25:21)
Leo Shoes Modena: Porro 3, Rinaldi 14, Bossi 10, Buchegger 26, Petric 8, Mazzone 7, Stankovic (L), Gollini 0, Grebennikov (L), Christenson 0. N.E. Vettori, Sanguinetti, Estrada Mazorra, Karlitzek. Coach. Giani.
NBV Verona: Spirito 3, Kaziyski 17, Aguenier 4, Jensen 14, Magalini 6, Zingel 7, Donati (L), Bonami (L), Zanotti 4, Asparuhov 6. N.E. Peslac, Caneschi. Coach. Stoytchev.

• Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 0-3 (20:25, 20:25, 20:25)
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Saitta 1, Defalco 17, Chinenyeze 5, Drame Neto 9, Almeida Cardoso 2, Gargiulo 5, Fioretti (L), Rizzo (L), Sardanelli (L), Chakravorti 0, Dirlic 2, Corrado 4. N.E. Cester, Rossard. Coach. Baldovin.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Baranowicz 0, Clevenot 16, Mousavi 7, Finger 13, Antonov 11, Candellaro 9, Fanuli (L), Scanferla (L), Tondo 0, Izzo 0, Botto 0. N.E. Coach. Bernardi.

| April 12
• Allianz Milano – Consar Ravenna 3-0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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| STANDINGS (updated on April 11)
Allianz Milano 10
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 10
Consar Ravenna 7
Kioene Padova 7
Top Volley Cisterna 7
Leo Shoes Modena 7
NBV Verona 6
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3.

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| NEXT ROUND

| Superlega CredemBanca Playoffs for 5th Place | Round 6

| April 14, 2021
• Consar Ravenna-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
• Top Volley Cisterna-Leo Shoes Modena

| April 15
• Allianz Milano-NBV Verona
• Kioene Padova-Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza

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