Italy: Lube Civitanova campioni d’Italia! Juantorena gives MVP award to Leal

Cucine Lube Civitanova are still on the throne of the Italian Volleyball Championship.
The 2nd-seed closed the playoff final series of the 2020/21 Italian SuperLega Credem Banca against regular-season winners Sir Safety Conad Perugia with a 3-1 score and so they won Scudetto for the 6th time in their history, the 2nd in a row.
Unlike the previous game, Perugia fought hard in Game 4, recovering from huge deficits several times but ultimately succumbed in 4 sets – partially, it was 25:20, 25:22, 21:25, and 25:21.
Cuban-Italian Osmany Juantorena top-scored Lube with 19 points tonight and was named MVP of the playoff finals but, during the award ceremony, he decided to hand over the prize to his teammate, Cuban-Brazilian Yoandy Leal.

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| Play Off SuperLega Credem Banca – FINAL

| Game 1 – April 14, 2021
• Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (23:25, 25:22, 20:25, 20:25)

| Game 2 – April 18
• Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 2-3 (25:21, 21:25, 25:27, 25:23, 12:15)

| Game 3 – April 21
• Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Cucine Lube Civitanova 0-3 (20:25, 18:25, 14:25)

| Game 4 – April 24
• Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3-1 (25:20, 25:22, 21:25, 25:21)
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 1, Juantorena 19, Simon 9, Rychlicki 17, Leal 16, Anzani 10, Larizza (L), Marchisio (L), Balaso (L), Diamantini 0, Kovar 0, Hadrava 0. N.E. Yant Herrera, Falaschi. Coach. Blengini.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: Travica 1, Plotnytskyi 10, Russo 5, Atanasijevic 16, Leon Venero 17, Solé 11, Biglino (L), Zimmermann 0, Colaci (L), Piccinelli (L), Ricci 0, Muzaj 0, Ter Horst 3. N.E. Vernon-Evans. Coach. Fontana.

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Photos: Lube Volley on Facebook