Italy: Padova impose tough resistance but Perugia remain alone on the top. Victory also for Taranto, Modena and Milano

Superlega CredemBanca Round 22 or, if you prefer, Round 9 of second leg, has been completed today with only one postponement (Lube Civitanova – Top Volley Cisterna) with 4 games played.

In first match of the day, another great performance for newcomers Gioiella Prisma Taranto, who defeat 3-1 the favorite of Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza. A match well run by the hosts, led by a very good Di Martino (10 points for middle-blocker), opposite hitter Stefani, top scorer of the match with 22 points, and Alletti, author of a great performance above all from the service line.
For Piacenza, on the other hand, problems again: the guests played in fact with three outside-hitters (Rossard, Russell e Recine), and forced to fielded Stern, who ended the game as top scorer (15 points).

On the other matches of the day, Kioene Padova impose tough resistance but Sir Safety Conad Perugia remain sovereignly on top.
The super favorite Perugia had to work hard to break the resistance of today’s rivals, but deserved victory, breaking the resistance of resilient Padova in 4 sets (19:25, 25:22, 25:22, 25:13).
Thus the winners conquered another 3 very important points to maintain first place in the current standings, extending the winning streak to 10 games in all competitions, 5 in Superlega. Luxembourger Kamil Rychlicki, named MVP of the match, was also the most efficient player in Perugia with 19 points, while Simone Giannelli made 4 blocks.

In the evening, another title contender was put under unexpected pressure.
After an exhausting battle in Verona, Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena defeat the hosts Verona Volley, in 4 sets (21:25, 25:27, 30:28, 21:25) to further strengthen 4th place in the current standings.
The hosts, who suffered another heavy defeat, were too dependent on Mozic, who ended the game with lot of ups and downs and only 44% in attack.

Four sets win also for Allianz Milano against last-placed and already relegated Consar RCM Ravenna (22:25, 25:18, 25:19, 25:19).
Thus three points for Milano despite a very low start, a victory obtained above all with a superb performance in blocking (13 winning blocks, 8 from captain Matteo Piano), while Thomas Jaeschke was named MVP of the match with 18 points and 56% in attack.

| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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🏐| Superlega CredemBanca 2021/22 | 9ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 22
Dayoff: Itas Trentino

| Saturday, February 19 2022
• Vero Volley Monza – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 0-3 (23:25, 23:25, 21:25)

👉🏼 Sunday, February 20 2022

• Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-1 (25:19, 25:23, 25:27, 25:22)
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Falaschi 2, De Barros Ferreira 13, Di Martino 10, Stefani 22, Randazzo 15, Alletti 15, Pochini (L), Laurenzano (L), Dosanjh 0, Gironi 0. N.E. Freimanis, Sabbi. Coach. Di Pinto.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 4, Recine 13, Cester 2, Rossard 10, Russell 11, Holt 7, Catania (L), Scanferla (L), Stern 15, Caneschi 1, Antonov 0. N.E. Tondo, Pujol. Coach. Bernardi.

• Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Kioene Padova 3-1 (19:25, 25:22, 25:22, 25:13)
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: Giannelli 8, Anderson 2, Mengozzi 8, Rychlicki 19, Leon Venero 13, Solé 6, Colaci (L), Travica 0, Piccinelli (L), Plotnytskyi 7, Ter Horst 0. N.E. Dardzans, Russo, Ricci. Coach. Grbic.
Kioene Padova: Zimmermann 2, Petrov 7, Vitelli 7, Weber 18, Bottolo 10, Crosato 2, Bassanello (L), Gottardo (L), Volpato 1, Zoppellari 0, Schiro 0, Takahashi 0, Loeppky 6. N.E. Canella. Coach. Cuttini.

• Allianz Milano – Consar RCM Ravenna 3-1 (22:25, 25:18, 25:19, 25:19)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Allianz Milano: Porro 1, Ishikawa 4, Chinenyeze 10, Patry 19, Jaeschke 18, Piano 10, Pesaresi (L), Romanò 3, Daldello 0, Staforini (L), Mosca 0, Djokic 2. N.E. Maiocchi. Coach. Piazza.
Consar RCM Ravenna: Biernat 2, Vukasinovic 9, Comparoni 5, Klapwijk 19, Ljaftov 4, Candeli 3, Pirazzoli (L), Goi (L), Ulrich 0, Orioli 7, Queiroz Franca 0, Dimitrov 1, Bovolenta 2. N.E. Coach. Zanini.

• Verona Volley – Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena 1-3 (21:25, 25:27, 30:28, 21:25)
Verona Volley: Spirito 2, Asparuhov 8, Aguenier 3, Jensen 25, Mozic 24, Cortesia 6, Donati (L), Wounembaina 0, Bonami (L), Zanotti 3, Vieira De Oliveira 1, Magalini 2, Nikolic 0. N.E. Qafarena. Coach. Stoytchev.
Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena: Mossa De Rezende 4, Ngapeth E. 14, Mazzone 9, Abdel-Aziz 19, Leal 21, Stankovic 7, Gollini (L), Sanguinetti 1, Sala 0, Van Garderen 1, Rossini (L). N.E. Ngapeth S., Salsi. Coach. Giani.

• Cucine Lube Civitanova – Top Volley Cisterna POSTPONED

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
Sir Safety Conad Perugia 55
Cucine Lube Civitanova 45
Itas Trentino 42
Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena 41
Allianz Milano 34
Vero Volley Monza 31
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 28
Gioiella Prisma Taranto 23
Top Volley Cisterna 22
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 22
Kioene Padova 21
Verona Volley 21
Consar RCM Ravenna 2.

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | 10ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 23
Dayoff: Vero Volley Monza

| Saturday, February 26 2022
18.00 Consar RCM Ravenna – Verona Volley
20.30 Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena – Top Volley Cisterna

| Sunday, February 27 2022
15.00 Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Sir Safety Conad Perugia
18.00 Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Cucine Lube Civitanova
18.00 Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Itas Trentino
20.30 Kioene Padova – Allianz Milano

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