Italy: Milano down Modena! Monza wreck titleholders, Trento puts an end to Cisterna invincibility, three points for Perugia

Round 4 of italian SuperLega Credem Banca has been completed today.

In first match of the day, Allianz Milano conquered the iconic PalaPanini at the end of a long-lasting duel against the hosts of Valsa Group Modena.
In a marathon with lot of errors on both sides and many reversals of the score, Roberto Piazza’s guys earned a victory of 2-3 (26:24, 21:25, 25:21, 23:25, 14:16), although Modena were ahead 2-1 in sets and 4 points up in the fourth set (21-17), so one step away from success. Milano overcame the fall in concentration to tie at 2-2 in sets before prevailing in the tie-break’s overtime, even though without two starters, captain Matteo Piano and Japanese superstar Yuki Ishikawa, at full disposal (but they entered as backups on several occasions).
French opposite Jean Patry scored 21 points for Milano (42% in attack, 3 aces, 1 winning block and MVP award), while the Turkish opposite Adis Lagumdžija grounded 28 for Modena, including 4 aces.

The day continued with a sensation. Vero Volley Monza was easy prey in the first three rounds of this edition of Italian Volleyball Championship, but today resurrected to sweep the titleholders!
In a day to remember, they have proven capable of taking the first victory of the season, and they did it against one of the most difficult teams in the championship, the defending champions Cucine Lube Civitanova. The encounter ended 3-0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:12) for the guys coached by Massimo Eccheli, able to play an amazing performance and break a streak of three defeats in the first three rounds.
The German opposite Georg Grozer scored 20 points among the winners, while the Canada national team member Stephen Maar served as many as 7 aces, greatly contributing to this result, and he made also 4 winning blocks. The Belarusian outside hitter Uladzislau Davyskiba had a 70% reception (10 digs, 40% perfect). The only double-digit player for Lube was Ivan Zaytsev with 14 points. For his team, this was second defeat in five matches played. Not such a promising start in order to defend the title…

Itas Trentino won another marathon and managed to defeat Top Volley Cisterna 3-2 3-2 (20:25, 25:18, 35:33, 21:25, 15:13), ending their own three-game losing streak in a match whose third set lasted for as many as 44 minutes and ended with an impressive score of 35-33!
At the same time, Angelo Lorenzetti’s guys broke Cisterna’s invincibility.
The Bulgarian veteran Matey Kaziyski, at 38-year-old, had another super performance scoring 30 points for the winning side, while Croatian Petar Djirlić tallied 27 on Cisterna’s jersey.

Close the picture the match involving vice-champions Sir Safety Susa Perugia who, first struggled, and then down Pallavolo Padova to remain the only undefeated side in the competition.
The match ended in four sets (25:21, 12:25, 19:25, 18:25) and, even though their Cuban-Polish superstar Wilfredo León was given a rest by the head coach Andrea Anastasi, Perugia managed to overcome 0-1 in sets, avoiding the same faith of Modena and Lube (both defeated at tie break by these rivals).

| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

The Luxembourgish-Italian Kamil Rychlicki scored 23 points through a 72% attack (18/25, 1 error) the winners, while Pole Kamil Semeniuk served 5 aces. Argentine-Italian middle blocker, Sebastian Solé had 91% attack (10/11), while Ukrainian Oleh Plotnytskyi made 70% reception (20 digs, 55% perfect).
Japanese Ran Takahashi was the most prolific player for Padova with 16 points.

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🏐| Superlega CredemBanca 2022/23 | 4ª Giornata Andata – Round 4 of First Leg

Saturday October 22, 2022
• 18.00 Local Time | WithU Verona – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 2-3 (25:17, 17:25, 25:23, 22:25, 13:15)
• 20.30 Local Time | Emma Villas Aubay Siena – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 0-3 (12:25, 19:25, 22:25)

Sunday October 23, 2022

• 15.30 Local Time | Valsa Group Modena – Allianz Milano 2-3 (26:24, 21:25, 25:21, 23:25, 14:16)
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 2, Ngapeth 16, Bossi 5, Lagumdzija 28, Rinaldi 9, Krick 8, Rossini (L), Sala 0, Pope 0, Marechal 2, Stankovic 0. N.E. Gollini, Salsi, Sanguinetti. Coach. Giani.
Allianz Milano: Porro 0, Ebadipour 15, Loser 6, Patry 21, Mergarejo Hernandez 18, Vitelli 7, Piano 4, Pesaresi (L), Ishikawa 0, Bonacchi 0, Lawrence 0. N.E. Colombo. Coach. Piazza.

• 18.00 Local Time | Itas Trentino – Top Volley Cisterna 3-2 (20:25, 25:18, 35:33, 21:25, 15:13)
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 2, Michieletto 10, Podrascanin 6, Kaziyski 30, Lavia 22, Lisinac 9, Nelli 0, Dzavoronok 9, Laurenzano (L), Cavuto 3. N.E. Pace, Berger, Depalma, D’Heer. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Top Volley Cisterna: Baranowicz 2, Kaliberda 10, Zingel 9, Dirlic 27, Sedlacek 22, Rossi 6, Staforini (L), Catania (L), Mattei 0, Bayram 8, Gutierrez 0. N.E. Martinez, Zanni. Coach. Soli.

• 18.00 Local Time | Vero Volley Monza – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:12)
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 3, Davyskiba 7, Di Martino 6, Grozer 20, Maar 17, Galassi 9, Pirazzoli (L), Szwarc 0, Federici (L), Beretta 0, Magliano 0. N.E. Pisoni, Marttila, Visic. Coach. Eccheli.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 2, Bottolo 5, Anzani 2, Zaytsev 14, Yant Herrera 8, Chinenyeze 2, D’Amico (L), Balaso (L), Nikolov 4, Garcia Fernandez 0, Gottardo 1. N.E. Ambrose, Diamantini, Sottile. Coach. Blengini.

• 18.00 Local Time | Pallavolo Padova – Sir Safety Susa Perugia 1-3 (25:21, 12:25, 19:25, 18:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Pallavolo Padova: Saitta 1, Desmet 3, Volpato 5, Petkovic 15, Takahashi 16, Crosato 5, Zenger (L), Asparuhov 4, Canella 0, Zoppellari 0, Gardini 1. N.E. Lelli, Guzzo, Cengia. Coach. Cuttini.
Sir Safety Susa Perugia: Giannelli 2, Semeniuk 11, Resende Gualberto 10, Rychlicki 23, Plotnytskyi 14, Solé 12, Colaci (L), Ropret 0, Russo 0, Piccinelli (L). N.E. Herrera Jaime, Cardenas Morales, Mengozzi, Leon Venero. Coach. Anastasi.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sir Safety Susa Perugia 12
2. Top Volley Cisterna 10
3. Cucine Lube Civitanova 9
4. Allianz Milano 7
5. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 7
6. Itas Trentino 7
7. WithU Verona 5
8. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 5
9. Valsa Group Modena 5
10. Pallavolo Padova 4
11. Vero Volley Monza 4
12. Emma Villas Aubay Siena 0.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | 5ª Giornata Andata – Round 5 of First Leg

Thursday October 20, 2022
• 20.30 Local Time | Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova

Saturday October 29, 2022
• 18.00 Local Time | Top Volley Cisterna – Emma Villas Aubay Siena

Sunday October 30, 2022
• 15.30 Local Time | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Vero Volley Monza
• 18.00 Local Time | Allianz Milano – WithU Verona
• 18.00 Local Time | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Pallavolo Padova

Tuesday December 8, 2022
• Sir Safety Susa Perugia – Modena Volley

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