Italy: Leal’s return to starters doesn’t help Piacenza and Monza claims another victim! Verona stun Milano, Padova down Taranto at tie break

Vero Volley Monza is absolutely a team that no one in the 2022/23 Italian Superlega CredemBanca can’t and shouldn’t take with an understatement, as they earned the second victory in a row by claiming another important victim. After stopping the champions Cucine Lube Civitanova, they down another title favorite (so far they carry such status only on paper) Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza in Round 5.
Led by German Georg Grozer, who finished the match with 25 points, and Belarusian Uladzislau Davyskiba who also contributed with 5 aces, Monza made sure that Yoandy Leal’s return to Piacenza’s starters wouldn’t be fruitful as expected.
The Cuban-Brazilian either missed some matches or briefly entered the game from the bench in the previous four rounds. Today, he led his team with 19 points.
Either way, Piacenza are in a negative mood again after achieving two victories in a row.

Sunday continues with another upset, the victory of WithU Verona on the field of Allianz Milano. The match ended in only 3 sets, partially 20:25, 22:25 and 23:25, and, in third set, the home side wasted a 5 points lead suffering the serves of Noumory Keita, who ended the game with 13 points, the same number of Rok Mozic, named MVP of the game.
Close the picture the win of Pallavolo Padova on the field of Gioiella Prisma Taranto, 2-3 (25:19, 25:21, 21:25, 19:25, 14:16). After an amazing comeback from 2-0, the visiting team react, led by Serbian opposite Dusan Petkovic, who ended the game with 25 points and deservedly named MVP of the game. With this result both sides have now 6 points in the standings, sitting at 9th and 10th place.

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5ª Giornata Andata – Round 5 of First Leg

Thursday October 20, 2022
• 20.30 Local Time | Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 (25:17, 25:20, 22:25, 30:32, 13:15)

Saturday October 29, 2022
• 18.00 Local Time | Top Volley Cisterna – Emma Villas Aubay Siena 1-3 (25:21, 23:25, 25:27, 25:27)

👉🏼 Sunday October 30, 2022

• 15.30 Local Time | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Vero Volley Monza 1-3 (23:25, 25:18, 24:26, 18:25)
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 2, Santos De Souza 16, Simon 13, Romanò 9, Leal 19, Caneschi 6, Scanferla (L), Recine 1, Cester 0, Gironi 1. N.E. Hoffer, Alonso, Basic, De Weijer. Coach. Bernardi.
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 0, Davyskiba 19, Galassi 7, Grozer 25, Maar 13, Di Martino 2, Pirazzoli (L), Szwarc 0, Federici (L), Beretta 0. N.E. Pisoni, Marttila, Visic, Magliano. Coach. Eccheli.

• 18.00 Local Time | Allianz Milano – WithU Verona 0-3 (20:25, 22:25, 23:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Allianz Milano: Porro 5, Ebadipour 8, Loser 6, Patry 8, Mergarejo Hernandez 3, Piano 7, Pesaresi (L), Ishikawa 11, Vitelli 0. N.E. Colombo, Bonacchi, Lawrence. Coach. Piazza.
WithU Verona: Spirito 2, Keita 13, Grozdanov 6, Sapozhkov 16, Mozic 13, Cortesia 3, Perrin 1, Gaggini (L), Mosca 0. N.E. Bonisoli, Vieira De Oliveira, Zanotti, Jensen, Magalini. Coach. Stoytchev.

• Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Pallavolo Padova 2-3 (25:19, 25:21, 21:25, 19:25, 14:16)
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Falaschi 5, Loeppky 18, Larizza 6, Stefani 25, Antonov 11, Alletti 0, Pierri (L), Gargiulo 9, Rizzo (L), Cottarelli 0, Andreopoulos 0. N.E. Ekstrand. Coach. Di Pinto.
Pallavolo Padova: Saitta 1, Desmet 5, Volpato 4, Petkovic 25, Takahashi 18, Crosato 4, Asparuhov 16, Zenger (L), Canella 3, Gardini 0, Zoppellari 0. N.E. Lelli, Guzzo, Cengia. Coach. Cuttini.

Tuesday December 8, 2022
• Sir Safety Susa Perugia – Modena Volley 3-0 (25:17, 25:16, 25:20)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sir Safety Susa Perugia 15
2. Top Volley Cisterna 10
3. Itas Trentino 10
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 9
5. WithU Verona 8
6. Allianz Milano 7
7. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 7
8. Vero Volley Monza 7
9. Pallavolo Padova 6
10. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 6
11. Valsa Group Modena 5
12. Emma Villas Aubay Siena 3.

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🏐| NEXT MATCHES 6ª Giornata Andata – Round 6 of First Leg

Saturday November 5, 2022
• 18.00 Local Time | Pallavolo Padova – Emma Villas Aubay Siena
• 20.30 Local Time | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza

Sunday November 6, 2022
• 15.30 Local Time | Valsa Group Modena – Top Volley Cisterna
• 18.00 Local Time | Cucine Lube Civitanova – WithU Verona
• 19.00 Local Time | Sir Safety Susa Perugia – Allianz Milano
• 20.30 Local Time | Vero Volley Monza – Itas Trentino

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