Italy: Cisterna and Piacenza open second leg with victories

Second leg of 2022/23 SuperLega Credem Banca started today with first two games.

Really an excellent start for Top Volley Cisterna who, on their home soil, down Allianz Milano by 3-1 (25:21, 20:25, 25:23, 25:20).
Absolute man of the match Croatian opposite Petar Dirlic, who ended the game with as many as 30 points through 47% in attack and 8 winning blocks. However, the winners were better also in numbers: 16 blocks to 11, 5 aces to 3, but, above all, a great team performance in decisive moments of the game.

In second game of the day, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza conquer Verona to become vice leaders!
It seems that things are going for the better for Piacenza after a dissatisfying start to the season, beating the hosts WithU Verona with a score of 3-1 (25:21; 23:25; 25:23; 25:23) in an interesting clash. This was a very important success thanks to which they hoisted themselves to second place in the current standings! Piacenza have +2 compared to Valsa Group Modena, who’s expecting their match of the round tomorrow against Pallavolo Padova, and +3 in relation to Verona.
This was the third consecutive victory in the league for the team commanded by Lorenzo Bernardi, who was held tonight by Cuban-Brazilian Yoandy Leal, author of 23 points. Yuri Romanò also contributed with 4 aces and French setter Antoine Brizard with 4 winning blocks. Russian giant Maksim Sapozhkov had his usual notable scoring display, 24 points, and ended the game as top scorer.

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🏐| 2022/23 SuperLega CredemBanca | 1ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 1 of Second Leg

👉🏼 Saturday December 17, 2022

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Top Volley Cisterna – Allianz Milano 3-1 (25:21, 20:25, 25:23, 25:20)
Top Volley Cisterna: Baranowicz 1, Bayram 2, Zingel 4, Dirlic 30, Sedlacek 10, Rossi 6, Kaliberda 9, Staforini (L), Gutierrez 5, Catania (L). N.E. Mattei, Zanni. Coach. Soli.
Allianz Milano: Porro 1, Ebadipour 10, Loser 9, Patry 18, Ishikawa 15, Vitelli 9, Piano 2, Pesaresi (L), Mergarejo Hernandez 1, Bonacchi 0, Lawrence 0. N.E. Colombo, Fusaro. Coach. Piazza.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | WithU Verona – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 1-3 (21:25, 25:23, 23:25, 23:25)
WithU Verona: Spirito 0, Keita 12, Grozdanov 9, Sapozhkov 24, Mozic 16, Mosca 1, Bonisoli (L), Perrin 2, Gaggini (L), Jensen 1, Cortesia 1. N.E. Zanotti, Vieira De Oliveira, Magalini. Coach. Stoytchev.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 7, Santos De Souza 8, Alonso 6, Romanò 21, Leal 23, Cester 1, Scanferla (L), Caneschi 1, Simon 4, Gironi 0, Basic 1, Recine 1, De Weijer 0. N.E. Hoffer. Coach. Bernardi.

Sunday December 18, 2022
• 15.30 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Sir Safety Susa Perugia 0-3 (19:25, 22:25, 20:25)
• 15.30 (Local Time) | Emma Villas Aubay Siena – Itas Trentino 0-3 (18:25, 13:25, 17:25)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 35:33)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Pallavolo Padova 3-0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:23)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sir Safety Susa Perugia 33
2. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 22
3. Valsa Group Modena 20
4. WithU Verona 19
5. Itas Trentino 19
6. Top Volley Cisterna 18
7. Cucine Lube Civitanova 17
8. Allianz Milano 17
9. Vero Volley Monza 12
10. Pallavolo Padova 9
11. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 9
12. Emma Villas Aubay Siena 6.

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🏐| NEXT MATCHES | Recupero 8ª Giornata Andata – Recovery Round 8 of First Leg

Wednesday December 21, 2022
• 20.30 (Local Time) |Cucine Lube Civitanova – Emma Villas Aubay Siena 🦠

🏐| 2ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 2 of Second Leg

Monday December 26, 2022
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Modena Volley
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Vero Volley Monza
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Top Volley Cisterna
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – WithU Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Safety Susa Perugia – Emma Villas Aubay Siena

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