Italy: Perugia sweep Monza at start of second half of regular season to get 22-0! 3 points also for Trento, Civitanova and Modena

Round 12 or, if you prefer, Round 1 of second leg of 2022/23 Superlega CredemBanca, has been completed today.

Absolutely undefeated, Sir Safety Susa Perugia continued their impressive winning streak.
The second half of the competition began yesterday with two advances, and today the march of Perugia continued without stumbling blocks. Led on the bench by assistant coach Antonio Valentini, because the head coach Andrea Anastasi was absent for an eye problem, conquered the Arena di Monza Arena in just three sets (19:25, 22:25, 20:25) overcoming the hosts of Vero Volley and continuing their absolute leadership in the standings.
With the win today, in which Ukrainian Oleg Plotnytskyi notched 15 points, Perugia reached 22-0 this season counting all competitions (12-0 in SuperLega), still untouchable for all rivals in Italy, Europe, but also the world, as they took the Club World Championship title just a week ago.

Also the other three games of the day ended without upsets.
Itas Trentino won in straight sets on the field of newcomers and last-placed Emma Villas Aubay Siena (18:25, 13:25, 17:25), giving the rivals only 48 points in three sets, of which only two in blocking and in serving. The winners ended the game with 60% of team performance in attack, 70% from Lisinac, best scorer of the game with 14 points, including 5 winning blocks and 2 aces, 64% from Lavia (9) and 57% by Kaziyski. Also Alessandro Michieletto, MVP of last games, contributed with 13 points and 55% in attack.

Home victory with the same result for Cucine Lube Civitanova over Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 35:33) with a thrilling third sets, in which they canceled as many as 7 set points to the rivals, and closed with Anzani’s block on Loeppky, top scorer with 21 points. MVP of the game, however, young Nikolov with 14 points, 54% in attack and 1 block, while Zaytsev and Yant also contributed with 17 and 13 points, respectively. On Wednesday, December 21, Lube will back to the court to recover the game against Emma Villas Siena, valid for Round 8 of first leg, and that was postponed for COVID.

Also Valsa Group Modena, in the game that closed Round 12 and the day, celebrated a straight sets win in front of their home fans, sweeping Pallavolo Padova (25:23, 25:20, 25:23) with 19 points from Lagumdzija, top scorer of the game, 14 from MVP Sanguinetti, and 11 by Ngapeth.

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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)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | WithU Verona – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 1-3 (21:25, 25:23, 23:25, 23:25)

👉🏼 Sunday December 18, 2022

• 15.30 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Sir Safety Susa Perugia 0-3 (19:25, 22:25, 20:25)
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 2, Davyskiba 11, Galassi 8, Grozer 3, Maar 14, Beretta 3, Szwarc 5, Visic 0, Federici (L). N.E. Morazzini, Pirazzoli, Magliano, Marttila, Rossi. Coach. Eccheli.
Sir Safety Susa Perugia: Giannelli 3, Plotnytskyi 15, Resende Gualberto 5, Rychlicki 14, Leon Venero 13, Solé 7, Cardenas Morales 0, Piccinelli (L), Semeniuk 0. N.E. Colaci, Herrera Jaime, Mengozzi, Ropret, Russo. Coach. Anastasi.

• 15.30 (Local Time) | Emma Villas Aubay Siena – Itas Trentino 0-3 (18:25, 13:25, 17:25)
Emma Villas Aubay Siena: Finoli 0, Petric 6, Biglino 0, Pereyra 8, Raffaelli 4, Ricci 4, Pochini (L), Mazzone 3, Bonami (L), Pinali 5, Van Garderen 2, Pinelli 0. Coach. Pelillo.
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 3, Michieletto 13, Lisinac 14, Kaziyski 9, Lavia 9, Podrascanin 6, Pace (L), Laurenzano (L). N.E. Cavuto, Bernardis, Berger, Dzavoronok, D’Heer, Nelli. Coach. Lorenzetti.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 35:33)
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 2, Yant Herrera 13, Anzani 6, Zaytsev 17, Nikolov 14, Chinenyeze 11, Garcia Fernandez 0, Balaso (L), D’Amico (L), Bottolo 3. N.E. Ambrose, Diamantini, Gottardo, Sottile. Coach. Blengini.
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Falaschi 1, Loeppky 21, Larizza 9, Stefani 5, Antonov 10, Alletti 4, Pierri (L), Rizzo (L), Ekstrand 6, Andreopoulos 0, Cottarelli 0. N.E. Gargiulo. Coach. Di Pinto.

• 19.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Pallavolo Padova 3-0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:23)
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 0, Ngapeth 11, Sanguinetti 14, Lagumdzija 19, Rinaldi 6, Stankovic 5, Salsi 0, Sala 1, Rossini (L). N.E. Gollini, Bossi, Pope, Krick, Marechal. Coach. Giani.
Pallavolo Padova: Saitta 1, Desmet 5, Volpato 3, Petkovic 15, Takahashi 17, Crosato 4, Zenger (L), Guzzo 0, Gardini 3, Zoppellari 0, Canella 1, Asparuhov 0. N.E. Lelli, Cengia. Coach. Cuttini.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sir Safety Susa Perugia 36
2. Valsa Group Modena 23
3. Itas Trentino 22
4. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 22
5. Cucine Lube Civitanova 20
6. WithU Verona 19
7. Top Volley Cisterna 18
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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