Italy: Perugia (31/31!) and Modena win advances of Round 18

Round 18 or, if you prefer, Round 7 of second leg of 2022/23 Italian Superlega CredemBanca started today with two advances.

Sir Safety Susa Perugia reached their 18th victory in the competition, and they are still undefeated!
Not even the fact their rivals secured No. 1 in the regular season two rounds ago didn’t help Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza to get hold of the victory in the big match of this Round.
Perugia just lost the first hard-fought set full of score reversals, then took over the game by 3-1 (22:25, 25:22, 25:21, 25:17) and, while leaving León and Colaci on the bench for the whole match by Anastasi, conquered yet another victory (the 31st overall, without a single defeat).
On an individual level, the Ukrainian Oleh Plotnytskyi stood out today on the winning side with 16 points.
As for the fifth-placed Piacenza, the only positive note is that, after more than a month, Lucarelli was also seen again on the court, even though he played only in serving and on the second line. Cuban Robertlandy Simón was the top scorer on the losing side with 15 points including four aces.

Three points also for the other favorite of the day, Valsa Group Modena, who needed four sets to defeat Emma Villas Aubay Siena (34:32, 25:12, 20:25, 28:26) in front of their home fans.
Also at Modena’s PalaPanini, locally know as “il tempio del volley” (Volleyball’s temple), Siena showed a great performance, even though it wasn’t enough to collect points against the hosts who, at least temporarily, are enjoying the second place in the standings.
But Siena is there: for 39 minutes, fight in first set, falling only 34-32; collapse in the second, but react in the third one, won 20-25. Modena, however, close the game at the fourth set. 3 player in double digit for Siena: Van Garderen (21), Pereyra (15) and Mazzone (11), while Petric and Ricci with 9 points each, while Lagumdzija (20) was the most prolific player on the winning side, followed by Rinaldi with 17, Ngapeth and Stankovic (MVP of the game) with 12 each.

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🏐| 2022/23 SuperLega CredemBanca | 7ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 7 of Second Leg

👉🏼 Saturday February 4, 2023

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Safety Susa Perugia – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-1 (22:25, 25:22, 25:21, 25:17)
Sir Safety Susa Perugia: Giannelli 2, Semeniuk 13, Solé 5, Rychlicki 15, Plotnytskyi 16, Russo 8, Piccinelli (L), Colaci (L), Cardenas Morales 0, Ropret 0, Resende Gualberto 0. N.E. Mengozzi, Leon Venero, Herrera Jaime. Coach. Anastasi.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 4, Recine 9, Simon 15, Romanò 10, Leal 12, Caneschi 3, Santos De Souza 0, Scanferla (L), Gironi 3, Basic 1, Alonso 1, De Weijer 1. N.E. Hoffer, Cester. Coach. Botti.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Emma Villas Aubay Siena 3-1 (34:32, 25:12, 20:25, 28:26)
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 5, Ngapeth 12, Sanguinetti 10, Lagumdzija 20, Rinaldi 17, Stankovic 12, Bossi 0, Rossini (L), Rousseaux 0, Salsi 0. N.E. Marechal, Krick. Coach. Giani.
Emma Villas Aubay Siena: Finoli 1, Petric 9, Mazzone 11, Pereyra 15, Van Garderen 21, Ricci 9, Pochini (L), Raffaelli 1, Pinelli 0, Bonami (L), Biglino 0. N.E. Bartman, Pellegrini. Coach. Pelillo.

Sunday February 5, 2023
• 15.30 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Itas Trentino 0-3 (24:26, 26:28, 22:25)
• 16.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – WithU Verona 1-3 (24:26, 20:25, 25:14, 21:25)
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Pallavolo Padova 3-1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:20, 25:19)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Top Volley Cisterna 3-1 (20:25, 25:18, 25:23, 27:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sir Safety Susa Perugia 54
2. Valsa Group Modena 35
3. Itas Trentino 35
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 27
5. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 27
6. WithU Verona 24
7. Vero Volley Monza 24
8. Allianz Milano 23
9. Top Volley Cisterna 23
10. Pallavolo Padova 15
11. Emma Villas Aubay Siena 14
12. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 14.
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🏐| NEXT MATCHES | 8ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 8 of Second Leg

Saturday February 11, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Top Volley Cisterna – Vero Volley Monza

Sunday February 12, 2023
• 15.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Allianz Milano
• 15.30 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – WithU Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Emma Villas Aubay Siena – Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Modena Volley – Gioiella Prisma Taranto
• 18.30 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Sir Safety Susa Perugia

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