Italy: Round 3 is over. Civitanova down Perugia at tie break in big match, Piacenza to the top, Modena ko and the others…

After the advance played yesterday, on Saturday, in which Cisterna Volley defeated an Allianz Milano penalized by injuries in just three sets, Round 3 of italian 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca has been closed today.

In big match of the day, just a couple of days after the final of Del Monte® Supercoppa, Civitanova and Perugia find themselves facing each other again, at the packed Civitanova’s Eurosuole Forum and in front of 3,157 spectators!
And just like the Supercup final, the challenge ended at tie break, but this time with a different epilogue.
In fact, the hosts Civitanova won at tie break, partially 20:25, 35:33, 25:21, 16:25 and 22:20, led by a super Adis Lagumdzija (32 points, 60% in attack, 3 blocks and 2 aces), not by chance named MVP of a game lasted as many as 2 hours and 49 minutes.
Tunisian Wassim Ben Tara closed his match with 28 points for Perugia (53% in attack, 4 blocks and 1 ace).

About the others, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza celebrated the third victory in straight sets in as many games against newcomers Farmitalia Catania, 3-0 (25:17, 33:31, 25:17).
Balance only in the second set, in wbich the hosts managed to cancel six set points, but they did it, also without injured Yuri Romanò and with Yoandy Leal on the bench. Decisive Brazilian Ricardo Lucarelli, top scorer of the game with 13 points, supported by Gironi with 12, the same number of points of Paul Buchegger, in Catania’s jersey.
At Taranto’s PalaMazzola, first win for Pallavolo Padova, who won
at tie break (22:25, 25:15, 25:20, 18:25, 16:18) after a very long game with lot of ups and downs in both sides. Davide Gardini was named MVP of the game with 16 points and 50% in attack for the winners, while Gutierrez, top scorer of the match, put down 20 balls (50% in attack) for Taranto.
On the other hand, first seasonal defeat for a bad Valsa Group Modena against Vero Volley Monza. The game ended in just three sets, in what was a one-sided game, 0-3 (19:25, 19:25, 19:25), after 1 hours and 17 minutes of play.
MVP of the match Canadian Arthur Szwarc, with 18 points, well supported by Ran Takahashi and Stephen Maar, who also contributed with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
One-sided game and clear away win also for Trento who, in the evening, easily defeated Verona with the score of 0-3 (18:25, 17:25, 15:25).
The thousandth game in the history of Itas Trentino allows the team coached by Fabio Soli to keep the unbeaten record in SuperLega so far, as well as the victory number 694 of all time, at the end of a sumptuous performance, in which they were able to led the game from start to finish.
Great protagonist of the match was setter Riccardo Sbertoli, who also contributed with 5 aces and awarded MVP, while Alessandro Michieletto scored 15 points through 56% in attack and 5 of the winners’ 13 winning blocks in just three sets.

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🇮🇹| 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca | 3ª Giornata Andata – Round 3 of First Leg

Saturday November 4, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Allianz Milano 3-0 (25:14, 25:15, 25:23)

👉🏼Sunday November 5, 2023

• 16.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Farmitalia Catania 3-0 (25:17, 33:31, 25:17)
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 5, Santos De Souza 13, Alonso 9, Gironi 12, Recine 8, Simon 6, Hoffer (L), Scanferla (L), Andringa 1. N.E. Leal, Ricci, Romanò, Caneschi, Dias. Coach. Anastasi.
Farmitalia Catania: Orduna 0, Manavinezhad 6, Tondo 2, Buchegger 12, Randazzo 10, Masulovic 3, Pierri (L), Basic 0, Cavaccini (L), Guarienti Zappoli 0, Baldi 1, Bossi 5. N.E. Frumuselu, Santambrogio. Coach. Douglas Silva.

• 17.00 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Pallavolo Padova 2-3 (22:25, 25:15, 25:20, 18:25, 16:18)
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Trinidad De Haro 3, Lanza 16, Alletti 3, Russell 10, Gutierrez 21, Jendryk 11, Luzzi (L), Gargiulo 0, Rizzo (L), Sala 4, Bonacchi 0, Raffaelli 0. N.E. Ekstrand, Paglialunga. Coach. Mastrangelo.
Pallavolo Padova: Falaschi 3, Gardini 16, Plak 10, Garcia Fernandez 9, Desmet 16, Crosato 11, Taniguchi (L), Zoppellari 0, Guzzo 1, Cardenas Morales 1, Zenger (L), Porro 3. N.E. Fusaro, Truocchio. Coach. Cuttini.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Vero Volley Monza 0-3 (19:25, 19:25, 19:25)
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 0, Juantorena 5, Stankovic 2, Sapozhkov 11, Rinaldi 6, Sanguinetti 4, Boninfante 0, Gollini (L), Brehme 0, Davyskiba 9, Federici (L). N.E. Pinali G., Pinali R., Sighinolfi. Coach. Petrella.
Mint Vero Volley Monza: Kreling 3, Takahashi 13, Di Martino 3, Szwarc 18, Maar 11, Galassi 5, Morazzini (L), Visic 0, Loeppky 0, Beretta 0, Gaggini (L). N.E. Comparoni, Frascio, Lawani. Coach. Eccheli.

• 18.30 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sir Susa Vim Perugia 3-2 (20:25, 35:33, 25:21, 16:25, 22:20)
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 1, Zaytsev 13, Chinenyeze 10, Lagumdzija 32, Nikolov 16, Diamantini 8, Bisotto (L), Thelle 0, Motzo 0, Balaso (L), Anzani 0, Bottolo 0, Larizza 0, Yant Herrera 2. N.E. Coach. Blengini.
Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Giannelli 5, Plotnytskyi 16, Solé 6, Ben Tara 28, Semeniuk 21, Resende Gualberto 15, Herrera Jaime 3, Toscani (L), Colaci (L), Ropret 0. N.E. Candellaro, Held, Leon Venero, Russo. Coach. Lorenzetti.

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Itas Trentino 0-3 (18:25, 17:25, 15:25)
Rana Verona: Spirito 0, Dzavoronok 7, Grozdanov 0, Esmaeilnezhad 10, Mozic 10, Mosca 4, Cortesia 2, D’Amico (L), Jovovic 1, Bonisoli (L), Truhtchev 0. N.E. Zanotti. Coach. Stoytchev.
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 8, Lavia 10, Kozamernik 8, Rychlicki 9, Michieletto 15, Podrascanin 8, Pace (L), Laurenzano (L). N.E. Nelli, D’Heer, Cavuto, Berger, Magalini, Acquarone. Coach. Soli.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1.Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 9
2.Itas Trentino 7
3.Sir Susa Vim Perugia 7
4.Mint Vero Volley Monza 6
5.Cucine Lube Civitanova 5
6.Valsa Group Modena 4
7.Cisterna Volley 4
8.Rana Verona 4
9.Farmitalia Catania 3
10.Pallavolo Padova 2
11.Gioiella Prisma Taranto 2
12.Allianz Milano 1.

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🇮🇹| NEXT GAMES| 4ª Giornata Andata – Round 4 of First Leg

Saturday November 11, 2023
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza

Sunday November 12, 2023
• 16.00 (Local Time) |
Pallavolo Padova – Cisterna Volley
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Gioiella Prisma Taranto
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Valsa Group Modena
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Farmitalia Catania – Rana Verona

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