Italy: Perugia down Piacenza at tie break in big match of Round 6, Civitanova destroy Modena. Milano, Cisterna and Trento ok

After the advance played yesterday in which Pallavolo Padova won the Veneto derby against Rana Verona by 3-1, Round 6 of Superlega CredemBanca has been closed today with 2 big matches played and 5 teams with 7 points in the standings!
The day started with one of the big classic of italian volleyball, in which Cucine Lube Civitanova won on the field of Valsa Group Modena in just three sets (20:25, 19:25, 20:25). After two yers, the Civitanova side managed to win at iconic PalaPanini against a rival penalized by injuries, without starting libero Federici and opposite Pinali, and starting opposite Sapozhkov only on the bench, replaced by Davyskiba (top scorer with 21 points) and despite the almost 4600 home fans!
MVP of the game a super Fabio Balaso, while Adis Lagumdzija was the most prolific player among the winners with 17 points to his name, including the one that closed first set, well supported by Aleksander Nikolov who also contributed with 13. (PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH).
The day continues with a great show at Perugia’s PalaBarton, in which the hosts Sir Susa Vim Perugia managed to down Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza after an exciting 3-2 (21:25, 20:25, 25:18, 26:24, 20:18) in a clash for second place.
The hosts had to recover from a 0-2 deficit in sets, and in the two sets won Piacenza was unstoppable in attack. However, from the third set the match changed and Perugia start to play with Herrera on the field instead of Ben Tara. The fourth one is closed overtime thanks to a winning block from Flavio while the decisive one was nail-biting, closed once again in blocking, with two points in a row from MVP Solé, who closed the game with 11 points to his name and 4 winning blocks, all decisive in crucial phase of the match. Double digit also for Semeniuk (19), Herrera (16), Plotnytskyi (14) and Flavio (10). On the losing side, Leal scored 24 points followed by Gironi with 18 and Simon with 15.
Another defeat for newcomers Farmitalia Catania, who fought, won the first set, but eventually collapsed with the score of 1-3 (25:20, 22:25, 22:25, 21:25) against a resilient Allianz Milano, led by MVP Yuki Ishikawa, who now boast 7 points in the standings together with Pallavolo Padova, Valsa Group Modena, Rana Verona and Cisterna Volley, who today celebrated a thrilling home win against Gioiella Prisma Taranto, that has been solved only at 17-15 of the fifth set (25:27, 20:25, 25:18, 25:13, 17:15). Theo Faure was once again top scorer for Cisterna, closely followed by MVP Pavle Peric, who also contributed with 18.
Close the picture the clash between Itas Trentino and Vero Volley Monza, ended 3-1 (19:25, 25:22, 25:23, 25:23) in favor of the hosts, led by a great Kamil Rychlicki, top scorer and MVP with 24 points to his name through an impressive 73% in attack including one ace and one block, supported by Alessandro Michieletto, who closed third and fourth sets with an attack in both occasions on 24-23, and scored 22 points through 56%, with 2 blocks and 1 ace.

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🇮🇹| 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca | 6ª Giornata Andata – Round 6 of First Leg

Saturday November 18, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – Rana Verona 3-1 (25:17, 13:25, 25:20, 25:23)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

👉🏼Sunday November 19, 2023

• 16.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova 0-3 (20:25, 19:25, 20:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 4, Juantorena 6, Brehme 5, Davyskiba 21, Rinaldi 7, Sanguinetti 6, Boninfante 0, Gollini (L), Sapozhkov 0. N.E. Stankovic, Pinali, Sighinolfi. Coach. Petrella.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 1, Zaytsev 7, Chinenyeze 5, Lagumdzija 17, Nikolov 13, Anzani 4, Bisotto (L), Balaso (L), Diamantini 0, Yant Herrera 0. N.E. Thelle, Motzo, Bottolo, Larizza. Coach. Blengini.

• 17.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-2 (21:25, 20:25, 25:18, 26:24, 20:18)
Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Giannelli 5, Plotnytskyi 14, Resende Gualberto 10, Ben Tara 4, Semeniuk 19, Solé 11, Toscani (L), Held 2, Herrera Jaime 16, Colaci (L), Ropret 0. N.E. Candellaro, Leon Venero, Russo. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 5, Santos De Souza 6, Caneschi 6, Gironi 18, Leal 24, Simon 15, Hoffer (L), Recine 9, Scanferla (L), Andringa 1. N.E. Alonso, Ricci, Romanò, Dias. Coach. Anastasi.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Farmitalia Catania – Allianz Milano 1-3 (25:20, 22:25, 22:25, 21:25)
Farmitalia Catania: Orduna 3, Basic 12, Masulovic 6, Buchegger 28, Randazzo 11, Tondo 6, Pierri (L), Cavaccini (L), Guarienti Zappoli 0, Frumuselu 0, Bossi 0. N.E. Baldi, Santambrogio. Coach. Douglas Silva.
Allianz Milano: Porro 0, Ishikawa 16, Loser 13, Reggers 17, Kaziyski 1, Piano 7, Colombo (L), Mergarejo Hernandez 17, Zonta 0, Catania (L), Vitelli 1, Dirlic 3. N.E. Innocenzi. Coach. Piazza.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-2 (25:27, 20:25, 25:18, 25:13, 17:15)
Cisterna Volley: Saitta 3, Ramon 15, Mazzone 0, Faure 19, Bayram 8, Nedeljkovic 10, De Santis (L), Giani 0, Piccinelli (L), Rossi 3, Peric 18. N.E. Tosti, Finauri, Czerwinski. Coach. Falasca.
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Trinidad De Haro 1, Gutierrez 12, Gargiulo 10, Russell 2, Lanza 17, Jendryk 5, Luzzi (L), Alletti 2, Rizzo (L), Ekstrand 0, Sala 15, Bonacchi 0, Raffaelli 0. N.E. Paglialunga. Coach. Andriani.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Vero Volley Monza 3-1 (19:25, 25:22, 25:23, 25:23)
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 1, Lavia 8, Kozamernik 10, Rychlicki 23, Michieletto 22, Podrascanin 6, Pace (L), Magalini 1, Laurenzano (L), Acquarone 0. N.E. Nelli, D’Heer, Cavuto, Berger. Coach. Soli.
Mint Vero Volley Monza: Kreling 0, Takahashi 11, Galassi 10, Szwarc 12, Maar 16, Di Martino 8, Morazzini (L), Labarile (L), Visic 0, Loeppky 7, Beretta 0, Gaggini (L). N.E. Frascio, Comparoni. Coach. Eccheli.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Itas Trentino 16
2. Sir Susa Vim Perugia 15
3. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 13
4. Mint Vero Volley Monza 12
5. Cucine Lube Civitanova 11
6. Pallavolo Padova 7
7. Valsa Group Modena 7
8. Rana Verona 7
9. Allianz Milano 7
10. Cisterna Volley 7
11. Farmitalia Catania 3
12. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3.

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🇮🇹| NEXT GAMES| 7ª Giornata Andata – Round 7 of First Leg

Saturday November 25, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Valsa Group Modena

Sunday November 26, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Farmitalia Catania
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Gioiella Prisma Taranto
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Sir Susa Vim Perugia
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Pallavolo Padova
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza

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