Italy: Round 1 of second leg is over without upsets. Milano stun Modena in front of more than 7.000 volleyball fans!

After the advance played yesterday, in which Rana Verona defeated Gioiella Prisma Taranto with the score of 3-1, Round 12 of 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca or, if you prefer, Round 1 of second leg has been closed today with the other 5 games.

Itas Trentino close the year with another win, the 11th in 12 games played. Defending champions, in front of their home fans, confirmed their unbeaten run on their home court silencing Cisterna Volley with a clear 3-0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:20), despite the efforts of the rivals, led by a very good Theo Faure (top scorer with 20 points to his name), before collapsing under the blow of the hosts led by Alessandro Michieletto (17), MVP Kamil Rychlicki and Giulio Magalini, who replaced Michieletto himself at the end of the match.
At -3 from the leaders Sir Susa Vim Perugia, who won with the same result on the field of a good Farmitalia Catania – 0-3 (20:25, 24:26, 19:25). The hosts fought, but it wasn’t enough and eventually collapsed in front of a great reception of the winners (61% to 41%), attack (55% to 48%) and, above all, in blocking (12 to 5).
Perugia dominated first and third set, while in the second one they had to recover after a slow start. Four players on the winning side closed the game in double digit: 13 points for MVP Oleh Plotnytskyi (61% in attack), and 13 also for an excellent Roberto Russo (67% in attack and as many as 7 winning blocks), 12 for Kamil Semeniuk and 10 for Herrera, but good also Sebastian Solè with 8 points to his name through 75% in attack and 2 winning blocks.
Closed this 2023, now Sir Susa Vim Perugia will face on Thursday January 4 at their PalaBarton Valsa Group Modena in last Italian Cup Quarterfinal!
The same Modena who, after a heavy home defeat in the derby against Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza, collapsed again in front of more than 7000 volleyball fans at Mediolanum Forum against the hosts Allianz Milano, 3-0 (27:25, 25:17, 25:18).
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Modena fought only in the first set, closed by Matey Kaziyski overtime, 27-25. And then the hosts were able to control the game in second and third set, making difference above all in blocking, scoring 11 points from this element compared to Modena’s 4. Milano is now at 5th place in the standings, surpassing Mint Vero Volley Monza, who today has been defeated at home by Cucine Lube Civitanova in an Opiquad Arena sold out for the occasion.
Last season runners-up surpassed the rivals with the score of 1-3 (27:25, 21:25, 22:25, 23:25) after losing first set.
Lot of errors, however, for the hosts, including 24 heavy mistakes from the service line. MVP of the match Aleksandar Nikolov, top scorer with 23 points, while for Monza Canadian outside hitter Stephen Maar was the most prolific player with 22 points, followed by his compatriot Arthur Szwarc with 17. On Wednesday January 3, also at OpiquadArena the remake between these two in Italian Cup quarterfinals!
Close the picture the four sets win of Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza on the field of Pallavolo Padova, 1-3 (26:24, 21:25, 19:25, 18:25).
Davide Gardini was the best scorer for the hosts with 24 points to his name through 54% in attack while, for the winners, MVP Francesco Recine with 18 points and the same percentage in attack.
A first set ended overtime in favor of the hosts, 26-24, with a point from Crosato on Simon. In the second one Padova struggled, but fought until the 20-22, then collapsing 21-25. Also in third set Piacenza control the game, putting down the decisive 16-19, and the final 19-25. The game in over, as Padova suffered a heavy 11-16, and useless is als their attempt for a comeback, 15-18, with a point from Gabi Garcia. But eventually Piacenza react, putting down the ace of 17-24 by Gironi, and the decisive 18-25.

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🇮🇹| 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca | 1ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 1 of Second Leg

Friday December 29, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-1 (26:24, 25:12, 20:25, 25:15)

👉🏼Saturday December 30, 2023

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Farmitalia Catania – Sir Susa Vim Perugia 0-3 (20:25, 24:26, 19:25)
Farmitalia Catania: Santambrogio 0, Massari 12, Masulovic 9, Buchegger 13, Basic 9, Bossi 1, Randazzo (L), Cavaccini (L), Guarienti Zappoli 1, Tondo 0, Baldi 0. N.E. Pierri, Orduna, Frumuselu. Coach. Douglas Silva.
Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Giannelli 2, Plotnytskyi 14, Solé 8, Herrera Jaime 9, Semeniuk 12, Russo 12, Toscani (L), Held 0, Ben Tara 0, Colaci (L), Ropret 0. N.E. Candellaro, Resende Gualberto. Coach. Lorenzetti.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Valsa Group Modena 3-0 (27:25, 25:17, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Allianz Milano: Porro 3, Ishikawa 16, Loser 9, Reggers 12, Kaziyski 8, Piano 4, Colombo (L), Mergarejo Hernandez 0, Zonta 0, Catania (L), Vitelli 2, Dirlic 0. N.E. Innocenzi. Coach. Piazza.
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 0, Juantorena 10, Sanguinetti 6, Sapozhkov 14, Davyskiba 11, Brehme 3, Gollini (L), Boninfante 0, Stankovic 0, Federici (L), Rinaldi 1. N.E. Pinali G., Pinali R., Sighinolfi. Coach. Petrella.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (27:25, 21:25, 22:25, 23:25)
Mint Vero Volley Monza: Kreling 2, Takahashi 7, Galassi 13, Szwarc 17, Maar 22, Di Martino 10, Morazzini (L), Visic 0, Loeppky 6, Mujanovic 0, Beretta 0, Gaggini (L). N.E. Comparoni. Coach. Eccheli.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 1, Yant Herrera 20, Diamantini 3, Lagumdzija 15, Nikolov 23, Anzani 2, Chinenyeze (L), Motzo 0, Balaso (L), Zaytsev 1, Bottolo 0, Larizza 1. N.E. Thelle, Bisotto. Coach. Blengini.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 1-3 (26:24, 21:25, 19:25, 18:25)
Pallavolo Padova: Falaschi 0, Gardini 24, Plak 6, Garcia Fernandez 8, Desmet 4, Crosato 4, Truocchio (L), Zoppellari 0, Guzzo 3, Cardenas Morales 4, Zenger (L), Porro 6. N.E. Taniguchi, Fusaro. Coach. Cuttini.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 2, Santos De Souza 14, Simon 12, Romanò 11, Recine 18, Caneschi 12, Hoffer (L), Gironi 1, Scanferla (L), Andringa 0. N.E. Alonso, Ricci, Dias. Coach. Anastasi.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Cisterna Volley 3-0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:20)
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 1, Lavia 11, Kozamernik 6, Rychlicki 13, Michieletto 17, Podrascanin 5, Pace (L), Magalini 3, Laurenzano (L). N.E. Nelli, D’Heer, Cavuto, Berger, Acquarone. Coach. Soli.
Cisterna Volley: Baranowicz 0, Ramon 8, Rossi 5, Faure 20, Peric 4, Nedeljkovic 6, Finauri (L), Giani 0, Piccinelli (L), Mazzone 0, Bayram 0, De Santis 0. N.E. Czerwinski. Coach. Falasca.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Itas Trentino 31
2. Sir Susa Vim Perugia 28
3. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 27
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 22
5. Allianz Milano 21
6. Mint Vero Volley Monza 20
7. Valsa Group Modena 17
8. Rana Verona 17
9. Pallavolo Padova 10
10. Cisterna Volley 10
11. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 9
12. Farmitalia Catania 4.

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🇮🇹| NEXT GAMES| 2ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 2 of Second Leg

Saturday January 6, 2024
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Allianz Milano
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Pallavolo Padova

Sunday January 7, 2024
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Itas Trentino
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Rana Verona
• 18.15 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Vero Volley Monza
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Farmitalia Catania

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