Italy: all results of Round 14 – Modena back to the win! 3 points for Trento, Perugia, Milano and Piacenza. 2 for Taranto

All games of 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca Round 14 or, if you prefer, Round 3 of second leg were played today without major changes in the standings.
The day started with the four sets win of Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza over newcomers and last-placed Farmitalia Catania – 1-3 (21:25, 25:23, 17:25, 23:25), in what was the sixth away win for the team
coached by Andrea Anastasi!
In a not easy game, Francesco Recine was named MVP of the game with 20 points to his name, while Simon closed the game with 86% in attack, and Brizard with 5 blocks, an element in which Piacenza made the difference, scoring 11 points from this element compared to only 1 of the hosts.
3 points also for Allianz Milano in the second game played today, after beating Cisterna Volley 3-0 (25:22, 25:17, 25:23). Despite the result, the game was very balanced and the winners made the difference above all in attack, with 61% of team performance, and from the service line, with 7 aces.
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Current leaders Itas Trentino celebrated a 3-1 (25:27, 25:16, 25:16, 25:22) win against Rana Verona in the Adige derby in a remake of Italian Cup quarterfinal played 11 days ago always at ilT quotidiano Arena.
And, as 11 days ago, to celebrate are the hosts, who confirmed their superiority despite they lost the first set, the first one after 20 sets won! To make the difference the performance in blocking, with as many as 16 points from this element and 7 only from MVP Podrascanin, but also the attack, above all with Kamil Rychlicki, best scorer with 25 points to his name including 3 winning blocks through 59% in attack, and Michieletto, who added 20 through 49% and the same number of blocks. Verona, on the other hand, suffered their first defeat after 5 victories in a row.
The closest pursuers of the leaders Trento is Sir Susa Vim Perugia, at -3 after beating today Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25:14, 25:20, 25:17) without major problems in front of 4417 home fans!
Perugia played a great game, with 9 aces (to 2) and 56% of team performance in attack (to 45%), while Simone Giannelli was named MVP of the match with also 4 points to his name. Top scorers with 13 points each were Wassim Ben Tara and Oleh Plotnytskyi, who also contributed with 3 aces.
Gioiella Prisma Taranto snatched a 2-3 (25:23, 22:25, 20:25, 25:23, 12:15) win on the field of Pallavolo Padova in a nail-biting tie-break,
led by MVP and top scorer Filippo Lanza, who closed the game with 23 points to his name.
In a roller-coaster match, Valsa Group Modena, after four straight sets defeats in a row, almost wasted a 0-2 led on the field of Mint Vero Volley Monza but eventually managed to close the game at tie break, 2-3 (18:25, 20:25, 25:18, 25:23, 13:15). Setter Bruno Rezende was named MVP of the match, steering his team to a hard-fought win. Vlad Davyskiba and Maksim Sapozhkov were the most prolific players on the winning side with 23 and 20 points respectively, while Arthur Szwarc tallied 26 for the hosts.

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🇮🇹| 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca | 3ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 3 of Second Leg

👉🏼Sunday January 14, 2024

• 16.00 (Local Time) | Farmitalia Catania – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 1-3 (21:25, 25:23, 17:25, 23:25)
Farmitalia Catania: Orduna 0, Massari 6, Masulovic 8, Buchegger 28, Randazzo 18, Bossi 1, Pierri (L), Basic 0, Cavaccini (L), Guarienti Zappoli 0, Tondo 1, Frumuselu 0, Baldi 0. N.E. Santambrogio. Coach. Bua.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 6, Santos De Souza 11, Simon 9, Romanò 16, Recine 20, Ricci 4, Hoffer (L), Gironi 1, Alonso 1, Scanferla (L), Andringa 1. N.E. Caneschi, Dias. Coach. Anastasi.

• 17.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Cisterna Volley 3-0 (25:22, 25:17, 25:23)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Allianz Milano: Porro 3, Ishikawa 13, Loser 10, Reggers 14, Kaziyski 8, Piano 5, Colombo (L), Mergarejo Hernandez 1, Zonta 0, Catania (L), Vitelli 0, Dirlic 1. N.E. Innocenzi. Coach. Piazza.
Cisterna Volley: Baranowicz 1, Ramon 10, Rossi 2, Faure 11, Bayram 9, Nedeljkovic 9, De Santis (L), Piccinelli (L), Mazzone 2, Peric 0. N.E. Finauri, Giani, Czerwinski. Coach. Falasca.

• 17.00 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 2-3 (25:23, 22:25, 20:25, 25:23, 12:15)
Pallavolo Padova: Falaschi 4, Gardini 18, Plak 9, Garcia Fernandez 17, Desmet 10, Crosato 8, Fusaro (L), Stefani 0, Zoppellari 0, Zenger (L), Porro 7. N.E. Taniguchi, Cardenas Morales, Truocchio. Coach. Cuttini.
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Trinidad De Haro 2, Gutierrez 5, Gargiulo 15, Russell 22, Lanza 23, Jendryk 6, Luzzi (L), Rizzo (L), Sala 0, Bonacchi 0, Raffaelli 8. N.E. Alletti, Ekstrand, Paglialunga. Coach. Travica.

• 17.45 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Valsa Group Modena 2-3 (18:25, 20:25, 25:18, 25:23, 13:15)
Mint Vero Volley Monza: Kreling 1, Takahashi 1, Di Martino 5, Szwarc 26, Maar 16, Galassi 11, Morazzini (L), Loeppky 18, Beretta 0, Gaggini (L). N.E. Visic, Pertoldi, Comparoni, Mujanovic. Coach. Eccheli.
Valsa Group Modena: Mossa De Rezende 2, Davyskiba 23, Stankovic 9, Sapozhkov 20, Juantorena 13, Sanguinetti 8, Gollini (L), Brehme 0, Federici (L), Rinaldi 0. N.E. Pinali G., Pinali R., Sighinolfi, Melato. Coach. Petrella.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25:14, 25:20, 25:17)
Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Giannelli 4, Plotnytskyi 13, Resende Gualberto 8, Ben Tara 13, Semeniuk 7, Russo 9, Toscani (L), Held 0, Colaci (L). N.E. Candellaro, Herrera Jaime, Leon Venero, Solé, Ropret. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 0, Zaytsev 7, Chinenyeze 10, Lagumdzija 10, Nikolov 5, Anzani 3, Giani (L), Motzo 0, Bisotto (L), Bottolo 0, Yant Herrera 5. N.E. Thelle, Diamantini, Larizza. Coach. Blengini.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Rana Verona 3-1 (25:27, 25:16, 25:16, 25:22)
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 2, Lavia 10, Kozamernik 6, Rychlicki 25, Michieletto 20, Podrascanin 10, Pace (L), D’Heer 0, Cavuto 0, Laurenzano (L). N.E. Nelli, Berger, Magalini, Acquarone. Coach. Soli.
Rana Verona: Spirito 3, Dzavoronok 10, Cortesia 5, Keita 19, Mozic 16, Mosca 3, Bonisoli (L), Zingel 0, D’Amico (L), Jovovic 0, Esmaeilnezhad 0, Sani 0. N.E. Grozdanov, Zanotti. Coach. Stoytchev.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Itas Trentino 37
2. Sir Susa Vim Perugia 34
3. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 32
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 25
5. Allianz Milano 25
6. Mint Vero Volley Monza 21
7. Rana Verona 20
8. Valsa Group Modena 19
9. Cisterna Volley 13
10. Pallavolo Padova 11
11. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 11
12. Farmitalia Catania 4.

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🇮🇹| NEXT GAMES| 4ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 4 of Second Leg

Saturday January 20, 2024
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Sir Susa Vim Perugia

Sunday January 21, 2024
• 16.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Itas Trentino
• 16.30 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Vero Volley Monza
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Allianz Milano
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Farmitalia Catania
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – Cisterna Volley

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