Italy: straight sets win for Verona, Milano and leaders Trento in advances of Round 17

Round 17 of 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca or, if you prefer, Round 6 of second leg, started today with first 3 games, all ended in straight sets.
In the first one, Rana Verona celebrated a 3-0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:20) home win over Pallavolo Padova in the derby of Veneto region.
First part of the game was a battle, with the hosts able to put their foot down on the accelerator in the middle of the set.
And then MVP Noumory Keita made the difference, scoring 24 points at the end of the match through 60% in attack. Decisive also the performance from the service line, with Luca Spirito and captain Rok Mozic able to score 3 aces apiece.
Despite the absences of captain Matteo Piano, who who underwent meniscus surgery on Friday, and Matey for a muscle problem, Allianz Milano down last-placed Farmitalia Catania 3-0 (26:24, 25:19, 25:17) too.
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
The match has two very distinct parts and, after a first set ended overtime after an intense half hour of play and a very balanced start to the second set, Catania gets lost in too many unnecessary errors and collapsed under the play of the hosts.
The block count says 10-7 (4 by Vitelli and 5 by Loser) in favor of a Milano able to close the game after one hour and 21 minutes of play in front of over one hundred of Japanese, who arrived in Italy specifically for a tour organized to follow their captain Yuki Ishikawa, author today of 9 points.
At Monza’s Opiquad Arena, leaders Itas Trentino celebrated their 16th win in 17 Superlega games by beating the hosts of Vero Volley Monza with the score of 0-3 (17:25, 17:25, 17:25), to fly, at least temporarily, at +6 from Sir Susa Vim Perugia that will play tomorrow on the field of Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza. The winners played a great game not only in attack, with 62% of team performance with only 3 errors, but also from the service line, with 7 aces, and blocking, with the same number of points from this element. MVP and top scorer of the match Alessandro Michieletto with 18 points to his name including 2 winning blocks, 2 aces and 67% in attack, well supported by Kamil Rychlicki, who added 13 through 69%.
Tomorrow the others and, in addition to the clash between No.3 Piacenza and Perugia (even if the two sides have 8 point difference), Cucine Lube Civitanova will face Valsa Group Modena in an Italian classic, while Gioiella Prisma Taranto will face Cisterna Volley.

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🇮🇹| 2023/24 Superlega CredemBanca | 6ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 6 of Second Leg

👉🏼Saturday February 3, 2024

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Pallavolo Padova 3-0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:20)
Rana Verona: Spirito 3, Dzavoronok 7, Grozdanov 5, Keita 24, Mozic 18, Cortesia 1, Bonisoli (L), Zingel 0, D’Amico (L), Zanotti 0. N.E. Jovovic, Esmaeilnezhad, Sani, Mosca. Coach. Stoytchev.
Pallavolo Padova: Falaschi 0, Gardini 7, Plak 9, Garcia Fernandez 8, Porro 15, Crosato 5, Guzzo (L), Stefani 0, Zoppellari 0, Zenger (L), Desmet 3. N.E. Taniguchi, Truocchio, Fusaro. Coach. Cuttini.

• 18.30 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Farmitalia Catania 3-0 (26:24, 25:19, 25:17)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Allianz Milano: Porro 4, Ishikawa 9, Loser 11, Reggers 12, Mergarejo Hernandez 11, Vitelli 7, Zonta 0, Catania (L), Dirlic 1. N.E. Innocenzi, Colombo. Coach. Piazza.
Farmitalia Catania: Orduna 1, Massari 6, Masulovic 5, Buchegger 14, Randazzo 10, Tondo 7, Pierri (L), Basic 0, Cavaccini (L), Baldi 0. N.E. Guarienti Zappoli, Frumuselu, Bossi, Santambrogio. Coach. Bua.

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Itas Trentino 0-3 (17:25, 17:25, 17:25)
Mint Vero Volley Monza: Kreling 0, Loeppky 9, Di Martino 0, Szwarc 8, Maar 10, Galassi 4, Mujanovic 1, Morazzini 0, Beretta 1, Gaggini (L). N.E. Visic, Frascio. Coach. Eccheli.
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 3, Lavia 10, Kozamernik 6, Rychlicki 13, Michieletto 18, Podrascanin 9, Pace (L), Laurenzano (L). N.E. Nelli, D’Heer, Cavuto, Berger, Magalini, Acquarone. Coach. Soli.

Sunday February 4, 2024
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Sir Susa Vim Perugia 3-1 (18:25, 25:22, 25:17, 25:18)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Valsa Group Modena 3-0 (25:21, 27:25, 25:23)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Cisterna Volley 1-3 (26:24, 17:25, 23:25, 20:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Itas Trentino 46
2. Sir Susa Vim Perugia 40
3. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 32
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 29
5. Allianz Milano 29
6. Rana Verona 28
7. Mint Vero Volley Monza 25
8. Valsa Group Modena 19
9. Cisterna Volley 19
10. Pallavolo Padova 14
11. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 11
12. Farmitalia Catania 5.

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🇮🇹| NEXT GAMES| 7ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 7 of Second Leg

Saturday February 10, 2024
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Vero Volley Monza
• 18.30 (Local Time) | Farmitalia Catania – Itas Trentino

Sunday February 11, 2024
• 16.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Rana Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Pallavolo Padova – Allianz Milano
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Cisterna Volley

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