After the advance played yesterday, in which Allianz Milano defeated Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina with the score of 3-1, Round 7 of 2024/25 Superlega CredemBanca has been completed today and not without upsets.
First of all the stunning performance of Cucine Lube Civitanova, who inflicted to former leaders Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza first seasonal defeat (prior to this game 6 victories in as many games played), and they did it in just three sets, partially 25:20, 25:20 and, again, 25:20!
Heavy absences in both sides, with the winners without Erik Loeppky (muscle problems), replaced by Aleksandar Nikolov, in starting six for first time this season, and Robertlandy Simon for Piacenza due back problems, replaced by Fabio Ricci, in addition to the already absent Uros Kovacevic. Piacenza now slip to third place with 17 points, 2 points behind new leaders Sir Susa Vim Perugia and -1 from Itas Trentino. The defending champions won in straight sets on the field of Gioiella Prisma Taranto, partially 18:25, 14:25 and 29:31. After dominating first two sets, the hosts reacted, but eventually gave up under the blow of Wassim Ben Tara, MVP of the match with 15 points to his name including 1 ace, 1 block and 65% in attack.
About Itas Trentino, today they celebrated a 3-1 (20:25, 27:25, 25:20, 25:22) home win in derby against Rana Verona. After losing first set, they reacted and, after a hard-fought second set ended overtime, they made the difference above all in attack and blocking (53% of team efficiency and 11 winning blocks), led by Alessandro Michieletto, who left the court with 19 points through 61% in attack, 2 winning blocks and MVP award, Daniele Lavia, who added 15 and Kamil Rychlicki, who also contributed with 17 points through 62% in attack. Once again Noumory Keita was the man of the match for Verona with 27 points to his name, while Rok Mozic added 18, but they weren’t enough against a home team better in decisive moments of the game.
Another great upset of the day was Sonepar Padova, who down Mint Vero Volley Monza with a clean 3-0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:21) in front of their home fans. Only Arthur Szwarc fought for the visiting side, leaving the court as top scorer with 19 points to his name through 59% in attack. To make the difference also the winners’ performance in serving, with 7 aces to 1, including the two that closed the game with the signature of Veljko Masulovic. However, MVP award went to Luca Porro, with 14 points through 65% in attack.
Another upset came from Modena’s PalaPanini, where the hosts Valsa Group Modena surrendered to Cisterna Volley, 2-3 (28:26, 25:17, 20:25, 23:25, 11:15), in a game with lot of errors (35 only for Modena). Great protagonist of Cisterna’s comeback an excellent Theo Faure, well deserved named MVP of the match with 28 points through 56% in attack.
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🏐| Superlega CredemBanca 2024/25 | 7ª Giornata Andata – Round 7 of First Leg
Saturday November 9, 2024
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 3-1 (25:18, 25:20, 25:27, 25:19)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
👉🏼Sunday November 10, 2024
• 16.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:20)
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Chinenyeze 5, Lagumdzija 11, Nikolov 6, Podrascanin 6, Boninfante 9, Bottolo 13, Loeppky (L), Gargiulo 0, Bisotto 0, Balaso (L), Hossein Khanzadeh 0, Dirlic 0. N.E. Orduna, Tenorio. Coach. Medei.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Romanò 12, Maar 9, Ricci 3, Brizard 2, Mandiraci 13, Galassi 4, Loreti (L), Kedzierski 0, Scanferla (L), Andringa 0, Bovolenta 0, Gueye 1. N.E. Simon. Coach. Anastasi.
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Vero Volley Monza 3-0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:21)
Sonepar Padova: Falaschi 0, Porro 14, Plak 11, Masulovic 15, Sedlacek 14, Crosato 2, Toscani (L), Stefani 0, Diez (L), Pedron 0, Orioli 0. N.E. Mayo Liberman, Galiazzo, Truocchio. Coach. Cuttini.
Mint Vero Volley Monza: Kreling 1, Zaytsev 5, Di Martino 2, Szwarc 19, Marttila 6, Beretta 6, Rohrs 4, Lawani 0, Mancini 0, Picchio (L), Averill 5, Gaggini (L). N.E. Lee. Coach. Eccheli.
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Rana Verona 3-1 (20:25, 27:25, 25:20, 25:22)
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 1, Lavia 15, Resende Gualberto 7, Garcia Fernandez 3, Michieletto 19, Kozamernik 10, Sandu (L), Pellacani 0, Rychlicki 17, Laurenzano (L). N.E. Bristot, Pesaresi, Magalini, Acquarone. Coach. Soli.
Rana Verona: Abaev 2, Dzavoronok 11, Vitelli 4, Keita 27, Mozic 18, Cortesia 9, Zingel 0, D’Amico (L), Spirito 0, Bonisoli (L). N.E. Chevalier, Sani, Jensen, Zanotti. Coach. Stoytchev.
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Cisterna Volley 2-3 (28:26, 25:17, 20:25, 23:25, 11:15)
Valsa Group Modena: De Cecco 1, Rinaldi 22, Anzani 6, Buchegger 25, Davyskiba 16, Sanguinetti 13, Gollini (L), Massari 0, Meijs 0, Mati 0, Gutierrez 2, Ikhbayri 1, Federici (L). N.E. Stankovic. Coach. Giuliani.
Cisterna Volley: Baranowicz 3, Bayram 13, Nedeljkovic 10, Faure 28, Ramon 13, Diamantini 6, Finauri (L), Pace (L), Rivas 0. N.E. Fanizza, Tarumi, Tosti, Czerwinski, Mazzone. Coach. Falasca.
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Gioiella Prisma Taranto – Sir Susa Vim Perugia 0-3 (18:25, 14:25, 29:31)
Gioiella Prisma Taranto: Zimmermann 2, Hofer 13, D’Heer 7, Gironi 10, Lanza 3, Alonso 2, Luzzi (L), Held 1, Alletti 0, Rizzo (L), Balestra 0, Paglialunga 1. N.E. Santangelo, Fevereiro. Coach. Boninfante.
Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Giannelli 6, Plotnytskyi 13, Loser 5, Ben Tara 15, Semeniuk 9, Russo 10, Piccinelli (L), Cianciotta 0, Herrera Jaime 0, Colaci (L), Ishikawa 0. N.E. Candellaro, Zoppellari, Solé. Coach. Lorenzetti.
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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Sir Susa Vim Perugia 19
2. Itas Trentino 18
3. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 17
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 13
5. Rana Verona 12
6. Allianz Milano 12
7. Sonepar Padova 10
8. Valsa Group Modena 9
9. Gioiella Prisma Taranto 7
10. Cisterna Volley 6
11. Vero Volley Monza 4
12. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 2
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🏐| NEXT GAMES | 8ª Giornata Andata – Round 8 of First Leg
Saturday November 16, 2024
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Gioiella Prisma Taranto
Sunday November 17, 2024
• 15.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Itas Trentino
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Allianz Milano
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Rana Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Valsa Group Modena
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina
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