Italy: Perugia destroy Civitanova in Game 1 of semifinals!

Play Off Semifinals of 2024/25 SuperLega Credem Banca started off with a great job of defending champions Sir Susa Vim Perugia, who delivered a powerful 3-0 (25:22, 25:19, 25:22) win over Cucine Lube Civitanova on their home soil at PalaBarton Energy Arena.
The home crowd in the stands was electric, and the home team didn’t disappoint in front of as many as 4,738 volleyball fans!
Despite missing their captain Fabio Balaso, Civitanova fought, even if in the end, the rivals’ defense and attack were just too much.
Oleh Plotnytskyi led the charge with 14 points to his name, while Kamil Semeniuk and Wassim Ben Tara each contributed with 10. However, the true man of the match was libero Massimo Colaci, who earned him the MVP title.

“This is just our first step,” he said after the match. “We’ve still got a long series ahead. It might’ve been a 3-0 on paper, but it was anything but easy out there. Now it’s about cleaning up the little things and coming back even stronger for Game 2.”

Civitanova’s Francesco Bisotto wasn’t discouraged: “Sure, their serve gave us trouble, but we had some good stretches. We’ll go back, regroup, and come back fighting. This series is far from over.”

The other semifinal between Itas Trentino and Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza is set for tomorrow (Sunday, April 6th).

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🏐| Superlega CredemBanca 2024/25 | SEMIFINALS

Game 1

👉🏼Saturday, April 5, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25:22, 25:19, 25:22) Series: 1-0
Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Giannelli 2, Plotnytskyi 14, Solé 7, Ben Tara 10, Semeniuk 10, Loser 8, Piccinelli (L), Cianciotta 0, Herrera Jaime 0, Colaci (L). N.E. Candellaro, Zoppellari, Usowicz, Ishikawa. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Boninfante 3, Bottolo 1, Chinenyeze 4, Lagumdzija 16, Nikolov 10, Podrascanin 1, Gargiulo 1, Loeppky 4, Orduna 0, Bisotto (L), Hossein Khanzadeh 0, Dirlic 0, Dolcini (L). N.E. Tenorio. Coach. Medei.

Sunday, April 6, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza 3-2 (25:23, 23:25, 25:21, 23:25, 18:16) Series: 1-0

Game 2

Saturday, April 12, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sir Susa Vim Perugia 2-3 (21:25, 25:18, 23:25, 25:21, 10:15) Series: 0-2

Sunday, April 13, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza – Itas Trentino 2-3 (25:27, 25:15, 20:25, 25:22, 9:15) Series: 0-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Game 3

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 (23:25, 25:20, 28:30, 25:22, 14:16) Series: 2-1

Thursday, April 17, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza 3-1 (25:21, 22:25, 25:19, 25:18) Series: 3-0

Game 4

Sunday, April 20, 2025
• 15.20 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sir Susa Vim Perugia 3-0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:21) Series: 2-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Game 5

Thursday, April 24, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (29:27, 19:25, 17:25, 22:25) Series: 2-3
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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