Italy: Round 5 completed – Verona deliver Perugia first defeat! Trento, Piacenza and Cuneo ok. Cisterna stun Modena

Round 5 of 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca has been closed today and not without upsets.
Rana Verona shocked Sir Susa Scai Perugia, stealing a 2-3 (23:25, 25:17, 23:25, 25:16, 12:15) away win and delivering Perugia their first loss of the season!
In a tight, back-and-forth match, the winners stayed composed, led by Darlan Souza’s 24 points and Noumory Keita’s 21. Also Perugia fought hard with 23 points from Wassim Ben Tara, but couldn’t close the decisive fifth set.
Defending champions Itas Trentino continued their perfect run, beating Vero Volley Monza 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 25:20) without major problems and with all their main hitters in double digits, led by top scorer Theo Faure, who left the court with 15 points to his name, closely followed by Alessandro Michieletto’s 14 and Jordi Ramon, who added 12. Monza’s Krisztián Pádár scored 16, but it wasn’t enough to challenge a too strong rival.
Piacenza claimed a strong home win, defeating Lube Civitanova 3-0 (29:27, 28:26, 25:22). MVP Alessandro Bovolenta led the charge with 21 points, while Civitanova struggled to keep pace.
At the bottom of the standings, still
winless Grottazzolina fell 0-3 (21:25, 25:27, 18:25) at home to newcomers Cuneo. Amir Golzadeh scored 17 for the hosts, but Cuneo stayed solid with Nathan Feral, top scorer with 16 points, Lorenzo Codarin and Marko Sedlacek with 10 aces.
One of the better matches of the day came from Cisterna, where the home team edged Valsa Group Modena 3-2 (26:24, 19:25, 16:25, 37:35, 15:11).
After falling behind 1-2, Cisterna forced a dramatic 37-35 win in the fourth—one, the highest-scoring sets in league history—before taking the tie-break 15-11. Filippo Lanza for the winners and Ahmed Ikhbayri for Modena both finished with 24 points.
Yesterday’s match saw Milano beat Padova 3-2.
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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | 5ª Giornata Andata – Round 5 of First Leg

Saturday November 15, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Allianz Milano 2-3 (17:25, 20:25, 29:27, 25:21, 10:15)

👉🏼Sunday November 16, 2025

• 16.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Rana Verona 2-3 (23:25, 25:17, 23:25, 25:16, 12:15)
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 2, Semeniuk 12, Russo 1, Ben Tara 23, Ishikawa 8, Loser 7, Gaggini (L), Dzavoronok 0, Solé 5, Colaci (L), Plotnytskyi 5. N.E. Argilagos, Cvanciger, Crosato. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Rana Verona: Christenson 2, Keita 21, Cortesia 4, Ferreira Souza 24, Mozic 9, Vitelli 8, Zingel (L), Planinsic 0, D’Amico (L), Sani 3, Bonisoli 0, Glatz 2. N.E. Valbusa, Gironi. Coach. Soli.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Vero Volley Monza 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 25:20)
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 2, Ramon 12, Resende Gualberto 6, Faure 15, Michieletto 14, Bartha 8, Sandu (L), Pesaresi 0, Laurenzano (L). N.E. Bristot, Garcia Fernandez, Giani, Acquarone, Torwie. Coach. Mendez.
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 0, Atanasov 0, Larizza 8, Padar 16, Rohrs 9, Beretta 1, Pisoni (L), Velichkov 3, Frascio 0, Marttila 6, Scanferla (L), Mosca 0. N.E. Ciampi, Knipe. Coach. Eccheli.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (29:27, 28:26, 25:22)
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Porro 2, Mandiraci 13, Galassi 8, Bovolenta 21, Gutierrez 11, Simon 8, Loreti (L), Leon 0, Pace (L), Comparoni 0, Andringa 0, Bergmann 0. N.E. Travica, Seddik. Coach. Boninfante.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Boninfante 1, Bottolo 6, Gargiulo 7, Loeppky 10, Nikolov 8, D’Heer 1, Bisotto (L), Orduna 0, Balaso (L), Hossein Khanzadeh 7, Kukartsev 3, Podrascanin 2, Duflos-Rossi 1. N.E. Tenorio. Coach. Medei.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 0-3 (21:25, 25:27, 18:25)
Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina: Falaschi 1, Fedrizzi 9, Petkov 5, Golzadeh 17, Magalini 4, Stankovic 5, Petkovic (L), Pellacani 0, Marchiani 0, Tatarov 5, Marchisio (L). N.E. Cubito, Vecchi, Koprivica. Coach. Ortenzi.
MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo: Baranowicz 3, Zaytsev 8, Codarin 10, Feral 16, Sedlacek 10, Stefanovic 2, Colasanti (L), Copelli 3, Cavaccini (L). N.E. Bonomi, Oberto, Giraudo, Sala, Cattaneo. Coach. Battocchio.

• 19.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Valsa Group Modena 3-2 (26:24, 19:25, 16:25, 37:35, 15:11)
Cisterna Volley: Fanizza 0, Lanza 24, Plak 7, Guzzo 13, Bayram 19, Mazzone 8, Finauri (L), Currie (L), Barotto 1, Tarumi 0, Salsi 1, Muniz De Oliveira 0. N.E. Diamantini, Tosti. Coach. Morato.
Valsa Group Modena: Tizi-Oualou 1, Davyskiba 23, Anzani 4, Buchegger 5, Porro 13, Sanguinetti 2, Federici (L), Perry (L), Mati 1, Ikhbayri 24, Giraudo 1. N.E. Massari, Tauletta, Bento. Coach. Giuliani.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Sir Susa Scai Perugia 17
2. Rana Verona 14
3. Cucine Lube Civitanova 13
4. Itas Trentino 12
5. Valsa Group Modena 11
6. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 9
7. MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 8
8. Allianz Milano 7
9. Cisterna Volley 6
10. Sonepar Padova 6
11. Vero Volley Monza 4
12. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 1.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | 6ª Giornata Andata – Round 6 of First Leg

Saturday November 8, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Cisterna Volley 2-3 (18:25, 25:18, 25:23, 21:25, 13:15)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo – Itas Trentino 1-3 (25:21, 18:25, 19:25, 23:25)

Sunday November 9, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Rana Verona 3-0 (25:20, 26:24, 26:24)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Sonepar Padova 3-0 (25:20, 25:22, 25:17)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Sir Susa Scai Perugia 2-3 (25:20, 25:11, 21:25, 21:25, 8:15)

Wednesday November 19, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina

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