Italy: Piacenza sweep Piacenza in advance of Round 8

Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza delivered a strong performance, defeating Vero Volley Monza in straight sets (23:25, 23:25, 17:25) at the Opiquad Arena to kick off Round 8 of 2025/26 SuperLega Credem Banca.
The man of the match was Efe Mandiraci, who earned the MVP award after scoring 22 points and dominating the field both offensively and defensively, while his teammate Alessandro Bovolenta added 11 points.
For Monza, it was another bad night following their midweek loss to Perugia.
Despite solid efforts from Luka Marttila who leff the court with 11 points and Martin Atanasov who added 10, coach Massimo Eccheli’s side couldn’t find consistency, remaining second-to-last place in the standings with only 4 points, 3 more than last-placed Grottazzolina, who tomorrow will play at Modena.

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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | 8ª Giornata Andata – Round 8 of First Leg

👉🏼Saturday November 29, 2025
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 0-3 (23:25, 23:25, 17:25)
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 1, Atanasov 10, Mosca 6, Marttila 11, Rohrs 9, Beretta 6, Pisoni (L), Velichkov 0, Scanferla (L), Larizza 0, Padar 0. N.E. Frascio, Ciampi, Knipe. Coach. Eccheli.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Porro 2, Mandiraci 22, Galassi 6, Bovolenta 11, Gutierrez 5, Simon 9, Loreti (L), Leon 0, Pace (L), Comparoni 0, Travica 0, Andringa 0. N.E. Bergmann, Seddik. Coach. Boninfante.

Sunday November 30, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 3-0 (25:20, 25:13, 25:18)
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Rana Verona 1-3 (24:26, 26:24, 22:25, 25:27)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Cisterna Volley 3-0 (25:18, 25:23, 25:20)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Itas Trentino 0-3 (24:26, 16:25, 21:25)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 3-1 (25:18, 21:25, 25:18, 25:18)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Sir Susa Scai Perugia 20
2. Rana Verona 17
3. Itas Trentino 15
4. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 15
5. Cucine Lube Civitanova 14
6. Allianz Milano 13
7. Valsa Group Modena 13
8. MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 9
9. Sonepar Padova 8
10. Cisterna Volley 6
11. Vero Volley Monza 4
12. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 1.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | 9ª Giornata Andata – Round 9 of First Leg

Wednesday December 3, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Valsa Group Modena
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Cisterna Volley
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Sonepar Padova
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Sir Susa Scai Perugia
• 20.45 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Cucine Lube Civitanova

Thursday December 4, 2025
• 20.45 (Local Time) | Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo – Allianz Milano

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