Italy: Round 14 completed – first win for Grottazzolina! Perugia, Modena and Verona ok

After two advances played yesterday, won by current leaders Itas Trentino and Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza, Round 14 of 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca or, if you prefer, Round 3 of second leg, has been completed today.
World Champions Sir Susa Vim Perugia maintained pressure to the top of the standings with a 3-1 (25:21, 23:25, 25:14, 25:19) home victory over Allianz Milano, controlling the match after fighting in the opening two sets, with Wassim Ben Tara reaching the milestone of 1,000 winning attacks in SuperLega play as his team stayed level with leaders Trentino.
Strong away performances also stood out, with Rana Verona which swept Vero Volley Monza in straight sets on the road, 0-3 (20:25, 12:25, 25:27), while Valsa Group Modena recovered from a slow start to beat Sonepar Padova 1-3 (25:20, 20:25, 23:25, 17:25).
At the bottom of the table, Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina claimed a vital 3-2 (20:25, 26:24, 25:22, 23:25, 15:9) home win over Cisterna Volley, tightening the relegation battle.

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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | 3ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 3 of Second Leg

Saturday, January 3 2026
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 3-0 (25:17, 25:22, 25:17)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 (25:22, 25:20, 21:25, 25:22)

👉🏼Sunday, January 4 2026

• 16.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Allianz Milano 3-1 (25:21, 23:25, 25:14, 25:19)
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 9, Semeniuk 14, Loser 7, Ben Tara 18, Ishikawa 3, Russo 8, Colaci (L), Dzavoronok 9, Solé 3, Plotnytskyi 2, Gaggini (L). N.E. Argilagos, Cvanciger, Crosato. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Allianz Milano: Kreling 1, Recine 11, Masulovic 8, Reggers 17, Ichino 5, Caneschi 10, Catania (L), Masajedi 0, Barbanti 1, Lindqvist 0, Di Martino 1, Corbetta (L). N.E. Benacchio, Otsuka. Coach. Piazza.

• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Valsa Group Modena 1-3 (25:20, 20:25, 23:25, 17:25)
Sonepar Padova: Todorovic 0, Orioli 19, Polo 4, Masulovic 12, Gardini 6, Truocchio 1, Zoppellari 1, Diez (L), Stefani 3, Toscani (L), Held 6. N.E. Nachev, Bergamasco, Mc Raven. Coach. Cuttini.
Valsa Group Modena: Tizi-Oualou 2, Davyskiba 15, Mati 3, Buchegger 14, Porro 19, Sanguinetti 16, Federici (L), Perry (L), Anzani 2, Ikhbayri 4, Giraudo 0. N.E. Massari, Tauletta, Bento. Coach. Giuliani.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Cisterna Volley 3-2 (20:25, 26:24, 25:22, 23:25, 15:9)
Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina: Falaschi 1, Magalini 16, Petkov 4, Golzadeh 13, Fedrizzi 23, Stankovic 6, Vecchi (L), Pellacani 0, Marchiani 0, Tatarov 11, Marchisio (L). N.E. Cubito, Koprivica. Coach. Ortenzi.
Cisterna Volley: Fanizza 0, Lanza 18, Plak 8, Barotto 15, Bayram 17, Mazzone 13, Finauri (L), Currie (L), Tarumi 0, Salsi 0, Guzzo 0, Muniz De Oliveira 1. N.E. Diamantini, Tosti. Coach. Morato.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Rana Verona 0-3 (20:25, 12:25, 25:27)
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 0, Rohrs 9, Larizza 4, Padar 10, Atanasov 9, Beretta 2, Pisoni (L), Velichkov 0, Scanferla (L), Mapelli 0, Mosca 0. N.E. Frascio, Ciampi, Knipe. Coach. Eccheli.
Rana Verona: Christenson 5, Mozic 13, Cortesia 4, Ferreira Souza 9, Keita 15, Vitelli 9, Valbusa (L), Planinsic 0, Staforini (L), Sani 1, Nedeljkovic 1. N.E. Gironi, Bonisoli, Glatz. Coach. Soli.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Itas Trentino 35
2. Sir Susa Scai Perugia 35
3. Rana Verona 34
4. Valsa Group Modena 31
5. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 26
6. Cucine Lube Civitanova 25
7. Allianz Milano 23
8. Vero Volley Monza 12
9. Sonepar Padova 11
10. MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 9
11. Cisterna Volley 7
12. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 4.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES |4ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 4 of Second Leg

Saturday, January 10 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo – Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina

Sunday, January 11 2026
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Rana Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Valsa Group Modena
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Sonepar Padova
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Vero Volley Monza
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Cisterna Volley

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