Italy: exciting Round 18 completed – Milano stun Civitanova! Perugia, Verona, Padova, and Cuneo ok

After the advance played yesterday, in which Valsa Group Modena down Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza at tie break in an exciting derby, Round 18 of 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca or, if you prefer, Round 7, of second leg, has been completed today with the remaining 5 games that lived up to expectations, featuring wins at the top and several matches decided by the finest margins.
The only game that not was a direct clash was the one between Cisterna Volley and Rana Verona, ended without major upsets with a clean 0-3 (22:25, 18:25, 23:25) in favor of the visiting side, who remained in close pursuit of the leaders Sir Susa Scai Perugia, which bounced back after losing the opening set to defeat Itas Trentino, without Alessandro Michieletto, 3-1 (11:25, 25:23, 25:15, 25:18), consolidating first place and staying two points clear of Verona. Wassim Ben Tara played a strong game leaving the court with 24
points to his name.
At Allianz Cloud, the hosts Allianz Milano shocked Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 (25:17, 38:36, 12:25, 25:21), controlling the match in decisive moments, including a marathon second set, with a great performance from Ferre Reggers, author of 25 points through 49% in attack, 2 aces and MVP honors.
Despite another strong game from Aleksandar Nikolov, who left the court with as many as 30 points to his name through 60% in attack, 5 aces and 4 blocks, Civitanova suffered 8th seasonal defeat.
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Five-set drama unfolded in both Grottazzolina and Cuneo.
Sonepar Padova rallied past last-placed Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina to claim two valuable points, 2-3 (22:25, 25:20, 25:20, 23:25, 11:15), with 20 points from Veljko Masulovic and 15 from Davide Gardini, while newcomers MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo down Vero Volley Monza in front of their home fans at the tie-break too, 3-2 (25:27, 25:22, 25:20, 23:25, 15:8), led by Nathan Feral (24 points through 59% in attack and 5 aces), and Alexandre Strehlau, who added 22 through 61% in attack and 2 blocks.
Superlega will continue next Saturday, January 31, with the advance of Round 12 between Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina and Vero Volley Monza.

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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | 7ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 7 of Second Leg

Saturday, January 24 2026
• 21.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza 3-2 (18:25, 25:21, 23:25, 25:23, 15:9)

👉🏼Sunday, January 25 2026

• 16.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 (25:17, 38:36, 12:25, 25:21)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Allianz Milano: Kreling 4, Recine 11, Di Martino 9, Reggers 25, Ichino 6, Caneschi 8, Otsuka (L), Catania (L), Masajedi 0, Masulovic 0, Barbanti 1, Lindqvist 1. N.E. Benacchio, Corbetta. Coach. Piazza.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Boninfante 1, Bottolo 16, Gargiulo 7, Loeppky 11, Nikolov 30, D’Heer 1, Bisotto (L), Orduna 0, Balaso (L), Kukartsev 1, Podrascanin 2, Duflos-Rossi 2, Tenorio 0. N.E. Coach. Medei.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Itas Trentino 3-1 (11:25, 25:23, 25:15, 25:18)
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 2, Plotnytskyi 8, Loser 10, Ben Tara 24, Semeniuk 12, Solé 7, Gaggini (L), Dzavoronok 0, Colaci (L), Ishikawa 1, Russo 0. N.E. Argilagos, Cvanciger, Crosato. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 2, Ramon 6, Resende Gualberto 8, Faure 19, Bristot 19, Bartha 8, Boschini (L), Pesaresi 0, Garcia Fernandez 2, Giani 1, Laurenzano (L), Acquarone 0. N.E. Sandu, Torwie. Coach. Mendez.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Rana Verona 0-3 (22:25, 18:25, 23:25)
Cisterna Volley: Fanizza 1, Tarumi 10, Plak 6, Barotto 13, Bayram 7, Mazzone 4, Finauri (L), Currie (L), Salsi 0, Guzzo 0, Muniz De Oliveira 0. N.E. Lanza, Diamantini, Tosti. Coach. Morato.
Rana Verona: Christenson 4, Mozic 16, Vitelli 8, Ferreira Souza 18, Keita 9, Cortesia 3, Bonisoli (L), Planinsic 0, Staforini (L), Sani 1, Nedeljkovic 0. N.E. Valbusa, Gironi, Glatz. Coach. Soli.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Sonepar Padova 2-3 (22:25, 25:20, 25:20, 23:25, 11:15)
Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina: Falaschi 3, Magalini 16, Stankovic 8, Golzadeh 27, Tatarov 15, Pellacani 9, Petkov (L), Cubito 0, Vecchi 0, Fedrizzi 0, Marchisio (L). N.E. Marchiani, Koprivica. Coach. Ortenzi.
Sonepar Padova: Todorovic 2, Orioli 3, Polo 8, Masulovic 20, Gardini 15, Truocchio 9, Zoppellari 0, Diez (L), Stefani 0, Toscani (L), Held 13. N.E. Nachev, Bergamasco, Mc Raven. Coach. Cuttini.

• 18.00 (Local Time) | MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo- Vero Volley Monza 3-2 (25:27, 25:22, 25:20, 23:25, 15:8)
MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo: Baranowicz 2, Strehlau 22, Codarin 10, Feral 24, Zaytsev 18, Stefanovic 7, Cavaccini (L), Bonomi 0, Colasanti (L), Cattaneo 0. N.E. Copelli, Oberto, Giraudo, Sala. Coach. Battocchio.
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 2, Atanasov 16, Mosca 9, Padar 13, Rohrs 20, Beretta 8, Velichkov 0, Frascio 3, Scanferla (L), Pisoni (L). N.E. Ciampi, Knipe, Larizza, Mapelli. Coach. Eccheli.

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Sir Susa Scai Perugia 47
2. Rana Verona 45
3. Itas Trentino 39
4. Valsa Group Modena 36
5. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 36
6. Cucine Lube Civitanova 31
7. Allianz Milano 29
8. Vero Volley Monza 16
9. Sonepar Padova 15
10. MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 14
11. Cisterna Volley 11
12. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 5.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES |8ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 8 of Second Leg

Saturday, January 31 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Vero Volley Monza

Sunday, February 1 2026
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Sir Susa Scai Perugia
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Cisterna Volley
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Allianz Milano

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