Italy: Perugia and Civitanova to semifinals! Monza and Trento ko. Milano still alive send Verona to Game 4!

After an exciting Game 3 in which Piacenza took 2-1 lead in the series against Modena, first two verdicts came from Quarterfinals best-of-five series, with regular season winners Sir Susa Scai Perugia and No.6 Cucine Lube Civitanova emerged victorious to claim their semifinals tickets.
Meanwhile, No.7 Allianz Milano re-open the series against No.2 Rana Verona after another exciting tie break, similar to Game 2 in Milano but with another epilogue.
Perugia secured their place in the semifinals without losing a single game, and this happened for third season in a row after eliminating Verona and Modena also in Game 3 in last three editions of playoffs quarterfinals!
Perugia prevailed over Monza 3-0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:20) in 1 hour and 24 minutes of play, thus securing their spot in the semifinals è here they’ll face the winners between Modena and Piacenza, with the Game 1 scheduled for April 4.
Oleh Plotnytskyi and Wassim Ben Tara led the charge scoring 13 points each, while MVP Roberto Russo added 12 through 82% in attack (9/11), 1 ace and 2 blocks. Double digit also for Kamil Semeniuk, who also contributed with 10.
The evening continued with a resounding victory of Cucine Lube Civitanova, 1-3 (22:25, 27:25, 17:25, 24:26), who notched their third consecutive win against defending champions Itas Trentino. Weakened by the absences of Alessandro Michieletto and Daniele Lavia, both injured, the Trentino team was unable to re-open the series. Aleksandar Nikolov, who scored 25 points through 54% in attack and was named MVP, was decisive throughout the series (19 points in Game 2 through 65% in attack and 26 in Game 1), allowing Civitanova, last season’s finalists, to continue their run.
On the other hand, Trentino ends their season without a trophy, one of the most disappointing records of the last ten years!
Close the picture Allianz Milano, who once again had a scare against Rana Verona. After losing the second game despite a two-set lead in front of their home fans, the players around head coach Roberto Piazza narrowly avoided a similar scenario. Led by Japanese Tatsunori Otsuka, MVP of the match with 17 points to his name through 62% in attack, 3 aces and 1 block, and Belgian opposite Ferre Reggers, who added 24, they took a 2-0 lead before Verona leveled the score and forced the game again to tiebreak. This time, however, Milano managed to close the decisive set (24:26, 24:26, 25:22, 25:23, 10:15) and remain in contention in this series, which is now led 2 sets to 1 by Fabio Soli’s team.
Noumory Keita once again lead Verona with 29 points through 61% in attack, 3 aces and 1 block, but this time he wasn’t enough.
With Perugia and Civitanova awaiting, ij the weekend Milano will welcome Verona at their Allianz Cloud, on Saturday starting from 8.30pm local time while, on Sunday, Piacenza will have the chance to close the series against Modena in front of their home fans at PalaBanca!

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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca Playoffs | Quarterfinals

Gara 1 – Game 1

Saturday, March 7 2025
• 21.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia (1) – Vero Volley Monza (8) 3-1 (21:25, 25:20, 25:16, 25:17) Series: 1-0

Sunday, March 8 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino (3) – Cucine Lube Civitanova (6) 1-3 (21:25, 25:27, 26:24, 17:25) Series: 0-1
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona (2) – Allianz Milano (7) 3-0 (25:16, 25:15, 25:21) Series: 1-0
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena (4) – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza (5) 3-2 (23:25, 22:25, 25:20, 25:16, 17:15) Series: 1-0

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Gara 2 – Game 2

Saturday, March 14 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Valsa Group Modena 3-2 (18:25, 25:17, 28:30, 25:21, 18:16) Series: 1-1
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Sunday, March 15 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Sir Susa Scai Perugia 2-3 (25:22,23:25, 25:21, 19:25, 11:15) Series: 0-2
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino 3-0 (25:22, 25:14, 25:20) Series: 2-0
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Rana Verona 2-3 (27:25, 25:20, 16:25, 22:25, 15:17) Series: 0-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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Gara 3 – Game 3

Tuesday, March 17 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 1-3 (17:25, 25:17, 20:25, 28:30) Series: 1-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

👉🏼Wednesday, March 18 2025

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (22:25, 27:25, 17:25, 24:26) Series: 0-3
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 3, Bristot 17, Resende Gualberto 9, Faure 15, Ramon 15, Torwie 2, Graziani (L), Pesaresi 0, Garcia Fernandez 0, Laurenzano (L), Bartha 3. N.E. Boschini, Sandu, Acquarone. Coach. Mendez.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Boninfante 1, Bottolo 16, Gargiulo 10, Loeppky 13, Nikolov 25, D’Heer 7, Bisotto (L), Orduna 0, Balaso (L), Kukartsev 0. N.E. Hfaiedh, Podrascanin, Duflos-Rossi, Tenorio. Coach. Medei.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Allianz Milano 2-3 (24:26, 24:26, 25:22, 25:23, 10:15) Series: 2-1
Rana Verona: Christenson 3, Mozic 16, Zingel 5, Ferreira Souza 9, Keita 29, Vitelli 1, D’Amico (L), Gironi 4, Planinsic 0, Staforini (L), Sani 7, Glatz 0, Nedeljkovic 12. N.E. Valbusa. Coach. Soli.
Allianz Milano: Caneschi 7, Kreling 1, Otsuka 17, Masulovic 14, Reggers 24, Ichino 16, Benacchio (L), Catania (L), Lindqvist 0, Di Martino 0, Corbetta 0. N.E. Masajedi, Barbanti, Rotty. Coach. Piazza.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Vero Volley Monza 3-0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:20) Series: 3-0
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 0, Plotnytskyi 13, Solé 3, Ben Tara 13, Semeniuk 10, Russo 12, Gaggini (L), Argilagos 0, Colaci (L), Crosato 2. N.E. Dzavoronok, Cvanciger, Ishikawa. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 1, Velichkov 8, Mosca 2, Frascio 11, Rohrs 15, Beretta 8, Pisoni (L), Mapelli 0, Scanferla (L). N.E. Atanasov, Ciampi, Knipe, Larizza, Alimenti. Coach. Eccheli.

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Gara 4 – Game 4

Saturday, March 21 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Rana Verona

Sunday, March 22 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Valsa Group Modena

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