Italy: Perugia win in Piacenza to take the lead in Semifinal!

Regular season winners Sir Susa Scai Perugia, after winning in four sets Game 1 at their PalaBarton on Easter Monday, did the same also in Piacenza against the hosts Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza winning also Game 2 by 1-3 (18:25, 25:22, 20:25, 20:25) to take the lead in 2025/26 Superlega CredemBsnca semifinals 2-0!
Perugia started aggressively winning first set with a clean 18-25, and then gave the second one to the hosts, who quickly regrouped despite the heavy absence of Efe Mandiraci, out also in Game due a shoulder problem, but led by Robertlandy Simon, who will close the match in double digits recording 12 points.
However Perugia reacted, keeping concentration and making the difference also in serving, with 6 aces and only 8 errors, and blocking, scoring 12 points from this element, winning a balanced third set, and then also the fourth one, led by middle blocker Roberto Russo who put down two very important aces, and then closed by Kamil Semeniuk.
MVP of the match, just like in Game 1, Wassim Ben Tara, who left the court with 22 points to his name including 2 blocks and 62% in attack. He was well supported by Oleh Plotnytskyi and Roberto Russo, who added 15 and 14 points, respectively, while Piacenza clung to Alessandro Bovolenta and Josè Gutierrez, who closed the contest with 18 and 14 points, respectively, but they were unable to capitalize in hot moments of the match.
Now, with today’s winners who boast a 2-0 lead, the series will move to Perugia’s PalaBarton on Sunday, at 6pm Local Time.
Meanwhile, in Playoffs for 5th Place, Valsa Group Modena joined Itas Trentino, Allianz Milano and Vero Volley Monza in semifinals for 5th place, while yesterday, in the other semifinal series, Cucine Lube Civitanova leveled the score with Rana Verona.

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🇮🇹| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | Semifinals

Gara 1 – Game 1

Sunday, April 5 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (34:32, 25:21, 25:21) Series: 1-0
📸| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Monday, April 6 2025
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza 3-1 (25:23, 25:21, 20:25, 25:22) Series: 1-0
📸| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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Gara 2 – Game 2

Wednesday, April 8 2026
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Rana Verona 3-1 (26:24, 25:21, 21:25, 25:22) Series: 1-1

👉🏼Thursday, April 9 2026
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza – Sir Susa Scai Perugia 1-3 (18:25, 25:22, 20:25, 20:25) Series: 0-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Porro 1, Gutierrez 14, Simon 12, Bovolenta 18, Andringa 12, Galassi 1, Bergmann (L), Leon 0, Pace (L), Mandiraci 2, Comparoni 7, Travica 0, Iyegbekedo 0, Loreti 0. N.E. Coach. Boninfante.
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 2, Plotnytskyi 15, Crosato 5, Ben Tara 22, Semeniuk 10, Russo 14, Gaggini (L), Dzavoronok 1, Cvanciger 0, Solé 0, Colaci (L). N.E. Argilagos, Loser, Ishikawa. Coach. Lorenzetti.

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Gara 3 – Game 3

Saturday, April 11 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 (25:22, 28:26, 22:25, 19:25, 12:15) Series: 1-2
📸| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Sunday, April 12 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Gas Sales BluEnergy Piacenza 3-0 (27:25, 25:21, 25:15) Series: 3-0
📸| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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Gara 4 – Game 4

Saturday, April 18, 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – Rana Verona 3-0 (25:23, 25:19, 25:20) Series: 3-1

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