Italy: Perugia down Monza in an early game of Round 12

Predictions respected in an early match of 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca Round 12 or, if you prefer, Round 1 of second leg, played in advance due Club World Championship, with super favorites Sir Susa Scai Perugia celebrated a 3-1 (25:14, 25:27, 25:22, 25:20) win over Vero Volley Monza. The winners, pushed by their home crowd at Pala Barton Energy, finally broke their two-match slump against Rana Verona and Itas Trentino with a convincing all-around performance.
Perugia started strong, taking the first set with a clear 25–14, but Monza answered in the second, winning 27–25 thanks to the spark provided by Luka Marttila, who started the game on the bench and closed the match with 11 points. However Perugia regained control soon in the third set and never looked back, led by MVP Wassim Ben Tara, who also sealed the win with the final attack of the fourth set, leaving the court with 22 points to his name. Oleh Plotnytskyi added 16, while Sebastian Solé also contributed with 11.
For Monza, Erik Rohrs scored 16 points, followed by above mentioned Luka Marttila and Thomas Beretta, with 10.
Superlega will continue on Saturday, November 29, with the advance of Round 8 between Vero Volley Monza and Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza.

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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | 1ª Giornata Ritorno – Round 1 of Second Leg

👉🏼Wednesday, November 26 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Vero Volley Monza 3-1 (25:14, 25:27, 25:22, 25:20)
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 6, Semeniuk 7, Loser 9, Ben Tara 22, Plotnytskyi 16, Solé 11, Colaci (L), Dzavoronok 0, Ishikawa 0, Gaggini (L), Crosato 0. N.E. Argilagos, Cvanciger, Russo. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 4, Atanasov 2, Mosca 5, Padar 3, Rohrs 16, Beretta 10, Pisoni (L), Velichkov 5, Frascio 1, Marttila 11, Scanferla (L), Larizza 5. N.E. Ciampi, Knipe. Coach. Eccheli.

Sunday, December 21 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Rana Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Cisterna Volley
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Itas Trentino
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Allianz Milano
• 18.00 (Local Time) | MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo – Cucine Lube Civitanova

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Sir Susa Scai Perugia 20
2. Rana Verona 17
3. Itas Trentino 15
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 14
5. Allianz Milano 13
6. Valsa Group Modena 13
7. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 12
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 | 8ª Giornata Andata – Round 8 of First Leg

Saturday November 29, 2025
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza

Sunday November 30, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Cucine Lube Civitanova – MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Rana Verona
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sir Susa Scai Perugia – Cisterna Volley
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Itas Trentino
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina

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