The best volleyball show in the world is approaching to the crunch time. Unipolsai Superleague Playoff Semifinals Game 4 are upcoming, tomorrow 19th april at 20.30.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia will play once again without Aaron Russell, but still on track for the top targets of the season. Block Devils will play tomorrow for Seifinal Game 4 versus Diatec Trentino, and next 29th april versus Cucine Lube Civitanova at PalaLottomatica in Roma for Champions League Semifinal. In this upcoming Game 4 Lorenzo Bernardi’s team will try to take advantage of warm PalaEvangelisti to takew home the win and play everything in a no tomorrow game saturday 22nd april in Trento. Diatec Trentino disappointed after the bad Golden Set loss in Tours in Cev Cup Final, will need to fight back and clinch the Bif Final spot. Will not be easy for Angelo Lorenzetti’s team, historically Trento always struggled in Perugia. Will be a tough battle between two great teams.
Azimut Modena is out of Champions League eliminated by Civitanova in PlayOff 6, will search for a immediate revenge in Superleague Semifinal Game 4, down 1-2 in the series. Will be a tough battle at PalaPanini, where Modena showed they can compete at the same level of Italian Cup Champs. Earvin Ngapeth will need 1 point to reach 2500 points in Serie A and Italian Cup. Cucine Lube Civitanova is on fire. Denys Kaliberda is questionable, but all the roster is in great shape. The first three games of the series where great, some long battles, and probably also Game 4 will be the same. This is the season of Lube, after the win in Italian Cup, this seems to be the season where Gianlorenzo Blengini’s team could lift some more trophies. Dragan Travica is a former player of Lube, and Alberto Casadei is a former player of Modena.
Play Off Scudetto, Semifinals Game 4
Wednesday 19th april 2017, – 20.30
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Diatec Trentino live on RAI Sport + HD
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Rapisarda-Goitre)
Third referees: Zucca
Video Check: Nampli
Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova live on Lega Volley Channel
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(La Micela-Sobrero)
Third referee: Zanussi
Video Check: Clemente
Play Off Scudetto, Semifinals Game 5
Saturday 22nd april 2017, – 20.30
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Azimut Modena Diatec Trentino – Sir Safety Conad Perugia
One match on RAI Sport + HD at 18.00, the other live on Lega Volley Channel
Play Off Scudetto, Final Game 1
Tuesday 25th april 2017, – 18.00
Finalist (best RS) – Finalist (worst RS) Live RAI Sport + HD
Play Off Scudetto, Final Game 2
Thursday 4th may 2017, – 20.30
Finalist (worst RS) – Finalist (best RS) Live RAI Sport + HD
Play Off Scudetto, Final Game 3
Sunday 7th may 2017, – 16.30
Finalist (best RS) – Finalist (worst RS) Live RAI Sport + HD
Play Off Scudetto, Finale Gara 4
Mercoledì 10 maggio 2017, ore 20.30
Finalist (worst RS) – Finalist (best RS) Live RAI Sport + HD
Play Off Scudetto, Finale Gara 5
Sabato 13 maggio 2017, ore 16.30
Finalist (best RS) – Finalist (worst RS) Live RAI Sport + HD
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1a Cucine Lube Civitanova 2 |
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3-0 3-0 |
1a Cucine Lube Civitanova 2 |
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8a Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 0 |
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3-2 1-3 3-2 |
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4a Azimut Modena 2 |
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1-3 3-0 3-1 |
4a Azimut Modena 1 |
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5a Calzedonia Verona 1 |
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Italian Champ 2016/17 |
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2a Diatec Trentino 2 |
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3-0 3-0 |
2a Diatec Trentino 2 |
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7a Gi Group Monza 0 |
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3-1 1-3 3-1 |
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3a Sir Safety Conad Perugia 2 |
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3-0 3-0 |
3a Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1 |
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6a LPR Piacenza 0 |
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Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Diatec Trentino
(1-2)
Previous Matches: 18 (5 Perugia, 13 Trento)
In this Season: 2 – 2 Regular Season 1 win apiece (3-1 Trento 3-0 al Perugia).
Precedenti nei Play Off: 6 precedenti nei Play Off Scudetto, in Semifinale (2 successi Perugia, 4 successi Trento).
Former Players: Andrea Bari Trento 2005-2013, Emanuele Birarelli Trento 2007-2015, Dore Della Lunga Trento 2005-2009 2010-2012.
RECORDS
In Championship: Aleksandar Atanasijevic – 5 aces to 200, Emanuele Birarelli – 6 attacks to 1500, Simone Buti – 2 points to 2000 e – 2 aces to 100, Ivan Zaytsev – 4 aces to 300 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia); Filippo Lanza – 2 blocks to 100, Daniele Mazzone – 3 aces to 100, Jan Stokr – 11 points to 4000 (Diatec Trentino).
In Championship and Italian Cup: Dore Della Lunga – 4 blocks to 100, Jan Stokr – 1 game to 300 e – 24 attacks to 3500 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia).
Play Off: Tine Urnaut – 5 points to 300 (Diatec Trentino).
Luciano De Cecco (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “We don’t have to miss anything! Tomorrow in Game 4 we don’t have anternatives, we have to win to force the series to Game 5, this will be a no tomorrow game for us. Will not be easy, but we practiced very well in this week. We will need to be aggressive, without losing focus, we will also need to take advantage of pour great arena and our fans”.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Diatec Trentino): “After the disappointment for the loss in Cev Cup, we need to react and step up, we need to turn the page, let’s see if we will be able to do it. We will need to turn our sadness in power and happyness. Also in previous game in Perugia we fought until the end. I hope this will be a balanced game as the previous three. If we will be able to stay in the game we will have the chance to win”.
Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova
(1-2)
Previous Matches: 79 (38 Modena, 41 Civitanova)
In this season: 4 – 2 Regular Season 1 win apiece (3-2 Modena 3-1 Civitanova), 2 times in Champions League (0-3, 3-0 Civitanova).
Play Off: 20 Play Off Scudetto, 14 Semifinal, 6 Quarterfinals (10 Modena, 10 Civitanova).
Former Players: Dragan Travica Civitanova 2011-2013, Alberto Casadei Modena 2010-2011, 2012-2013 2014-2016.
RECORDS
In Championship: Nemanja Petric – 4 blocks to 200 (Azimut Modena); Enrico Cester – 11 attacks to 1000 e – 4 aces to 100, Jiri Kovar – 17 attacks to 1000 (Cucine Lube Civitanova).
In Championship and Italian Cup: Earvin Ngapeth – 1 point to 2500, Nemanja Petric – 20 attacks to 2000 (Azimut Modena); Jiri Kovar – 3 aces to 100, Tsvetan Sokolov 2016-2017 – 19 attacks to 500 (Cucine Lube Civitanova).
Play Off: Luca Vettori – 13 points to 500 (Azimut Modena).
Lorenzo Tubertini (Azimut Modena): “It’s a decisive Game 4 for us. I spoke with the guys in these days. They are motivated, they want to stay into this Superleague into this season. We started together this path in last three games of regular season, where the team was not good. We grew up, we came back in the quarterfinals versus Verona when everybody said we were boiled. Every time we came back, we trailed, showing we belong and we can compete until the end. In all this series we where together with Lube, we took home Game 2 and we fought until the end in Game 1 and Game 3. We want to win Game 4 in front of our fans”.
Dragan Stankovic (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “We want the Big Final spot, now. Will be a great challenge for us, not only technically, but also in a mind game. We eliminated them in Champions League, and we are more confident because of this. But we don’t have to underestimate their power, they can always put us in trouble, so we will need to be careful. They will fight until the end, we have to play our best to gain the Big Final spot”.
Serie A2 UnipolSai
BCC Castellana Grotte has been protagonist all season long. Now they are few steps to the goal, and they’re struggling. They will need to change the trend of last two games, Coach Giuseppe Lorizio is trying to work on the mind of his players, looking to come back from a bad situation 0-2 down in the Semifinals versus Caloni Agnelli Bergamo in front 2-0 in the series and 3-1 in the matches versus Bcc. Gianluca Graziosi’s team is playing some great volleyball, despite the injury to the captain of the team Luppi. Hoogendoorn will need 16 points to reach 700 in the season.
Emma Villas Siena was near to 2-0 in the series, but lost at tie break after the marathon at PalaRota. Now the series is tied, but Paolo Tofoli’s team still looking forward to the next games with confidence, knowing they will count on decisive Game 5 on the home turf. Monini Spoleto is excited after the great tie break win in Game 2, grabbing the tie in the series. Now Riccardo Provvedi’s team trust in the win, but they will need at least one road win at PalaEstra to clinch the final.
Play Off Promozione, Semifinals Game 3
Wednesday 19th april 2017, – 20.30
BCC Castellana Grotte – Caloni Agnelli Bergamo
Emma Villas Siena – Monini Spoleto
Play Off Promozione, Semifinals Game 4
Saturday 22nd april 2017, – 20.30
Caloni Agnelli Bergamo – BCC Castellana Grotte
Monini Spoleto – Emma Villas Siena
Play Off Promozione, Semifinals Game 5
Tuesday 25th april 2017, – 18.00
BCC Castellana Grotte – Caloni Agnelli Bergamo
Emma Villas Siena – Monini Spoleto
Play Off Promozione, Final Game 1
Sunday 30th aprile 2017, – 18.00
Finalist (Best RS) – Finalist (Worst RS)
Play Off Promozione, Final Game 2
Wednesday 3rd may 2017, – 20.30
Finalist (Worst RS) – Finalist (Best RS)
Play Off Promozione, Final Game 3
Saturday 6th may 2017, – 20.30
Finalist (Best RS) – Finalist (Worst RS)
Play Off Promozione, Final Game 4
Thursday 11th may 2017, – 20.30
Finalist (Worst RS) – Finalist (Best RS)
Play Off Promozione, Final Game 5
Sunday 14th may 2017, – 18.00
Finalist (Best RS) – Finalist (Worst RS)
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1ª BCC Castellana Grotte 2 |
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3-1 3-1 |
BCC Castellana Grotte 0 |
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8ª Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 0 |
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2-3 |
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4ª Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 2 |
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3-0 3-0 |
Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 1 |
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5ª Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana 0 |
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UnipolSai Superleague 2017/18 |
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2ª Emma Villas Siena 2 |
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3-1 3-0 |
Emma Villas Siena 1 |
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7ª VBC Mondovì 0 |
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3-0 |
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3ª Monini Spoleto 2 |
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3-0 3-0 |
Monini Spoleto 0 |
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