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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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”.
