Revivre Milano-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 22-25); Wixo LPR Piacenza-Azimut Modena 3-2 (29-27, 17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12); Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Gi Group Monza 2-3 (23-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-23, 14-16); Biosì Indexa Sora-Bunge Ravenna 2-3 (36-34, 16-25, 22-25, 25-20, 12-15); Cucine Lube Civitanova-Taiwan Excellence Latina 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-16)

Calzedonia Verona-Kioene Padova – si disputa il 11/01/2018 ore 20.30

BCC Castellana Grotte-Diatec Trentino – si disputa il 24/01/2018 ore 20.30

Biosì Indexa Sora – Bunge Ravenna 2-3 (36-34, 16-25, 22-25, 25-20, 12-15) – Biosì Indexa Sora: Seganov 4, Rosso 10, Caneschi 9, Petkovic 17, Nielsen 23, Mattei 9, Mauti (L), Santucci (L), Marrazzo 0, Fey 2, Lucarelli 0. N.E. Farina, Penning, Duncan-Thibault. All. Barbiero. Bunge Ravenna: Orduna 4, Marechal 21, Diamantini 7, Buchegger 18, Poglajen 21, Georgiev 10, Vitelli 0, Raffaelli 1, Gutierrez 0, Goi (L), Pistolesi 0. N.E. Marchini, Mazzone. All. Soli. ARBITRI: Luciani, Frapiccini. NOTE – durata set: 39′, 23′, 34′, 26′, 18′; tot: 140′ MVP: Nielsen

At PalaGlobo “Luca Polsinelli” for wednesday night two teams who needed to show up and play some good volleyball. And so they did. It was a very exciting game, concluded with the tie break win for the visiting team Bunge Ravenna, after almot two hours and half of big challenge. First set saw coach Marco Barbiero’s team winninf the set at the extras 36-34, after a big balance long 40 minutes. In second was an easy one for coach Fabio Soli’s team who won 25-16 the set, tying the game. With Poglajen and Buchegger who took on their shoulders Ravenna, the visiting team won also the third 25-22, looking forward to a three points win, but in fourth Biosì Indexa Sora fought back, drove by Nielsen and Petkovic, by winning the set 25-20 and forcing the game to the tie break. It was a big battle also the tie break, with Bunge Ravenna who stepped up in the crunch time, grabbing the 15-12 and escaping from PalaGlobo with two precious points.

MVP: Rasmus Nielsen

Spettatori: 2153

Mario Barbiero (Biosì Indexa Sora): “I’m not satisfied because as usual we played a good volleyball, being in the lead but without closing the game. We played bad in third set where we could do something important. We came back to play the right way at PalaGlobo, we moved our standings, but now we have to be back to win and do more on the court”.

Fabio Soli (Bunge Ravenna): “It was a big fight, I expected this type of effort by Sora, because we are not so brilliant on the court in this moment, we should come back as we were a couple of months ago. On toeday we were nervous sometimes, because of something happened on the court, and this did not help. sora played a good game, they don’t dserve the pace in the standings”.

 

Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Gi Group Monza 2-3 (23-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-23, 14-16) – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Coscione 4, Lecat 18, Costa 9, Patch 15, Massari 9, Verhees 9, Torchia (L), Presta 0, Domagala 0, Izzo 0, Marra (L), Antonov 10. N.E. Corrado. All. Valentini. Gi Group Monza: Walsh 3, Botto 10, Beretta 2, Finger 22, Dzavoronok 22, Buti 10, Brunetti (L), Plotnytskyi 4, Rizzo (L), Terpin 0, Shoji 0, Barone 2. N.E. Langlois, Hirsch. All. Falasca. ARBITRI: Saltalippi, Santi. NOTE – durata set: 32′, 27′, 27′, 33′, 24′; tot: 143′. MVP Finger

Gi Group Monza won the battle of PalaValentia in Vibo, by winnin at tie break over Tonno Callipo Calabria. Gi Group gained the second road win in a row after the win in sora. miguel Angel Falasca’s team had a great performance by the Czech combo Michal Finger and Donovan Dzavoronok, both with 22 points put on the ground. Finger was awarded with the Mvp of the game. It was a good start for Gi Group, a win in first set 25-23 and an easy win in second 25-17 seemed to be enough for the win over Tonno Callipo, but the Giallorossi fought back with a good performance by Francois Lecat (18 points) and Benjamin Patch (15 points), winning third seteasily 25-17 and fourth 25-23, earning the access to the tie break. In fifth set Monza took an early lead on 4-1 and 5-8, but suffered the come back of Vibo until the tie on 9-9, but in the end Monza won at the extras the set 16-14, taking home two points.

MVP: Michal Finger

Davide Marra (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We fought until the end, we missed just a little bit, some situations weren’t good for us and Monza took the advantage. We need to step up in the crunch time of the sets, we will need to stay in touch with the opponent”.

Marco Rizzo (Gi Group Monza): “Ita was a big battle, we took home the win on this difficult turf. We are growing up, we need just a little more patience in the delicate moments”.

Wixo LPR Piacenza – Azimut Modena 3-2 (29-27, 17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12) – Wixo LPR Piacenza: Baranowicz 3, Parodi 3, Alletti 8, Fei 26, Marshall 13, Yosifov 12, Clevenot 20, Cottarelli 0, Kody 2, Giuliani (L). N.E. Di Martino, Hershko, Manià. All. Giuliani. Azimut Modena: Mossa De Rezende 2, Ngapeth E. 24, Mazzone 12, Van Garderen 11, Urnaut 23, Bossi 6, Rossini (L), Tosi (L), Franciskovic 0, Holt 0, Argenta 0. N.E. Marra, Ngapeth S., Pinali. All. Stoytchev. ARBITRI: La Micela Sandro, Pozzato. NOTE – durata set: 35′, 26′, 31′, 28′, 21′; tot: 141′ MVP Fei

Emotional Derby of Emilia on tonight at PalaBanca in Piacenza between Wixo Lpr Piacenza and Azimut Modena. In fourth Round of Second Half took place a big battle in Piacenza, which saw the home team Wixo Lpr winning over the favourite opponents Modena, a team who’s suffering some bad injuries in some key players as Giulio Sabbi and Maxwell Philip Holt. Alberto Giuliani’s team won at the extras first set 29-27, in second Radostin Stoytchev’s team fought back by winning clearly second 25-17, riding the wave and winning also the third 25-22. Thanks to a great Alessandro Fei, in the end Mvp of the game with 26 points, Piacenza came back in fourth 25-23, grabbing the tie break spot, and winning the fifth 15-12 in a great happening. Best scorer for Piacenza as we said was Alessandro Fei with 26 points, followed by Trevor Clevenot with 20. For Modena the best scorer wasEarvin Ngapeth with 24 points, with Tine Urnaut with 23 points.

MVP: Alessandro Fei

Spettatori: 2039

Alessandro Fei (Wixo LPR Piacenza): “We did not took advantage of the physical troubles of Modena, we could close the game before the tie break. We have to continue to work at our best on our strengths, in practice we are intense, we should continue to work this way”.

Radostin Stoytchev (Azimut Modena): “Piacenza was good in handling the game and taking advantage of our mistakes. Now we hve to wait the come back of Sabbi, soon we’ll have another opinion about his health, we hope to have him soon on court”.

 

 

Revivre Milano – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 22-25) – Revivre Milano: Sbertoli 0, Schott 5, Averill 7, Abdel-Aziz 28, Cebulj 11, Piano 8, Piccinelli (L), Fanuli (L), Klinkenberg 5, Galassi 0, Perez Rivera 0. N.E. Tondo, Preti. All. Giani. Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 2, Zaytsev 14, Podrascanin 5, Atanasijevic 17, Russell 16, Anzani 7, Cesarini (L), Shaw 0, Colaci (L), Della Lunga 0, Berger 0, Ricci 3. N.E. Andric, Siirila. All. Bernardi. ARBITRI: Braico, Canessa. NOTE – durata set: 27′, 31′, 30′, 32′; tot: 120′ MVP Russell

Fourth win in a row for Sir Safety Conad Perugia in the second half of Superleague, a tough win on road at PalaYamamay in Busto Arsizio versus Revivre Milano. It was a very emotional game, with a first set won by the visiting team 25-20, and a good reaction by the home team in the second, tying the game in the count of the sets at 1. In third once again Lorenzo Bernardi’s team stepped up with Alexander Atanasijevic, 17 points in the end for the serbian opposite, and with Ivan Zaytsev, 14 points for the italian national team spiker. Perugia won the third 25-20, and in the crunch time of the fourth a big streak in the serve by american spiker Aaron Russell gave the decisive break to Perugia, who won set and match 25-22 in fourth. For Revivre Milano as usual another great performance by dutchman Nimir Abdel Aziz, 28 points for him with the 58% in attack.

MVP: Aaron Russell

Spettatori: 3.216

Andrea Giani (Revivre Milano): “I’m not happy with our performance, after the second set, thinking about what happened in civitanova, we started the third with too many mistakes, and versus this kind of opponents you cannot play this way. We are talking about energy, hustle and focus, not only about technic and athletic preparation. We missed some simple situations, in the end Russell was great, but cannot allow those streak. this is the top level, and if we want to belong to this, we will need to grow up”.

Aaron Russell (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “We expected this kind of game, we fight and we suffedered versus Revivre. Milano is strong in the fundamental of serve, and showed it. In the end of fourth set I got the right rhythm in the serve, helping the team to increase the score. We started in the right way this perdiod far from home, having the opportunity to grow up as a team”.

Cucine Lube Civitanova – Taiwan Excellence Latina 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-16) – Cucine Lube Civitanova: Christenson 5, Juantorena 9, Candellaro 4, Sokolov 15, Sander 11, Cester 10, Kovar 5, Grebennikov (L). N.E. Stankovic, Zhukouski, Casadei, Milan, Marchisio. All. Medei. Taiwan Excellence Latina: Sottile 2, Maruotti 10, Rossi 1, Starovic 10, Savani 4, Le Goff 3, Shoji (L), De Angelis 0, Caccioppola (L), Corteggiani 0, Ishikawa 2. N.E. Kovac, Huang, Gitto. All. Di Pinto. ARBITRI: Cerra, Gnani. NOTE – durata set: 28′, 26′, 22′; tot: 76′ MVP Sokolov

After the 0-3 loss suffered by Cucine Lube Civitanova at PalaBianchini in Latina versus Taiwan Excellence in the First Half’s game, Giampaolo Medei’s team was determined to come back over Latina and win the game. And so they did. Di Pinto’s team competed with Lube only in first set, remaining close in the score until the win 25-22. In second and third the defending italian champs and vice champions of the world stepped up, dominating conletely the two successive sets, by winning easily the two partials both 25-16. It was a clear win for Lube, with a great offensive performance by Tsvetan Sokolov, 15 points and Mvp award for the bulgarian opposite. Good game also for american Taylor Sander, back on court after an injury, with 11 points. Middle blocker Enrico Cester had 10 points, and cuban italian spiker Psmany Juantorena had 9 points. On the other side of the net the best scorers for Latina were Gabriene Maruotti and Sasha Starovic with 10 points each.

MVP: Sokolov

Spettatori: 2283

Giampaolo Medei (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “We wanted to win this game after the loss in the First half versus Latina. We were good earning three important points in the standings, in a positive night for the come back of Sander”.

Daniele Sottile (Taiwan Excellence Latina): “We knew it wounld be a tough game, they wanted to come back versus us. We were good in first set, then we lost the focus and they overcame us in all the fundamentals”.

Standings

Sir Safety Conad Perugia 45, Cucine Lube Civitanova 44, Azimut Modena 39, Diatec Trentino 30, Calzedonia Verona 29, Kioene Padova 26, Wixo LPR Piacenza 25, Revivre Milano 25, Bunge Ravenna 25, Gi Group Monza 18, Taiwan Excellence Latina 18, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 10, Biosì Indexa Sora 7, BCC Castellana Grotte 7

1 incontro in meno: Diatec Trentino, Kioene Padova, Taiwan Excellence Latina, BCC Castellana Grotte

2 incontri in meno: Calzedonia Verona

Next Round

4th Round Second Half SuperLega UnipolSai

Giovedì 11 gennaio 2018, ore 20.30

Calzedonia Verona – Kioene Padova Diretta RAI Sport + HD

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(Florian-Zanussi)

Addetto al Video Check: Danieli Segnapunti: Pernpruner

Mercoledì 24 gennaio 2018, ore 20.30

BCC Castellana Grotte – Diatec Trentino Diretta Lega Volley Channel

5th Round Second Half SuperLega UnipolSai

Sabato 13 gennaio 2018, ore 20.30

Gi Group Monza – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Satanassi-Bartolini)

Addetto al Video Check: Piave Segnapunti: Colombo

Domenica 14 gennaio 2018, ore 18.00

Diatec Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova Diretta RAI Sport + HD

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(Cesare-Tanasi)

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Azimut Modena – Calzedonia Verona Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Simbari-Saltalippi F.)

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Wixo LPR Piacenza – Taiwan Excellence Latina Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Goitre-Boris)

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Biosì Indexa Sora – Kioene Padova Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Sobrero-La Micela)

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Bunge Ravenna – Revivre Milano Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Pasquali-Zavater)

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Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – BCC Castellana Grotte Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Gnani-Puecher)

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