We’ve reached the eve of the Del Monte® Italian Cup SuperLega Final Four to take place on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 in Assago’s Mediolanum forum. The semi-finals will put face to face Modena and Perugia first, then Civitanova and Trentino. Besides the SuperLega final, there will also be the Serie A2 cup final on Sunday.
Let’s hear what the captains have to say before their semi-finals:
1st semi-final
Bruno Mossa De Rezende (DHL Modena): “We couldn’t be more motivated for this second trophy of the season. We’re ready to defend our title, we really want to make it. In Milan, there will be four teams that have been shining in this first half of season, four great rosters and any of them can win it. We will give everything we’ve got, with maximum respect for everyone but no fear of anyone”.
Simone Buti (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “We’re facing a very important semi-final against an extremely strong Modena team. They showed how good they were by being top of the league. This will definitely be a very difficult game. Modena has so many strengths, like the serve, the fantasy and efficiency of their setter and spikers. We’ll need to leave it all out on the floor, we’ll also have to study carefully everything tactically in order to stop them and play a good game. Our goal is to go to Milan and try our best to play the last game scheduled on Sunday. The obligatory step before that is to earn that spot in the final. We will get on the bus with that spirit”.
2nd semi-final
Ivan Miljkovic (Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova): “This will be a very tight final four. The four teams taking part are very strong, only few details will make the difference. We’ll be up against Trentino in the semis, we know them well. In the league it turned out to be a very tight encounter, and it will be the same in the Italian Cup. We want to take revenge on that defeat conceded in the PalaTrento arena. We’re ready and focused for the first big event of the season. There’s a trophy at stake and we will give it our best shot”.
Filippo Lanza (Diatec Trentino): “This Italian Cup final four will be a special and important moment for us. We want to enjoy every minute of it. We’re not the favourite but Trentino has a great tradition in the cup and we want to bring some life back into this tradition. In the semi-final, we’ll face Civitanova, who’s definitely more experienced and stronger than us as the standings clearly show. But we’re young and we want to go all out to get a result. Show time guaranteed, and we’re ready to give it all”.
Fixtures:
Del Monte® Volley Land 2016
Mediolanum Forum – Assago (MI)
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February
Opening time: 9am
Del Monte® Italian Cup SuperLega – Final Four
Saturday 6 February at 3am
1st semi-final
Modena – Perugia
Saturday 6 February at 5.30pm
2nd semi-final
Civitanova – Trento
Saturday 6 February at 8.30pm (Women Serie A)
Club Italia – Metalleghe Sanitars Montichiari
Sunday 7 February at 2pm
Final Del Monte® Italian Cup Serie A2
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Live on Sport 1 (ch 61) and Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 7 February at 5.30pm
Final Del Monte® Italian Cup SuperLega Live on RAI Sport
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SuperLega UnipolSai round 16
Diatec Trentino – CMC Romagna 2-3 (25-18, 20-25, 25-19, 22-25, 14-16)
Ninfa Latina – DHL Modena 1-3 (25-23, 19-25, 23-25, 22-25)
LPR Piacenza – Calzedonia Verona 1-3 (25-23, 22-25, 19-25, 19-25)
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3-1 (18-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-18)
Tonazzo Padova – Exprivia Molfetta 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-13)
Gi Group Monza – Revivre Milano 1-3 (26-28, 20-25, 25-22, 16-25)
League table
DHL Modena 43, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 41, Diatec Trentino 36, Calzedonia Verona 32, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 30, Exprivia Molfetta 24, Ninfa Latina 20, Tonazzo Padova 17, CMC Romagna 16, Gi Group Monza 15, Revivre Milano 8, LPR Piacenza 6
LONGEST GAME: 02.12
Diatec Trentino – CMC Romagna (2-3)
QUICKEST GAME: 01.51
LPR Piacenza-Calzedonia Verona (1-3)
Ninfa Latina-DHL Modena (1-3)
LONGEST SET: 00.35
2° Set (26-24) Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia
QUICKEST SET: 00.25
3° Set (25-22) Tonazzo Padova – Exprivia Molfetta
4° Set (25-18) Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia
TEAM HIGHS
ATTACK: 59,2%
Exprivia Molfetta
RECEPTION: Perf. 37,3%
Diatec Trentino
BLOCKS: 14
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova
POINTS: 82
Exprivia Molfetta
ACES: 11
DHL Modena
INDIVIDUAL HIGHS
POINTS: 29
Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
SPIKES: 25
Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
ACES: 4
Bruno Bruninho Mossa De Rezende (DHL Modena)
Mitar Djuric (Diatec Trentino)
Taylor Sander (Calzedonia Verona)
BLOCKS:8
Matteo Burgsthaler (Revivre Milano)
THE BESTS
Simone PARODI (Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
Maurice Armando TORRES (Diatec Trentino – CMC Romagna)
Bruno Bruninho MOSSA DE REZENDE (Ninfa Latina – DHL Modena)
Taylor SANDER (LPR Piacenza – Calzedonia Verona)
Stefano GIANNOTTI (Tonazzo Padova – Exprivia Molfetta)
Todor SKRIMOV (Gi Group Monza – Revivre Milano)
