UnipolSai Superleague 2017/18, approaching 6th round, with the two teams in the lead Sir Safety Conad Perugia e Azimut Modena. Six ames at 18 on Lega Volley Channel: Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona, Wixo LPR Piacenza – Revivre Milano, Gi Group Monza – BCC Castellana Grotte, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Taiwan Excellence Latina, Bunge Ravenna – Kioene Padova e Biosì Indexa Sora – Sir Safety Conad Perugia. Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova, live on RAI Sport + HD at 18.15.
Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona. Verona historically was in trouble versus Trento, with only seven wins in 29 games between these two teams. Angelo Lorenzetti’s team is trying to fix some things of their play, continuing struggling, after the loss in civitanova versus Lube, a fought hard 3-0 loss for Trento. On the other hand Nikola Grbic’s team lost on the home turf at Agsm Forum versus Azimut Modena, showing once again some continuity problems.
Wixo LPR Piacenza – Revivre Milano. Seven games between Piacenza and Milano, and seven wins for Alberto Giuliani’s team. Wixo Lpr Piacenza comes from an enthusiastic win in a comeback versus Taiwan Excellence Latina, trailing from 0-2 to a tie break win, due an outstanding performance of spiker Trevor Clavenot and middle blockers Aimone Alletti and Viktor Yosifov. Now Piacenza has 6 points in the standings, and on the other hand, Andrea Giani’s team is with 5 points, suffering for the injuries of Riccardo Sbertoli and Fabio Fanuli, as in last loss on the home turf versus Bunge Ravenna.
Gi Group Monza – BCC Castellana Grotte. One win apiece for these two teams in the previous two matches. Both teams lost the previous Unipolsai Superleague game last wednesday. The home team Gi Group Monza has been demolished by Sir Safety Conad Perugia at PalaEvangelisti, on the other side of the net Bcc Castellana Grotte was great for two sets on the home turf at PalaFlorio in Bari versus Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia, then losing the game at tie break, collapsing in front of the power of Vibo.
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Taiwan Excellence Latina. Eleven wins out of eighteen for Taiwan Excellence Latina, but in this moment of the season it seems that Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia is in good shape, after the two last road wins in a row collected by Lorenzo Tubertini’s team in Monza versus Gi Group and in Bari versus Bcc Castellana Grotte. On the other hand Top Volley Latina lost on the home turf at PalaBianchini versus Wixo Lpr Piacenza, after being trailed from 2-0 to tie break.
Bunge Ravenna – Kioene Padova. A classic challenge of Serie A will take place next sunday at Pala De Andrè. Two veteran teams of Serie A1 and Superleague will face each other once again. 58 games between Ravenna and Padova in the history, 31 wins for Kioene and 27 wins for Bunge. Will be a great chance for Fabio Soli’s team to stay around the top of the Superleague standings, after the important win on road at PalaYamamay versus Revivre Milano last wednesday. On the other hand Kioene is coming from a clear home win over Biosì Indexa Sora, with a great performance of opposite Gabriele Nelli.
Biosì Indexa Sora – Sir Safety Conad Perugia. Last team in the standings will face the leader of the pack. Biosì Indexa Sora will face Sir Safety Conad Perugia in a very tough game for coach Mario Barbiero’s team. Lorenzo Bernardi’s team is still perfect in this season, 2 wins in Del Monte Supercup, 1 win in Del Monte Italian Cup, and 5 win in Unipolsai Superleague for Perugia, now looking for the sixth win in a row in the tournament. On the other side of the net Coach mario Barbiero’s team is struggling, always in trouble in the key moments of the games, without being able to step up and win a game.
Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova. The game of the week of this 5th Round will be for sure the challenge between two powerhouses Azimut Modena and Cucine Lube Civitanova. At PalaPanini these two great teams will face each other for the 82nd time, 38 wins for Modena and 43 for Civitanova. This match will be already important for both teams, with Modena still undefeated in Superleague and the defending champs who had some troubles, despite the 3-0 win last wednesday on the home turf versus Diatec Trentino. Will be a great spot for Italian Volleyball, two of the best teams in Italy and in the world.
6th Round SuperLega UnipolSai
Domenica 5 novembre 2017, ore 18.00
Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Venturi-Braico)
Addetto al Video Check: Giglio Segnapunti: Tomasi
Wixo LPR Piacenza – Revivre Milano Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Saltalippi L.-Santi)
Addetto al Video Check: Ciracì Segnapunti: Zollino
Gi Group Monza – BCC Castellana Grotte Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Pozzato-Goitre)
Addetto al Video Check: Salvemini Segnapunti: Gentile
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Taiwan Excellence Latina Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Lot-Satanassi)
Addetto al Video Check: Cupello Segnapunti: Moscato
Bunge Ravenna – Kioene Padova Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Frapiccini-Luciani)
Addetto al Video Check: Marchetti Segnapunti: Salvati
Biosì Indexa Sora – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Canessa-Cappello)
Addetto al Video Check: Tartaglione Segnapunti: Rizzo
Domenica 5 novembre 2017, ore 18.15
Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova Diretta RAI Sport + HD
Diretta streaming su raiplay.it
(Tanasi-Gnani)
Addetto al Video Check: Pelucchini Segnapunti: Ferrari
Standings
Sir Safety Conad Perugia 15, Azimut Modena 15, Bunge Ravenna 10, Cucine Lube Civitanova 9, Taiwan Excellence Latina 7, Kioene Padova 7, Diatec Trentino 7, Wixo LPR Piacenza 6, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 6, Revivre Milano 5, Calzedonia Verona 4, BCC Castellana Grotte 4, Gi Group Monza 3, Biosì Indexa Sora 1
1 incontro in meno: Bunge Ravenna, Cucine Lube Civitanova, Calzedonia Verona, BCC Castellana Grotte
Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona
PRECEDENTI: 29 (22 Trento, 7 di Verona)
EX: Uros Kovacevic a Verona dal 2015 al 2017, Aidan Zingel a Verona dal 2010 al 2017; Emanuele Birarelli a Trento dal 2007 al 2015, Mitar Djuric a Trento dal 2011 al 2013 e dal 2014 al 2016 (dal 03/04/2015).
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Filippo Lanza – 3 battute vincenti alle 100 (Diatec Trentino).
Nicholas Hoag (Diatec Trentino): “We are struggling in this part of the season, but sometimes we are able to play some good volleyball. We are showing lack of continuity, in Civitanova we improved in reception, but struggling in attack. I trust in our path, we are working hard, and good chances in next games, starting from sunday versus Verona”.
Nikola Grbić (Calzedonia Verona): “We had an intense week, on sunday we’ll be in Trento, but we dropped the game in Bari versus Bcc Castellana Grotte, so we had one trip less than the other teams. We have to learn to play during the week, we’ll play in Europe and we should be used to do this. Trento is a strong team, they are struggling in this moment, but we have to go out there and give 100%”.
Wixo LPR Piacenza – Revivre Milano
PRECEDENTI: 7 (7 Piacenza)
EX: Aimone Alletti a Milano nel 2015-2016, Matteo Piano a Piacenza nel 2009-2010 (Giovanili) e nel 2010-2011.
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Simone Parodi – 2 muri vincenti ai 200 (Wixo LPR Piacenza); Klemen Cebulj – 2 battute vincenti alle 100, Alessandro Tondo – 7 punti ai 1000 (Revivre Milano).
In Campionato: Alessandro Tondo – 2 battute vincenti alle 100 (Revivre Milano).
In Campionato e Coppa Italia: Viktor Yosifov – 5 muri vincenti ai 400 (Wixo LPR Piacenza).
Aimone Alletti (Wixo LPR Piacenza): “Sunday at PalaBanca we’ll play on our home turf versus a good team, and will be a tough game for us. Milano is a complete team, with great talent, and very dangerous in the fundamental of serve. Playing with this rhythm, very three days, we should face this challenge with the right approach”.
Matteo De Cecco (Revivre Milano): “Switching the setter is always complicated, especially when you did not expected to be forced to do it. We will have to re build again all the mechanisms and plays and situations. We will need to trust in ourself and be confident, despite the injury problems we had. Piacenza is a good team, they won at the tie break on road in Latina, they have back the opposites, and Baranowicz is a great setter, together with a great spiker as Clavenot. We should guard him very carefully”.
Gi Group Monza – BCC Castellana Grotte
PRECEDENTI: 2 (1 successo per parte)
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Simon Hirsch – 10 punti ai 1000 (Gi Group Monza).
In Campionato: Thomas Beretta – 4 muri vincenti ai 500 (Gi Group Monza).
Miguel Angel Falasca (allenatore Gi Group Monza): “We had some trouble in find the right chemistry, with players arrived around the start of the season, especially the setters, together with the high rhythm of this start of season, playing every three days. I did not want some alibies, but this is the reality. We started in best way versus Latina and Sora, then we lost versus the powerhouses. We played at same level with milano, and versus Vibo we struggled. Will be a long tournament, we will have the chance to come back”.
Roberto Cazzaniga (BCC Castellana Grotte): “Gi Group is a very interesting team, with foreign players and italian national team players, they will play for the win, in front of the home fans. We will need to fight back after the loss of last wednesday, will be a beautiful game”.
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Taiwan Excellence Latina
PRECEDENTI: 18 (7 Vibo Valentia, 11 Latina)
EX: Pieter Verhees a Latina dal 2012 al 2014, Daniele Sottile a Vibo Valentia dal 2004 al 2006.
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Cristian Savani – 17 attacchi vincenti ai 3000, Daniele Sottile – 2 muri vincenti ai 300 (Taiwan Excellence Latina).
In Campionato e Coppa Italia: Oleg Antonov – 17 attacchi vincenti ai 1000, Luca Presta – 11 attacchi vincenti ai 500 (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia).
Marco Izzo (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We are coming from a tough week, with long trips, we are tired but happy for the two wins grabbed on road in Monza and Bari. We know this will be only the beginning, on sunday we’ll play in front of our fans at PalaValentia, where we will need to show continuity and quality, we will need to be patient, will be a big battle”.
Candido Grande (Taiwan Excellence Latina): “We will need to win all the games, and we already know that the game versus Vibo will be complicated. They are coming from two wins in Monza and Castellana, we should work hard and think about what we’ve done versus Civitanova, where we we put on the floor some good volleyball”.
Bunge Ravenna – Kioene Padova
PRECEDENTI: 58 (27 Ravenna, 31 Padova)
EX: Enrico Diamantini a Padova nel 2015-2016, Santiago Orduna a Padova dal 2013 al 2016; Alberto Polo a Ravenna nel 2015-2016.
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Luigi Randazzo -1 partita giocata alle 100 (Kioene Padova).
In Campionato: Dragan Travica – 3 muri vincenti ai 200 (Kioene Padova).
In Campionato e Coppa Italia: Paul Buchegger – 4 attacchi vincenti ai 500 (Bunge Ravenna).
Dragan Travica (Kioene Padova): “Ravenna is a team who is making some big waves. They found the right balance, and their results are great. Will be tough to play over there, they have big fans and we will not feel comfortable in play in there. We are working hard, we have enthusiasm you can see it during the game, but we are still in trouble for injuries, I started late to practice for real because of an injury, and playing every three days doesn’t help us. We had a good performance in the serve versus Sora, but we will need to step up again, reducing the mistakes”.
Fabio Soli (Bunge Ravenna): “Will be a tough battle next sunday versus Padova, they are healthy and with some good players who can be devasting in the serve as Gabriele Nelli, Alberto Polo and Luigi Randazzo. We should play with consciousness and confidence, because we know that Padova is not an easy opponent. Patience and defence will be the keys for us”.
Biosì Indexa Sora – Sir Safety Conad Perugia
PRECEDENTI: 6 (2 Sora, 4 Perugia)
EX: Simone Anzani a Sora nel 2012-2013 (Serie A2).
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Aleksandar Atanasijevic – 1 partita giocata alle 100, Marko Podrascanin – 7 punti ai 2000, Fabio Ricci – 3 muri vincenti ai 100 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia).
In Campionato: Ivan Zaytsev – 1 muro vincente ai 300 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia).
In Campionato e Coppa Italia: Marko Podrascanin – 1 battuta vincente alle 200 e – 2 muri vincenti ai 700, Fabio Ricci – 1 muro vincente ai 100 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia).
Mario Barbiero (Biosì Indexa Sora): “It’s easy to describe Sir Safety Conad Perugia: great athletes, great team, great coach. Will be another test for us, I expect some answers from my players and from the team in general. They are very powerful in the serve and in attack, at the same time they are used to play as a team, in this early season. Will be tough for us, before Perugia and then Civitanova, we have to focus on our strength, that’sour goal”.
Fabio Ricci (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “Next sunday’s game will be a very important matchfor us, trying to continue to improve our play. The standings doesn’t matter, not important for the moment, we know will be a tough match, we know Sora will play at the top, they always play to grab some points, and on their home turf they will have the chance to play a good game”.
Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova
PRECEDENTI: 81 (38 Modena, 43 Civitanova)
EX: Giulio Sabbi a Civitanova nel 2014-2015 e nel 2015-2016 (fino all’1/12/15), Alberto Casadei a Modena nel 2010-2011, nel 2012-2013 e dal 2014 al 2016.
A CACCIA DI RECORD:
In Regular Season: Tine Urnaut – 8 attacchi vincenti ai 1500 (Azimut Modena); Tsvetan Sokolov – 4 muri vincenti ai 200 (Cucine Lube Civitanova).
In Campionato: Enrico Cester – 1 battuta vincente alle 100 (Cucine Lube Civitanova).
In Campionato e Coppa Italia: Bruno Mossa De Rezende – 2 battute vincenti alle 100, Giulio Sabbi – 2 punti ai 3000 e – 29 attacchi vincenti ai 2500, Maarten Van Garderen – 4 punti ai 1000 (Azimut Modena); Kovar Jiri – 4 muri vincenti ai 200 (Cucine Lube Civitanova).
Tine Urnaut (Azimut Modena): “We started the season with the right step, we played alot of games in few days, probably the most important win has been last one in Verona. civitanova is a strong team, with alot of top players. We are still trying to find our balance and our chemistry, we will try to step on the court in our aggressive mode, in front of our fantastic fans. We should have continuity in side out, trying to force our serve. We are ready for the challenge”.
Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “After the good win versus Trento here we are with another tough challenge, versus powerhouse Azimut Modena. they won all the games in Superleague, suffering only one loss by us in Supercup. Will be tough as usual to play at PalaPanini, but we will be ready to play, giving everything on the court, will be an high level match”.
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Serie A2 UnipolSai is on the run, with the 9th Round upcoming next weekend all around Italy. In Girone Bianco we have in the lead GCF Scarabeo Roma, one of the surprises of this early season. The games will start next saturday at 20.30 with two advances, GoldenPlast Potenza Picena – Acqua Fonteviva Massa and the derby Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte – Aurispa Alessano. On sunday at 18 the games will be Ceramica Scarabeo GCF Roma – Emma Villas Siena and Conad Reggio Emilia – Messaggerie Bacco Catania. The last Girone Bianco’s game will be at 19.30, Sigma Aversa – Videx Grottazzolina with Kemas Lamipel Lupi S. Croce in the bye week. In Girone Blu the leader of the standings are Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania with 21 points, one of the favourites of this season. One game in advance next saturday, at 20.30 will take place Sieco Service Ortona – Club Italia Crai Roma. Sunday 5th november will take place two games at 16, Monini Spoleto – Mosca Bruno Bolzano and Pag Taviano – Caloni Agnelli Bergamo. At 19.30 the remaining games VBC Mondovì – Pool Libertas Cantù, Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania – Gioiella Micromilk Gioia del Colle and Geosat Geovertical Lagonegro – Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia. Another exciting round of Uniposai Serie A2 is upcoming.
9th Round Serie A2 UnipolSai – GIRONE BIANCO
Sabato 4 novembre 2017 ore 20.30
GoldenPlast Potenza Picena – Acqua Fonteviva Massa Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Mesiano-Rossetti)
Addetto al Video Check: Petterini Segnapunti: Marini
Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte – Aurispa Alessano Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Marotta-De Sensi)
Addetto al Video Check: Mastronicola Segnapunti: Buonaccino D’Addiego
Domenica 5 novembre 2017, ore 18.00
Ceramica Scarabeo GCF Roma – Emma Villas Siena Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Morgillo-Talento)
Addetto al Video Check: Santabarbara Segnapunti: Rossi
Conad Reggio Emilia – Messaggerie Bacco Catania Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Cavicchi-Cerra)
Addetto al Video Check: Libardi Segnapunti: Magi
Domenica 5 novembre 2017, ore 19.30
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