Taiwan Excellence Latina-Diatec Trentino 1-3 (25-21, 20-25, 18-25, 18-25); Revivre Milano-Azimut Modena 3-2 (22-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-16, 20-18); Kioene Padova-Wixo LPR Piacenza 0-3 (19-25, 19-25, 22-25); Cucine Lube Civitanova-Gi Group Monza 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-18); Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-21); Calzedonia Verona-Biosì Indexa Sora 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 27-25, 31-29)
 
Tomorrow
BCC Castellana Grotte-Bunge Ravenna
 
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Gi Group Monza 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-18) – Cucine Lube Civitanova: Christenson 3, Juantorena 23, Stankovic 7, Kovar 7, Sander 9, Candellaro 1, Cester 0, Zhukouski 1, Grebennikov (L). N.E. Casadei, Milan, Marchisio, Sokolov. All. Medei. Gi Group Monza: Walsh 0, Plotnytskyi 13, Beretta 3, Hirsch 10, Dzavoronok 1, Barone 3, Rizzo (L), Langlois 1, Shoji 0, Terpin 1, Brunetti 0, Finger 3. N.E. Mazza, Buti. All. Falasca. ARBITRI: Oranelli, Santi. NOTE – durata set: 26′, 23′, 25′; tot: 74′ MVP Juantorena
 
It ews an easy win for the defending champs Cucine Lube Civitanova on the home turf at Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova, over Gi Group Monza, a clear 3-0 for Giampaolo Medei’s team,who confirm themselves in second place in Unipolsai Superleague standings, behind four points by  Sir Safety Conad Perugia.  In first set Lube was great down the net, putting on ground four blocks (none from Monza), and winning the set 25-22, after Monza fought hard until 22-21. In second set Civitanova continued to have the game in their own hands, strong down the net and dangeous in the serve, helped as usual by great Osmany Juantorena, 8 points for the cuban italian in second set, and 23 in the end, earning the award as Mvp of the game. After winning second set easily 25-16, Lube also in third dominated the game, winning 25-18 third and match. Gampaolo Medei gave a day of rest to Tsvetan Sokolov, looking forward big game saturday night in PErugia versus Sir Safety Conad at PalaEvangelisti. Best scorer for Gi Group Monza was ukrainian Oleg Plotnytskyi with 13 points.

 
MVP Juantorena
 
Giampaolo Medei (Cucine Lube Civitanova):I’m very happy for the game the guys played, we earned three important points, keeping high the focus and playing with great attitude. Playing in a different formation was difficult for the players, but they answered the call, for this, this win is very important”.
Thomas Beretta (Gi Group Monza):We expected to have a better game, lack of aggressivity, we played more or less a good first set, then we started to make too many mistakes, and versus powerhouses as Lube, if you are not at 100%, it’s impossible to compete”.

 
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-21) – Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 3, Zaytsev 12, Podrascanin 5, Atanasijevic 16, Russell 6, Ricci 7, Cesarini (L), Siirila 5, Berger 1, Colaci (L), Shaw 0, Andric 2, Della Lunga 1. N.E. Anzani. All. Bernardi. Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Coscione 2, Lecat 3, Costa 8, Patch 7, Massari 5, Verhees 4, Torchia (L), Domagala 7, Marra (L), Izzo 0, Corrado 1, Presta 3. N.E. All. Fronckowiak. ARBITRI: Zavater, Frapiccini. NOTE – durata set: 28′, 26′, 27′; tot: 81′ MVP Zaytsev
 
Good and convincing win for Sir Safety Conad Perugia on the home turf at PalaEvangelisti, in a wednesday’s party, by defeating Tonni Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia. Block Devils still atop the Unipolsai Superleague standings, with 4 points of advantage on Cucine Lube Civitanova, the next opponents of Perugia next upcoming saturday. A good game for the entire team of Lorenzo Bernardi, who kept in a rest middle blocker Simone anzani, looking forward next upcoming game versus Lube. Best scorer for PErugia weas once again Alexander Atanasijevic, with 16 points, followed by Ivan Zaytsev with 12 points. On the other side of the net not a great game by anyone of Vibo, but the display between the two teams was clear. 8 points for Deivid Costa, 7 for Benjamin Patch and polish Domagala. Now the stage is set for the bi match of next saturday between Sir Safety Conad Perugia and Cucine Lube Civitanova
MVP: Zaytsev
 
Massimo Colaci (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): These are thos kind of games you have to win with three points, if we want to finish the regular season in first place. We did it in the best way possible, playing well and handling our force”.
Manuel Coscione (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): Perugia as power in serve and in attack is at another level, too high for us. They have these powers and on tonight they showed it. Sometimes we were good in side out, but in their attacks they can be terrific. They deserve to be atop the standings, compliments to them”.
 
Kioene Padova – Wixo LPR Piacenza 0-3 (19-25, 19-25, 22-25) – Kioene Padova: Travica 1, Cirovic 5, Polo 5, Nelli 9, Randazzo 12, Volpato 2, Koprivica 0, Sperandio 0, Balaso (L), Premovic 0. N.E. Peslac, Gozzo, Scanferla. All. Baldovin. Wixo LPR Piacenza: Baranowicz 2, Clevenot 9, Di Martino 3, Fei 12, Parodi 2, Alletti 7, Manià (L), Marshall 10, Cottarelli 3, Giuliani (L), Kody 0. N.E. Yosifov, Hershko. All. Giuliani. ARBITRI: Vagni, Cesare. NOTE – durata set: 27′, 31′, 28′; tot: 86′ MVP Clevenot
 
 

MVP Clevenot

Spettatori: 2.005
 
 

 

Calzedonia Verona – Biosì Indexa Sora 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 27-25, 31-29) – Calzedonia Verona: Spirito 2, Marretta 1, Pajenk 10, Stern 13, Maar 12, Birarelli 5, Frigo (L), Pesaresi (L), Manavinezhad 15, Jaeschke 18. N.E. Paolucci, Grozdanov. All. Grbic. Biosì Indexa Sora: Seganov 4, Fey 1, Caneschi 10, Petkovic 29, Nielsen 10, Mattei 1, Santucci (L), Rosso 12, Penning 2, Mauti (L), Marrazzo 1, Lucarelli 0. N.E. Duncan-Thibault. All. Barbiero. ARBITRI: Bartolini, Puecher. NOTE – durata set: 25′, 24′, 29′, 38′; tot: 116′ MVP Manavinhezad
 
 
MVP: Javad Manavinhezad
Spettatori: 2.384
 
 

 

Revivre Milano – Azimut Modena 3-2 (22-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-16, 20-18) – Revivre Milano: Perez Rivera 1, Klinkenberg 15, Averill 1, Tondo 5, Cebulj 24, Piano 13, Piccinelli (L), Galassi 14, Schott 11, Fanuli (L), Sbertoli 0. N.E. Preti. All. Giani. Azimut Modena: Mossa De Rezende 1, Ngapeth E. 30, Mazzone 10, Urnaut 8, Pinali 7, Holt 6, Tosi (L), Rossini (L), Ngapeth S. 2, Franciskovic 0, Bossi 2, Van Garderen 3. N.E. Argenta, Marra. All. Stoytchev. ARBITRI: Sobrero, Venturi. NOTE – durata set: 30′, 24′, 28′, 24′, 28′; tot: 134′ MVP Cebulj
 
 
MVP: Cebulj
Spettatori: 2316
 
 
Taiwan Excellence Latina – Diatec Trentino 1-3 (25-21, 20-25, 18-25, 18-25) – Taiwan Excellence Latina: Sottile 2, Ishikawa 16, Rossi 4, Starovic 18, Savani 11, Le Goff 5, Caccioppola (L), De Angelis (L), Shoji (L), Gitto 0, Maruotti 0. N.E. Kovac, Corteggiani, Huang. All. Di pinto. Diatec Trentino: Giannelli 6, Kovacevic 17, Zingel 14, Lanza 9, Hoag 20, Carbonera 9, De Pandis (L), Teppan 0, Vettori 4, Chiappa (L), Kozamernik 0. N.E. Partenio, Cavuto. All. Lorenzetti. ARBITRI: Canessa, Pasquali. NOTE – durata set: 25′, 27′, 24′, 24′; tot: 100′ MVP Aidan Zingel
 
Diatec Trentino won a difficult game at PalaBianchini over Taiwan Excellence Latina, in a nice and funny game. The home team fought all game long, especially in first set, when they won with authority the set 25-21, In secomnd set Angelo Lorenzetti’s team, who’s in a big slup after a couple of losses in Superleague and Italian Cup, fought back, by winning second set 25-20, taking the game in their own hands, stepping up with the serve with Uros Kovacevic, Aidan Zingel (Mvp of the game), and Nicholas Hoag, best scorer of the game with 20 points. In the third and fourth set Trento took in their hands the game, suffering a bit in the start of the partials, with the game on the edge, and taking important advantages approachinng the crunch time, winning both sets and game 25-18. Te besto scorer for Di Pinto’s team was serbian opposite Sasha Starovic with 18 points. 16 points for Japanese Yuki Ishikawa.

MVP: Aidan Zingel
Spettatori: 1243
 
Filippo Lanza (Diatec Trentino):We found back the win after a couple of false steps, we left one set on this difficult turf. When we win is always good, I always play fo the team”.
Daniele Sottile (Taiwan Excellence Latina):We played a good first set, then they grew up in the serve, and put us in trouble in side out. Let’s continue this tournament with the head up high, not easy, the standings lies. We had some injuries, but we are doing good”.
 
Standings
Sir Safety Conad Perugia 57, Cucine Lube Civitanova 53, Azimut Modena 49, Calzedonia Verona 39, Diatec Trentino 39, Wixo LPR Piacenza 35, Revivre Milano 34, Kioene Padova 30, Bunge Ravenna 29, Gi Group Monza 22, Taiwan Excellence Latina 22, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 12, BCC Castellana Grotte 10, Biosì Indexa Sora 7
 
1 incontro in meno: Bunge Ravenna, BCC Castellana Grotte
 
Next Round
8th Round Second Half SuperLega UnipolSai
Giovedì 8 febbraio 2018, ore 20.30
BCC Castellana Grotte – Bunge Ravenna  Diretta RAI Sport + HD
Diretta streaming su raiplay.it
(Florian-Lot)
Addetto al Video Check: Colapietro  Segnapunti: Iaia
 
9th Round Second Half SuperLega UnipolSai
Sabato 10 febbraio 2018, ore 20.30
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova  Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Gnani-Boris)
Addetto al Video Check: Giulietti  Segnapunti: Rossi
Domenica 11 febbraio 2018, ore 18.00
Bunge Ravenna – Taiwan Excellence Latina  Diretta RAI Sport + HD
Diretta streaming su raiplay.it
(Pozzato-Zanussi)
Addetto al Video Check: Mazzarà  Segnapunti: Greco
Gi Group Monza – Calzedonia Verona  Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Tanasi-Cappello)
Addetto al Video Check: Manzoni  Segnapunti: Anessi
Diatec Trentino – Wixo LPR Piacenza  Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Lot-Sobrero)
Addetto al Video Check: Antonaci  Segnapunti: Crivellaro
Azimut Modena – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia  Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Goitre-Satanassi)
Addetto al Video Check: Libardi  Segnapunti: Falavigna
Biosì Indexa Sora – Revivre Milano  Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Santi-Saltalippi L.)
Addetto al Video Check: Beneduce  Segnapunti: Virgili
Kioene Padova – BCC Castellana Grotte  Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Rapisarda-Simbari)
Addetto al Video Check: Cardoville  Segnapunti: Vigato