With Azimut Leo Shoes Modena tiebreak win over Itas Trentino in Del Monte Supercup final at PalaBarton in Perugia last weekend, the first trophy of the season has been lifted, with the triumph of Julio Velasco already back in Italy, and with Ivan Zaytsev who put on the ground a couple of monstre games (21 points in the semifinal, 25 in the final) in front of his former audience, who booed him in some parts of the games.

It was an audience success for Italian National TV Rai, who broadcasted for the first time in Supercup history also the semifinals, together with the big final, grabbing some good share.

The italian volleyball season has just begun, looking forward the start next sunday of 2018/2019 Credem Banca Superleague busy season.