The Italian champions are preparing to welcome the vice-champions of the SuperLega Credem Banca. It should have been the apotheosis of the first round, the key match scheduled on the last day, but the Eurosuole Forum match between Cucine Lube Civitanova and Sir Safety Susa Perugia will be staged tomorrow, Thursday 27 October (20.30 with live broadcast Volleyballworld.tv and Radio Arancia).
The future participation of the Block Devils in the Club World Cup in Brazil in December made it necessary to move the match. A change that does not help the red and white, returning from two demanding away matches and who fell in the last round in three sets in Monza, while arriving in a very positive period for the bianconeri, first in the standings with full points thanks to four convincing tests. Already in the pre-season, the two teams met for a joint training session in the Marches plant and the Umbrians immediately gave a test of their strength. This time there are important points and the desire for redemption of the cooks will fuel yet another sporting battle between two teams that have been protagonists in the last few years of spectacular, rough and no-holds-barred challenges.
Standings
Sir Safety Susa Perugia 12, Top Volley Cisterna 10, Cucine Lube Civitanova 9, Allianz Milano 7, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 7, Itas Trentino 7, WithU Verona 5, Gioiella Prisma Taranto 5, Valsa Group Modena 5, Volleyball Padova 4, Vero Volley Monza 4, Emma Villas Aubay Siena 0.
Perugia presents itself with some news. The first is on the bench, where the new coach Andrea Anastasi sits, who returned to Italy after seventeen years, after various experiences abroad. The hard core of the past season has been confirmed with setter Giannelli, middle blocker Solé, Russo and Mengozzi, the spikers Leon and Plotnytskyi, the opposite Rychlicki and the liberos Colaci and Piccinelli, Perugia has hired the Polish spiker Semeniuk, silver world champion and best player of the past Champions League with Zaksa, Brazilian middle blocker Flavio, world bronze and fresh from the season with Vibo, the setter of Slovenian national team Ropret, an expert born in 1989 from the French Ligue A. The Cuban duo that completes the roster has also arrived from the transalpine championship: the opposite left-handed Herrera and the hitter Cardenas.
