The appointment with the second round of the SuperLega Credem Banca Play Off Finals is approaching. On Thursday 4 May, at 20.30, in front of the RAI Sport cameras, Cucine Lube Civitanova is back on the pitch within the friendly walls of the Eurosuole Forum to host Itas Trentino. The situation sees the Dolomites in the lead in the series thanks to the success in four sets centered in the first act, despite the departure of Srecko Lisinac in the second set, well replaced by Wout D’Heer. Three of the four partials played on Monday at the BLM Group Arena finished at the photo finish, while in the second part of the last set the players from the Marches ran into their only real empty lap of the match, which allowed Angelo Lorenzetti’s men to close the practice with an acceleration. An epilogue which did not, however, erase the sense of balance felt by the 4000 present for most of the contest. What made the difference were the errors in Civitanova’s service in the first set, the excellent Trentino evening in the block-defense and the final decline of the Marches. The timeliness of Gianlorenzo Blengini’s moves was of no avail, as he drew on the resources on the bench without however obtaining the hoped-for answers. The Bulgarian challenge between Matey Kaziyski, MVP of the match and top scorer with 22 points, and Alex Nikolov (20 seals), who on the eve of Game 2 will be awarded as Credem Banca MVP of the Semifinals, was exciting. It’s shaping up to be a night of great volleyball.
Race 2 Finals – Play Off SuperLega Credem Banca
Thursday 4 May 2023, 8.30 pm
Kitchens Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino
Referees: Vagni Ilaria, Zavater Marco (Carcione Vincenzo)
Video Check: Marani Azzurra
Scorekeeper: Chiara D’Auria
Live Rai Sport and Volleyballworld.tv
Gianlorenzo Blengini (Coach Cucine Lube Civitanova): “It’s a shame about the wasted opportunities in the first and third sets of Game 1, but let’s look ahead, trying to improve. We’re going to have to file something nine meters long. For us it is important to be more incisive when serving against a high-level team like Itas, which receives well. We will fight until the last ball has fallen; these races facilitate the growth of the group, but now what counts is winning”.
Wout D’Heer (Itas Trentino): “Winning Race 1 was beautiful and important, but I’m sure that Thursday we will have an even more difficult task ahead of us since we will be playing at Cucine Lube’s home ground. The match arrives very soon, just three days after the first match, but we know that this will be a period without a break until the end. The playoffs are like this”.
The Scudetto Play Offs schedule:
https://www.legavolley.it/resultati/?Anno=2022&IdCampionato=886
Volleyball and Media
Live broadcast on RAI Radio 1
The 3rd day of SuperLega Credem Banca will be featured on RAI Radio 1. Study updates on SuperLega Credem Banca results and rankings will be constantly provided in the Sunday afternoon headings of the well-known radio channel.
Live radio “Set & Note” on LatteMiele and LatteMiele.com
Sunday at 6.00 pm
Marco Caronna’s radio raids on the fields of the SuperLega Credem Banca Championship are back. The conductor within the “Set & Note” program will follow the progress of the Sunday challenges of SuperLega Credem Banca live. “Set & Note” is also on the web live streaming on www.lattemiele.com or by clicking on the LatteMiele box on the homepage of www.legavolley.it.
Foreign TVs
The TV partners of the Serie A Volleyball League abroad will broadcast the matches of the top volleyball league in the world: Sportklub (Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro), Polsat (Poland), TBS, FUJI TV, Volleyball TV and ESPN Latam (Central / South America and Caribbean) as well as the main world betting sites served by the IMG Arena agency. The Polish broadcaster Polsat also broadcasts all the matches of Sir Safety Susa Perugia.
Domenica Sportiva and Tg Sport on Rai 2
The historic Sunday evening program on Rai 2 will broadcast the report of the correspondent Maurizio Colantoni, for the story of the Sunday match broadcast on Rai Sport with the words of the protagonists of the day. The interview, together with other columns and insights on the protagonists of SuerLega Credem Banca, will be repeated on “Tg Sport” in the editions on Rai 2, Rai Sport, and Rai News.
TG5 and Sport Mediaset
The Canale 5 nightly TG5 will offer a service on the SuperLega Credem Banca weekend through the images of the races. The same service will be broadcast in multiple passages in the Sport Mediaset news bulletin, broadcast from 24.00 to 8.00.
SKY Sport 24
Sky Sport 24 will take care of in-depth information on the matches of the Credem Banca SuperLega Championship, taking stock of the games played, with images and interviews with the protagonists.
After Hours – SuperLeague at night
(#AfterHoursSuperLega) “After Hours, the SuperLega at night” live with Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni, offers many guests from the world of volleyball, every Sunday from 21.30 on the facebook page and on the YouTube channel of Lega Vollavolo Serie A. To enrich the season there will also be the midweek column “Poisoned ball”, the Wednesday study on the SuperLega Credem Banca weekend.
