Block Devils at work

Afternoon working session on this Thursday 21 March for Sir Susa Vim Perugia.
The Block Devils open the spring at PalaBarton by continuing the preparation program set by Angelo Lorenzetti in view of the championship semi-finals which will start next weekend.
Lorenzetti and his staff can work with the entire squad available by inserting quality and quantity into the menu of the Bianconeri who can these days insist on a process of improvement and technical growth without having the “worry” of the match that is approaching and therefore with the possibility of maintaining high pace in training.
The championship semi-finals as mentioned will begin on the Easter weekend. At the moment, two teams have already qualified, Trento, reigning Italian champions, and Perugia, who closed their quarter-final series against Modena and Verona in three games.
For the other two places, two matches 4 will be staged on Sunday 24 March with the Monza-Civitanova challenges (in the Trento part of the draw) and Milan-Piacenza (in the Perugia part of the draw). The Milanese hinterland therefore becomes the gravitational center of the championship playoffs with Monza and Piacenza who are ahead 2-1 in the calculation of victories and who will try to close the qualifying discussion. For Milan and Civitanova, however, the possibility of postponing the semi-final discussion until game 5.
What have the playoff quarter-finals said so far, net of the results? Meanwhile, they were synonymous with great balance with 5 out of 12 matches (therefore over 40%) ending in tie breaks and only 2 (just 16% and both in the Trento-Modena series) finishing 3-0.
In terms of overall statistics, the first three matches of the quarterfinals show very similar numbers between the various teams in the different fundamentals. The Block Devils excel in attack percentages with 56.3% overall effectiveness while in reception Monza boasts the best data with 48.6% positivity. In the special ranking of aces Piacenza leads with 29 points directed in the fundamental and Piacenza is again together with Trento the first for winning blocks with 33 blocks scored.
As for individual performances, the best scorers in a single match were the Canadian hammer from Monza Loeppky in game 1 in Civitanova and the Malian opposite from Verona Keita in game 3 in Perugia, both with 28 winning balls on the scoresheet. In the fundamental part of the serve, the Japanese player from Monza Takahashi and the Juventus player Ben Tara had the best performance with 5 aces, both in their respective games 3 of the series, while the “lord of the block” in the single match was the Cuban giant from Piacenza Simon who in Game 2 in Milan scored 9 key points.