SuperLega Credem Banca Play Off Final is about to experience its second act. Tomorrow, Thursday 1 May, on the taraflex of a packed Eurosuole Forum, at 18:15 the home team of Cucine Lube Civitanova and the Dolomites of Itas Trentino will compete in Game 2, with live coverage on Rai Sport, DAZN and VBTV.
The red and whites, who reached the starting challenges by overcoming Milan and Perugia in a comeback, once again find themselves behind in a series, while the yellow and blues started off on the right foot as in the previous stages of their journey with Cisterna and Piacenza. Giampaolo Medei’s men, with former Trentino Marko Podrascanin celebrating his presence no. 600 in Italy, want to assert themselves and impact the balance of the Final by refreshing the invulnerability of their own arena (only 2 defeats this season at home in all competitions), while Fabio Soli’s team, who in the first match lost the former Kamil Rychlicki on the run, but found the precious points of another former player, Gabi Garcia Fernandez, wants the coup in the Marche to take a double advantage in the best-of-five series.
Last Sunday at the ilT Quotidiano Arena, Lube never got out of the match, but despite the good return of captain Fabio Balaso as a starter, they appeared mentally drained in the decisive phases in which they had to grit their teeth, to the point of appearing a pale copy of the team that only three nights earlier had turned the Pala Barton Energy upside down in Game 5 of the Semifinal against the defending champions Perugia, while a more energetic and hermetic Itas in the block-defense repeated the orderly and effective performance with which they had eliminated Piacenza from the Scudetto fight. The extra man on the court was the spiker Alessandro Michieletto, author of 20 personal points and capable of eluding the guest wall. The only one to “dirty” the offensives of the Trentino star was the opposite Adis Lagumdzija (17 points for him), who right at the beginning of Game 2 will be awarded with the Credem Banca MVP recognition of the Semifinals, in which he made 68 seals, with 12 aces and 6 winning blocks. On the eve of the 105th match between the two Clubs, Nicola Pesaresi also appears in the count of former players.
Game 2 Finals – Play Off SuperLega Credem Banca
Giovedì 1 maggio 2025, ore 18.15
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino
Arbitri: Lot Dominga, Cerra Alessandro (Brunelli Michele)
Video Check: Perotti Marco
Segnapunti: Martoni Milena
Diretta Rai Sport, DAZN e VBTV
Volley and Media
Tg Sport
A report at the end of the match, along with other columns and insights on the protagonists of the SuperLega Credem Banca, will be broadcast within the “Tg Sport” in the editions on Rai 2, Rai Sport, and Rai News.
Sport Mediaset and TG5
The nighttime TG5 of Canale 5 will offer a report on the third round of the Play Off Semifinals of the SuperLega Credem Banca with highlights and commentary of the matches. The same report will be broadcast with multiple passages in the Sport Mediaset news, on the air from 24.00 to 8.00.
“After Hours” and “Palla Avvelenata”
“After Hours, la SuperLega di notte” is the Sunday evening web program by Lega Pallavolo Serie A, hosted by Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni, now in its fifth season. Many guests from the world of volleyball, every Sunday from 9.30 pm on the Facebook page and on the YouTube channel of Lega Pallavolo Serie A, meet a few hours before their championship commitments, discussing current events and telling their stories, their stories and their ambitions: an opportunity to get to know the protagonists of the SuperLega better. Third season instead for “Palla Avvelenata”, a midweek analysis of the SuperLega Credem Banca round that has just ended but already with an eye on the upcoming one. Palla Avvelenata airs on Tuesdays, with Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni called upon to the arduous task of containing the overwhelming irony of Leo Turrini. Both programs are also available on Spotify from this year, on the Lega Pallavolo Serie A Channel.
“Sportiva sotto Rete”
The program “Sportiva Sotto Rete” made its official debut on Tuesday 4 December, broadcast on Radio Sportiva every Tuesday from 2.45 pm. Hosted by Andrea Zorzi: a radio space entirely dedicated to the world of volleyball, with guests and insights into the rounds of championships that have just ended and an eye on the upcoming rounds of European cups. In addition to the usual means of radio broadcasting, you can listen to “Radio Sportiva” on the App, DAB+, on TV sat on channel 644, on Sky on channel 8844 or in streaming. “Sportiva Sotto Rete” can also be listened to conveniently on Spotify.
