Cucine Lube Civitanova – Diatec Trentino 3-0 (25-22, 30-28, 29-27) – Cucine Lube Civitanova: Christenson 4, Juantorena 9, Cester 6, Sokolov 16, Sander 17, Candellaro 4, Grebennikov (L), Stankovic 0, Kovar 0. N.E. Casadei, Zhukouski, Marchisio, Milan. All. Medei. Diatec Trentino: Giannelli 1, Lanza 20, Zingel 7, Teppan 4, Hoag 11, Carbonera 3, Chiappa (L), Vettori 4, De Pandis (L), Kozamernik 2. N.E. Kovacevic, Partenio, Cavuto. All. Lorenzetti. ARBITRI: Rapisarda, Goitre mauro carlo. NOTE – Spettatori 3580. Durata set: 27′, 34′, 34′; tot: 95′. MVP: Taylor Sander (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

After Latina’s bad loss last sunday, Cucine Lube Civitanova stepped up and won a very important home game versus Diatec Trentino, in a remake of 2017 Unipolsai Superleague Playoff Finals. Coach Giampaolo Medei started with Taylor Sander in place of Jiri Kovar, and with Davide Candellaro and Enrico Cester in the middle, with captain Dragan Stankovic on the bench. On the other side of the net coach angelo Lorenzetti put in the starting six Teppan on the opposite side in place of Luca Vettori, playing still with canadian Nicholas Hoag in place of Uros Kovacevic, still in trouble with the muscular injury. First set was balanced, until the decisive break on 22-19 thanks to an ace of Enrico Cester, who drove Lube to the 25-22 win in first set. In second set Lorenzetti put on the floor Vettori in place of Teppan (20% in attack), and with Vettori Trento trailed until 23-23. going to the extras, in the end is Civitanova to grab the set, gaining the break on 30-28. Could be an easy one for Lube, but Trento fought back again, with a great effort by Captain Filippo Lanza (20 points in the end with 62% in attack), grabbing the lead in the crunch time of third on 23-22, when Medei called a time out. Once again at the extras, Lube won set and match 29-27. .

MVP: Taylor Sander (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

Spettatori: 3580

Giampaolo Medei (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “These are three important points, we wanted to come back to win after the loss in Latina. We won versus a good team as Trento, we fed up with this win, we gained enthusiasm after this win, but we still have alot of things to improve, especially continuity, we lost something in third set, in example. We have to avoid these troubles”.

Angelo Lorenzetti (Diatec Trentino): “We did some good things, but we weren’t able to take advange of some situations. We had some chances but we did not grabbed them. Despite the final result, it was a big battle, so we will take home some positive sensation, but we still have some troubles to solve, we need to continue to play hard and practice hard”.

Standings SuperLega UnipolSai:

Sir Safety Conad Perugia 15, Azimut Modena 15, Bunge Ravenna 10, Cucine Lube Civitanova 9, Kioene Padova 7, Diatec Trentino 7, Taiwan Excellence Latina 6, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 6, Revivre Milano 5, Calzedonia Verona 4, Wixo LPR Piacenza 4, BCC Castellana Grotte 4, Gi Group Monza 3, Biosì Indexa Sora 1.

Un incontro in meno: Bunge Ravenna, Cucine Lube Civitanova, Taiwan Excellence Latina, Calzedonia Verona, Wixo LPR Piacenza, BCC Castellana Grotte.

Next Round

5th Round SuperLega UnipolSai

Giovedì 2 novembre 2017, ore 20.30

Taiwan Excellence Latina – Wixo LPR Piacenza Diretta RAI Sport + HD

Diretta streaming su raiplay.it

(Vagni-Zavater)

Addetto al Video Check: Gasparrini Segnapunti: Sarandrea

6th Round SuperLega UnipolSai

Domenica 5 novembre 2017, ore 18.00

Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Venturi-Braico)

Addetto al Video Check: Giglio Segnapunti: Tomasi

Wixo LPR Piacenza – Revivre Milano Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Saltalippi L.-Santi)

Addetto al Video Check: Ciracì Segnapunti: Zollino

Gi Group Monza – BCC Castellana Grotte Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Pozzato-Goitre)

Addetto al Video Check: Salvemini Segnapunti: Gentile

Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Taiwan Excellence Latina Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Lot-Satanassi)

Addetto al Video Check: Cupello Segnapunti: Moscato

Bunge Ravenna – Kioene Padova Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Frapiccini-Luciani)

Addetto al Video Check: Marchetti Segnapunti: Salvati

Biosì Indexa Sora – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Diretta Lega Volley Channel

(Canessa-Cappello)

Addetto al Video Check: Tartaglione Segnapunti: Rizzo

Domenica 5 novembre 2017, ore 18.15

Azimut Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova Diretta RAI Sport + HD

Diretta streaming su raiplay.it

(Tanasi-Gnani)

Addetto al Video Check: Pelucchini Segnapunti: Ferrari