SuperLega UnipolSai round 18 result:
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – Revivre Milano 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-17)
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA – REVIVRE MILANO 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-17) – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA: Fei, Parodi 1, Juantorena 10, Vitelli, Stankovic 9, Priddy 1, Christenson 3, Cester 8, Grebennikov (L), Miljkovic 8, Corvetta, Cebulj 10. DNP Podrascanin. Coach. Blengini.
REVIVRE MILANO: Milushev 13, Alletti 7, Sbertoli 1, Skrimov 9, Russomanno Dos Santos, Tosi (L), Rivan (L), Baranek 6, Marretta 2. DNP Gavenda, De Togni, Boninfante, Burgsthaler. Coach. Monti.
Civitanova was in a hurry to get it over with and Milan paid the price. Three quick sets for the rampant hosts who took a three-point lead at the top of the table as Modena plays on Sunday in Latina. No worries for Blengini’s men who will be able to fly off to Turkey tomorrow in good spirit to face Tuesday’s Champions League playoffs 12 clash with Izmir. Milan came in full of confidence after back to back wins but they also had to make do without the injured middle blockers Burgsthaler and De Togni who had to renounce at the last moment because of fever. MVP: Stankovic.
Gianlorenzo Blengini (coach Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova): “Good game, it has to be said Milan was without two important players, but if we look at ourselves we have to be happy with the fact the boys did their job very well. They obtained an important result for the league table. The attitude was good, we played with will to win, and we maintained our focus throughout, even if we did make a couple of mistakes here and there. We have to try to cut down on those in the coming games”.
Luca Monti (coach Revivre Milano): “What disappointed me the most was our serve which was just not there today. We made too many mistakes, only Skrimov managed to serve well. Unfortunately, we lost two middle blockers in one day, I had to ask Baranek to sacrifice himself, he had never played in the middle. It’s a shame we could not play with the team that had won the last two encounters. Considering how strong is Civitanova, we did what we could”.
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 47, DHL Modena 44, Diatec Trentino 38, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 33, Calzedonia Verona 32, Exprivia Molfetta 24, Ninfa Latina 20, Gi Group Monza 18, CMC Romagna 18, Tonazzo Padova 17, Revivre Milano 11, LPR Piacenza 7.
1 game more: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova, Revivre Milano
