Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 23-25) – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Coscione 1, Lecat 14, Costa 10, Patch 16, Antonov 9, Verhees 11, Torchia (L), Izzo 0, Marra (L), Massari 0. N.E. Presta, Domagala, Corrado. All. Tubertini. Cucine Lube Civitanova: Christenson 5, Juantorena 20, Stankovic 8, Sokolov 1, Kovar 1, Cester 5, Sander 16, Casadei 4, Grebennikov (L), Zhukouski 0, Candellaro 1. N.E. Milan, Marchisio. All. Medei. ARBITRI: Zavater, Canessa. NOTE – Spettatori: 1950. Durata set: 30′, 29′, 32′, 32′; tot: 123′. MVP: Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
In first game of Unipolsai Superleague Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia and defending champs Cucine Lube Civitanova played a great and exciting game. The high level of volleyball that the players of two teams put on the floor was outstanding, with the champs who took advantage of their experience to play in the crunch time. The bad news for Giampaolo Medei’s team was the ankle injury to Tsvetan Sokolov after few plays in the game, who put bulgarian opposite on the bench for all the game. The first two sets were some battles both won by Lube, first at 23 and second at 22, with Osmany Juantorena and Taylor Sander who put on the ground several balls, well set by Micah Christenson. In third Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia fought back, winning 25-22 the set with a good performance of Francois Lecat, but in the fourth the defending champs stepped up, once again with a great Juantorena, winning fourth set 25-23, concluding a very intense and funny game.
MVP: Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
Pieter Verhees (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We had a good reaction after the home loss versus Ravenna, we were always there fighting point by point with the defending champs. I’m proud of our game, but we can still improve”.
Taylor Sander (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “It was a siffered and tough win, Vibo never surrendered, playing very weel in the serve. After Sokolov’s injury it was tought for us, and to win here was very important. I’m very happy to be back in Italy, the volleyball level here is very high, as we saw on tonight”.
Standings
Azimut Modena 3, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3, Gi Group Monza 3, Cucine Lube Civitanova 3, Calzedonia Verona 2, Revivre Milano 2, Wixo LPR Piacenza 2, Bunge Ravenna 1, Diatec Trentino 1, Taiwan Excellence Latina 1, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 0, Biosì Indexa Sora 0, Kioene Padova 0, BCC Castellana Grotte 0.
Next Round
2nd Round SuperLega UnipolSai
Domenica 22 ottobre 2017, ore 18.00
Kioene Padova – Diatec Trentino Live on RAI Sport + HD
Live streaming su raiplay.it
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Bunge Ravenna Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Calzedonia Verona – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Wixo LPR Piacenza – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Biosì Indexa Sora – Azimut Modena Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Revivre Milano – Gi Group Monza Diretta Lega Volley Channel
BCC Castellana Grotte – Taiwan Excellence Latina Diretta Lega Volley Channel
