Last round of Unipolsai Superleague regular season, last places to fill in the playoffs. In this last game of regular season Unipolsai Superleague will support the “Rare Diseases Day”, focusing on the research.
The fight for second, fourth and eighth place will be the leit motiv of this final round of regular season in Unipolsai Superleague. On tomorrow Bunge Ravenna and Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia will face each other at Pala De Andrè in Ravenna for a no tomorrow game which will set the eighth place in playoff bracket. The other games will take place on sunday at 18, Gi Group Monza – Diatec Trentino live on Rai Sport 1, and Exprivia Molfetta – Cucine Lube Civitanova, Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Calzedonia Verona, Top Volley Latina – Revivre Milano, Azimut Modena – LPR Piacenza e Kioene Padova – Biosì Indexa Sora, all live on Lega Volley Channel.
Bunge Ravenna is looking for a playoff qualification after the win at PalaPolsinelli versus Sora. Ravenna can also looking for seventh place, where Gi Group Monza has only 2 points of advantage, but first they will need to contain the attack of Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia, in ninth place, 3 points behind Ravenna in the standings. If Vibo will win on Ravenna conquering the three poins, they will be tied with Bunge but in eighth place because of one more win in the total count in the season.
Gi Group Monza already qualified for playoffs will need to defend the seventh place. Will not be easy, facing on the home turf Diatec Trentino, a team who’s running for the second place in the final standings. With a 3-0 or 3-1 win, or with the same result of Sir Safety Conad Perugia, Angelo Lorenzetti’s team will be definitively in second place.
Exprivia Molfetta in eleventh place in the standings, out of the playoffs, will need to reach at least the Playoffs for 5th place. Will not be an easy job, because Molfetta will play versus Cucine Lube Civitanova, a team already sure of first place and waiting only to know which team will face them in the quarterfinals. Lube won 6 times in 7 games versus Molfetta.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia will need a win in last game of regular season, to stay on course for the second place in the Unipolsai Superleague standings. Lorenzo Bernardi’s team has a worst set-difference with Trento, and to grab the second place will need to earn one point more than Trento. Will not be easy, because Trento will play at Home where they are undefeated in season, and Perugia will face at PalaEvangelisti Calzedonia Verona, a team in good shape in this final part of the season, a team who’s looking for the fourth place in the standings. Now Nikola Grbic’s team is tied with Azimut Modena at 50 points, but with a worst set difference, so they will need a little luck to overtake Modena in fourth place.
Top Volley Latina lost the chance to earn a playoffs spot, after the loss last wednesday in Vibo Valentia, now they have the target to reach the playoffs for 5th place. Latina will need a win over Revivre Milano, a team in trouble in this final part of the season, a team who lost 6 of 7 games versus Latina in the top league. Milano in last place will end the season with a bitter end, after starting the season with other targets.
Azimut Modena lost at Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova Marche versus Lube in yesterday’s game, but now they will see former italian national team setter Dragan Travica in the roster, arrived to improve the team looking out to the playoffs. Coach Lorenzo Tubertini’s team is focused on the fourth place. Modena will earn the fourth by winning versus LPR Piacenza on sunday, Piacenza in sixth place of the standings, already sure of a playoff spot, coming from a win at tie break versus Kioene Padova.
Kioene Padova coming from a tie break loss in Piacenza versus Lpr, will close the regular season in eleventh place, looking for a win in last game of regular season versus Biosì Indexa Sora, a team already defeated 10 times in 17 total games between these two teams. Sora lost by Ravenna of former Coach Soli in front of their fans in previous round of Unipolsai Superleague. Sora has 1 point of advantage on Padova in the standings, so if Sora will lose this last game, Padova will overtake Biosì Indexa in the final standings.
Last game of Regular Season
UnipolSai Superleague
Saturday 25th february 2017, – 18.00
Bunge Ravenna – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia live on RAI Sport 1
streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/
(La Micela-Saltalippi F.)
Video Check: Marchetti Segnapunti: Risi
Sunday 26th february 2017, -18.00
Gi Group Monza – Diatec Trentino Live on RAI Sport 1
streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/
streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Satanassi-Tanasi)
Video Check: Salvemini
Exprivia Molfetta – Cucine Lube Civitanova live on Lega Volley Channel
(Florian-Lot)
Video Check: Mancini
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Calzedonia Verona live on Lega Volley Channel
(Cipolla-Pasquali)
Video Check: Giulietti
Top Volley Latina – Revivre Milano live on Lega Volley Channel
(Saltalippi L.-Santi)
Video Check: Diana
Azimut Modena – LPR Piacenza live on Lega Volley Channel
(Cesare-Gnani)
Video Check: Clemente
Kioene Padova – Biosì Indexa Sora live on Lega Volley Channel
(Cappello-Piana)
Video Check: Iosca
Standings:
Cucine Lube Civitanova 67, Diatec Trentino 59, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 59, Azimut Modena 50, Calzedonia Verona 50, LPR Piacenza 40, Gi Group Monza 34, Bunge Ravenna 32, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 29, Top Volley Latina 26, Exprivia Molfetta 25, Biosì Indexa Sora 20, Kioene Padova 19, Revivre Milano 15.
Bunge Ravenna – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 7 (2 Ravenna, 5 Vibo Valentia)
RECORDS:
In Champioship and Italian Cup: Maurice Armando Torres – 4 aces to 100, Maarten Van Garderen – 27 points to 1000 (Bunge Ravenna); Enrico Diamantini – 9 attacks to 1500 (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia).
Fabio Soli (allenatore Bunge Ravenna): “Starting the season it was a dream for us to qualify for the playoffs, and now we have the chance to realize this dream. Will be a fight, for sure, Vibo Valentia has our same target, and will do the best to reach it. We have to be focuse on us, trying to find the right approach, we have to play our game. After that we will take a look to our opponents. They are a complete team witha good bench, we have to be serene, focused tough and ready to sacrifice”.
Peter Michalovic (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We have to imporove our approach to the game, versus Ravenna. Will be a very difficult game because they are playing some good volleyball. We have to take care of the details, mentally and tactically. I reached 100 blocks in Serie A, I’m happy, but the most important thing was to grab the three points versus LAtina”.
Gi Group Monza – Diatec Trentino
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 6 (6 successi Trento)
FORMER PLAYERS: Leandro Vissotto Trento 2008-2010, Alessandro Blasi Monza 2011-2012.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Christian Fromm – 3 aces to 100 (Gi Group Monza), Oleg Antonov 21 points to 1000, Matteo Burgsthaler – 2 attacks to 500 e 2 blocks to 400 (Diatec Trentino).
In Championship: Neves Leandro Vissotto – 2 attacks to 2000 e 5 blocks to 200 (Gi Group Monza); Filippo Lanza – 3 blocks to 100, Daniele Mazzone – 4 aces to 100 (Diatec Trentino).
In Championship and Italian Cup: Simon Hirsch – 2 blocks to 100, Neves Leandro Vissotto – 35 points to 2500 (Gi Group Monza); Filippo Lanza – 6 attacks to 1500, Sebastian Solé – 1 block to 300, Simon Van De Voorde – 2 blocks to 200 (Diatec Trentino).
Marco Rizzo (Gi Group Monza): “We are playing some good volleyball, but we need to be more nasty and focused in the key moments. We reached the playoffs, this is a milestone for Consorzio Vero Volley and Gi Group Monza, we will continue to do our best to improve and to reach as more goals as possible. The sold out of sunday versus Trento will be great for us and for our fans, will be important to give our best without watching the other team’s results. Who will face in the quarterfinals? For sure Trento and Perugia are a little little easier than Civitanova”.
Massimo Colaci (Diatec Trentino): “We want the second place, and to be sure we need to win the game in Monza. We need a three points win, 3-0 or 3-1. Will not be easy, we know that Monza needs to keep the seventh place. We don’t have to make some toughts outside the game, we need to be focused on the game and on our play. We don’t have to look to the standings, we will go to Monza for win, then we will think to the rest”.
Exprivia Molfetta – Cucine Lube Civitanova
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 7 (1 Molfetta, 6 Civitanova)
FORMER PLAYERS: Pier Paolo Partenio Civitanova 2003-2012 (Youth League) and 2012-2013 (4/12/12), Giulio Sabbi Civitanova 2014-2015 2015-2016 (1/12/15), Marco Vitelli Civitanova 2013-2016 (15/12/13), Davide Candellaro Molfetta 2014-2016, Luigi Randazzo Molfetta 2015-2016.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Klemen Cebuly – 3 attacks to 1000, Dragan Stankovic – 1 block to 300 (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
In Championship: Osmany Juantorena – 5 attacks to 2000, Dragan Stankovic – 4 blocks to 400 (Cucine Lube Civitanova); Joao Rafael De Barros Ferreira – 9 attacks to 500, Giulio Sabbi – one game to 200 (Exprivia Molfetta)
In Champsionship and Italian Cup: Jiri Kovar – 6 attacks to 1000 (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
Leonardo Castellaneta (Exprivia Molfetta): “We’ll finish the season versus the top team of the season. It was an high and lows year for us, we played well versus the powerhouses, we preparred in the best way this game, it seems a not so important game,but we want to play in the best way we can in front of our fans, looking forward to the playoffs for 5th place, where we’ll face teams at our level. With this game we’ll have the challenge Sabbi-Hernandez for the title of top scorer of the season, let’shope our opposite will win this title”.
Alberto Casadei (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “In Molfetta we’ll honour last game of the regular season, we clinched the first place two weeks ago. The win versus Modena gave us more confidence, we are already thinking to Champions LEague game versus Berlin, fundamental for the first place in the Group. But before we have to think to Molfetta”.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Calzedonia Verona
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 21 (15 Perugia, 6 Verona)
FORMER PLAYERS: Emanuele Birarelli Verona 2006-2007, Simone Buti Verona 2007-2008, Dore Della Lunga Verona 2009-2010, Andrea Giovi Perugia dal 1997 2003 (Settore Giovanile), 2003-2005 and 2012-2016, Adriano Paolucci Perugia 2013-2015.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Simone Buti – 8 attacks to 1000 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia); Aidan Zingel 13 points to 1000 and 1 block to 300 (Calzedonia Verona).
In Championship: Emanuele Birarelli – 3 blocks to 700, Simone Buti – 3 points to 2000 punti and 2 aces to 100, Dore Della Lunga – 5 blocks to 100 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
In Championship and Italian Cup: Emanuele Birarelli – 3 points to 3000, Dore Della Lunga – 4 blocks to 100, Aaron Russel – 14 attacks to 500 (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
Federico Tosi (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “On sunday will be a tough game. Verona is playing very well in this part of the season, they defeated Modena and forced to tie break Civitanova. This will be a very important game for us, we are still looking for the second place in the playoff bracket. This has been a great regular season, Lube was almost perfect, and the level of volleyball has been great. So, for us, to be in second or third, will not make too much difference. We are a little bit tired by the trips and the games, we need to re charge and win on sunday. Then we’ll think to the playoffs”.
Simone Anzani (Calzedonia Verona): “I’m in Verona since four years and I think we played versus Perugia about 20 times. This is a important game, felt with passion by the fans, , will be tough for us because they need to win to stay on track for the second place, but we will be ther to show our best volleyball”.
Top Volley Latina – Revivre Milano
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 7 (6 Latina, 1 Milano)
FORMER PLAYERS: Daniele Sottile Milano 2015-2016 (1/12/15), Dante Boninfante Latina 2015-2016 (1/12/15), Danilo Cortina Latina 2003-2004 (18/01/04), 2008-2011, Todor Skrimov Latina 2013-2014.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Fabio Fanuli – 1 game to 200 (Top Volley Latina); Todor Skrimov – 1 ace to 100, Alessandro Tondo – 10 points to 1000 (Revivre Milano).
In Championship: Gabriele Maruotti – 2 aces to 100 (Top Volley Latina), Alessandro Tondo – 3 aces to 100 (Revivre Milano).
In Championship and Italian Cup: Alessandro Tondo – 3 aces to 100 (Revivre Milano).
Fabio Fanuli (Top Volley Latina): “We are disappointed for what happened in Vibo, we believed in playoffs, we could continue to dream until last game, but we lost everything. On sunday we’ll play Milano, we need to win to seal the tenth place. It is an important place to drop the first turn of playoffs for 5th place”.
Giorgio De Togni (Revivre Milano): “We want to close the regular season with a good performance, we did not deserved the last place, starting the season. It’s always easy to speak, we needed to did it with the facts. We need to show our potential versus Latina, we can earn a positive result, if we all want it”.
Azimut Modena – LPR Piacenza
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 34 (16 Modena, 18 Piacenza)
FORMER PLAYERS: Maxwell Philip Holt Piacenza 2010-2013, Kevin Le Roux Piacenza 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (21/11/14), Jacopo Massari Piacenza 2007-2010 2009-2012 (14/10/09) and 2014-2015, Matteo Piano Piacenza 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, Luca Vettori Piacenza 2007-2009 2012-2014, Loris Manià Modena 2009-2014, Luca Tencati Modena 2007-2009, Viktor Yosifov Modena 2011-2012.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Fernando Ramos Hernandez – 21 points to 1000, Leonel Marshall – 4 blocks to 300, Simone Parodi – 4 blocks to 200 (LPR Piacenza).
In Championship: Viktor Yosifov – 2 aces to 100 (LPR Piacenza).
In Champiosnhip and Italian Cup: Luca Vettori – 4 blocks to 200 (Azimut Modena); Fernando Ramos Hernandez – 7 attacks to 1000 (LPR Piacenza).
Dragan Travica (Azimut Modena): “I thank Modena Volley for giving me the opportunity, arriving here in such a big club, with plenty of champions, I will give 100% to be ready and at the top level. To play here until the end of the tournament is a great challenge for me, I will do everything the coach will want me to do, I’ll try to answer the calls every time he will need me. Modena is a team of champions, we are on track in Superleague and in Champions League, we can do some good things”.
Fernando Hernandez (LPR Piacenza): “Piacenza is always hungry for win, and will be the same also versus Modena. In last round some players took a little rest, looking to the games in Cev Cup and Playoffs. I prefer to play always, continuing to give my contribute to the team”.
Kioene Padova – Biosì Indexa Sora
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 17 (10 Padova, 7 Sora)
FORMER PLAYERS: Francesco De Marchi Padova 2007-2008 2009-2012, Andrea Mattei Padova 2013-2015, Mattia Rosso Padova 2010-2015.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Michele Fedrizzi – 8 points to 1000, Marco Volpato – 1 blocks to 200 (Kioene Padova); Nicola Tiozzo – 6 attacks to 500.
Marco Volpato (Kioene Padova): “On sunday we’ll play last game of regular season, in front of our fans, versus an opponent who will fight for the win. On the other side of the net there will be alot of former players of Padova, so we will need to keep the head up high and give a joy to our fans. Unfortunately this season has not been so good for us, we want to show our value, showing we fight until the end”.
Bruno Bagnoli (allenatore BioSì Indexa Sora): “Versus Ravenna we paid some condition troubles because of too many games in this part of the season, so after the good game in Vibo we were tired and out of power. Andrea Mattei out of an injury, was ready and made some good plays. It’s good to play at Kioene Arena, we’ll try to do our best on that turf, we’ll play like it was a final. Padova is a strong team, good down the net but sometimes they suffer in reception. Because of this, the setter sometimes struggles to set the right way. For sure Maar is the key player of the team, will be an intense game, we need to be calm and quiet, as we did versus Vibo”.
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Serie A2 UnipolSai in the Pools Promozione and Pool Salvezza, all games streamed live on Lega Volley Channel.
Pool Promozione
BCC Castellana Grotte atop the standings thanks to the win in Piemonte, defeating Mondovì 3-0 at PalaManera. Now they will face Caloni Agnelli Bergamo, one of the best teams in last games of Pool Promozione, 9 points in three games and only one set lost. Graziosi’s team will play 1st march at 20.30 the fourth round at PalaNorda because of a Tennis ATP tournament. Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania won again in the derby. The team from Viterbo defeated the cousins of Civita Castellana with a comeback win, now in sixth place before the game versus <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif
