Calzedonia Verona forced powerhouse Cucine Lube Civitanova to the tie break on sunday, but losing the game in front of enthusiastic sell out crowd. Now Nikola Grbic’s team is at 47 points in the standings, 3 points down Modena in fourth place. Calzedonia will face, in a derby of Veneto, Kioene Padova, second to last in Unipolsai Superleague standings with 19. Padova is coming off a tie break loss in Piacenza. In the previous game of the season Calzedonia Verona won easily 3-0.
PREVIOUS GAMES: 17 (11 Verona, 6 Padova)
FORMER PLAYERS: Michele Fedrizzi in Verona 2012-2013.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Mitar Djuric – 12 points to 1000, Aidan Zingel – 3 blocks to 300 (Calzedonia Verona); Michele Fedrizzi – 1 games to 200, – 10 points to 1000 e – 2 blocks to 100, Marco Volpato – 1 attack to 500 e -2 blocks to 200 (Kioene Padova).
Toncek Stern (Calzedonia Verona): “Padova, despiate a troubled second part of the season, showed they can play at the same level of all the teams, also with powerhouses. In first game of the season we won, also this time will be a beautiful game”.
Valerio Baldovin (Kioene Padova): “After the bad home loss versus Latina, I saw a reaction in Piacenza, a better approach to the game. We know that this match versus Verona will be complicated, we’ll try to improve in some attack fundamentals, to be able to face this powerhouse. We are working hard to close the season in the better way possible”.
