LPR Piacenza needs to play with the same intensity and energy they play in CEV Cup. Alberto Giuliani’s team eliminated Vojvodina Ns Seme Novi Sad in the eighth finals of CEV Cup, with a double 3-0, in Piacenza and in Serbia. Lpr clinched the CEV Cup quarterfinals, where they play Diatec Trentino, in a great italian derby. Piacenza will face Kioene Padova, in a game which see Piacenza favourite. But as we know, never say never in Volleyball, Kioene Padova has some good individualities who can put in trouble every team of the tournament.
LPR Piacenza – Kioene Padova
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 27 (18 successi Piacenza, 9 successi Padova)
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Aimone Alletti – 2 aces to 100, Simone Parodi – 5 blocks to 200 (LPR Piacenza); Michele Fedrizzi -13 points to 1000 e – 2 blocks to 100, Stefano Giannotti -1 ace to 100, Marco Volpato – 7 attacks 500 (Kioene Padova).
In Championship: Leonel Marshall – 7 attacks to 3000, Viktor Yosifov – 3 aces to 100 (LPR Piacenza); Stefano Giannotti – 15 attacks to 1500 (Kioene Padova).
In championship and Italian Cup: Fernando Hernandez 2016/17 – 22 attacks to 500, Viktor Yosifov – 1 ace to 100 (LPR Piacenza).
Aimone Alletti (LPR Piacenza): “We were in trouble in Ravenna on sunday, never been in the game with the mind. On sunday at PalaBanca we’ll play an important game versus Padova. At the moment we have a 5 points advantage on Monza, we have to keep this advantage. Padova started very well the season, then they had a slump, and now they are back on track after the game versus Milano. We have to win, we have to defend the sixth place in the standings”.
Valerio Baldovin (Kioene Padova): “Will be a difficoult game on sunday. We are coming off a bad loss in a bad game. Will be a tough match, where we will have the chance to rehab ourselves. Piacenza is a good team, with good players, we have to be careful to Fernando Hernandez, he can make the difference”.
