Lpr Piacenza will play next sunday versus the team with most blocks in Superleague, Bunge Ravenna.
Bunge Ravenna lost clearly from Lube in wednesday’s game, but coach Soli saw some life signals in his team’s performance. The last set versus Lube showed that Ravenna can be able to compete, versus everybody. Ravenna will play versus LPR Piacenza in an Emilia-Romagna derby. In the previous matches between Ravenna and Piacenza, 7 wins for Piacenza and 5 for Ravenna. The target of Piacenza in this last part of the regular season, is to come back on Calzedonia Verona in the standings, in fifth place, far 6 points.
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 12 (5 Ravenna, 7 Piacenza)
FORMER PLAYERS: Hristo Zlatanov Ravenna 1994/1997 (fino al 13/10/96).
In Regular Season: Aimone Alletti ¨C 2 aces to 100, Simone Parodi ¨C 5 blocks to 200 (LPR Piacenza); Maurice Armando Torres ¨C 29 attacks to 1000 ¨C 3 blocks to 100 (Bunge Ravenna).
In Championship: Fernando Hernandez ¨C 3 points to 1000, Leonel Marshall ¨C 7 attacks to 3000, Viktor Yosifov ¨C 3 aces to 100 (LPR Piacenza); Maurice Armando Torres ¨C 4 attacks to 1000 e ¨C 1 block to 100 (Bunge Ravenna).
In Championship and Italian Cup: Viktor Yosifov ¨C 1 ace to 100 (LPR Piacenza); Maurice Armando Torres ¨C 1 block to 100 (Bunge Ravenna).
Fabio Soli (allenatore Bunge Ravenna): “We’ll face an opponent who knows how to play volleyball, and can be devastating in the fundamental of serve, probably the best in the league. they can be dangerous in attack, they are a team who deserves the place in the standings. If they play as they know, will be difficoult to win, but we have to try, starting the match like we did versus Monza and Civitanova. We have to focuse on the quality of our play. If we play as we know, consistent and focused, we could be able to bring home some points”.
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Fernando Hernandez (LPR Piacenza): “Versus Vibo Valentia was not easy, and not easy will be versus Ravenna. There’s no time to rest, we are working hard, with great focus, we are preparring in the best way the challenges of Unipolsai Superleague and CEV Cup. Ravenna is a young team, they want to win, but are more hungry than them, and we want to earn the three points”.
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