SuperLega Credem Banca is getting closer and closer to its epilogue. The matches for Game 4 of the Scudetto Semifinals are scheduled for Saturday 22 April, at 18.00. The names of the finalists for the tricolor could already emerge from the two scheduled matches, but the verdict could also be postponed to April 25, the day of a possible Game 5.
Very delicate confrontation at the Allianz Cloud, where at 18.00 on Saturday, with live RAI Sport, the darlings of the Ambrosian public challenge the winners of the last three Scudetti with the intention of putting an end to the series with dunks by Yuki Ishikawa and with the help from a central department that is even more sure of its means after the overtaking signed on Wednesday at the Eurosole Forum. Allianz Milano, strengthened by the overwhelming performance of Agustin Loser (awarded MVP) in the Marche region, has the possibility of landing from eighth place to the Final for the tricolor, but must contend with a Cucine Lube Civitanova now specialized in impossible comebacks. A rival capable of recovering the 2021/22 Semifinal with Trento and the 2022/23 Quarterfinals after finding herself at 0-2 is never a good client. It is probably the most important match in the history of the Milanese club, which will have a full arena on its side, but will have to deal with the boarding of Lube.
There is also a lot of anticipation for the fourth round between Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza and Itas Trentino at PalaBancaSport, a match postponed to 8.30 pm on Saturday. When the Gialloblù’s return to the Final seemed written, with Angelo Lorenzetti’s men ahead 2-0 in the series and with the match ball match between the friendly walls of the BLM Group Arena, the Emilians changed gears, as happened in the Quarterfinals when they found themselves back to the wall with Modena. Massimo Botti’s team, with the outgoing Italian champion Ricardo Lucarelli providential and awarded MVP, achieved two important comebacks in the first two partials to then take control of the match. The next match between the two teams is an unknown because the hosts could have shifted the inertia of the match in an incisive way and in any case play on the wings of enthusiasm, convinced they have what it takes to impact the series, but Matey Kaziyski and his companions have already conquered Piacenza in Game 2.
Semifinals Game 4 – Play Off SuperLega Credem Banca
Sabato 22 aprile 2023, ore 18.00
Allianz Milano – Cucine Lube Civitanova
Arbitri: Goitre Mauro, Piana Rossella (Carcione Vincenzo, Scotti Paolo)
Video Check: Cristoforetti Cristiano
Segnapunti: Marangio Annalia
Diretta RAI Sport
Telecronaca di Maurizio Colantoni e Andrea Lucchetta
Diretta Volleyballworld.tv
Sabato 22 aprile 2023, ore 20.30
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Itas Trentino
Arbitri: Vagni Ilaria, Pozzato Andrea (Giardini Massimiliano)
Video Check: Mutti Riccardo
Segnapunti: Balconi Cristina
Diretta Volleyballworld.tv
Play Off Scudetto:
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Play Off 5° Posto Credem Banca
Perugia and Verona lead the Play Off Group standings in 5th place despite having played only one match in this phase of the SuperLega Credem Banca, which is experiencing its third day of play on Saturday. Modena has instead announced that Andrea Giani will no longer be the head coach next season, she is stopped in the pits to serve her rest shift.
Back from the home defeat inflicted by the Block Devils in three sets and, therefore, stopped at 2 points in the standings thanks to the corsair success at the tie break with Modena, Vero Volley Monza will play the second game in a row between the friendly walls on Saturday at 19.30. On the taraflex of the Arena, in the third round, Pallavolo Padova is expected, which after the silent external scene in the Veneto derby at its debut in the 5th place group, won it at the tie break on the friendly field of the Kioene Arena against the green line of Modena. It is a first playoff in the standings between the seventh force at the end of the Regular Season and the winning team of the Preliminary Pool for access to the 5th Place Play Offs. Despite Arthur Szwarc’s positive evening (top scorer with 18 points, 56% effectiveness, an ace and three blocks), the team from Brianza never created significant problems for Sir in the first two partials on Wednesday, while in the seventh view overcome in the climax phase. Good indications for the Paduans in the victory against Modena, thanks to the form of Mathijs Desmet, MVP of the match with 19 points, and Davide Gardini, author of 20 seals.
After impacting the Play Off Group 5th Place Credem Banca in the best possible way, i.e. with an away 3-0 on a difficult field like Monza, Sir Safety Susa Perugia debuts within the friendly walls on Saturday at 19.30 against WithU Verona for what could also have been a Scudetto semi-final if Umbria and Veneto had won Game 5 of the quarter-finals, respectively with Milan and Civitanova. The fact is that at the moment the comparison between Sir and WithU should be understood as a vertex intersection. The two partnerships command the Group Play Off 5th Place thanks to the successes collected. The Umbrians celebrated their entry into the Group on the second day with a Cuban victory in Monza, thanks to the incisiveness of Wilfredo Leon and Jesus Herrera. The Scala family, on the other hand, dived into the new adventure by inflicting a dream 3-0 on Padua in the regional derby to then observe the rest shift on the 2nd day. Out of 34 meetings, Perugia won 28 times against Verona, including the two seasonal face-offs in the first phase, but Radostin Stoytchev’s team has grown.
Play Off 5° Place 3rd Round Credem Banca – Girone
Sabato 22 aprile 2023, ore 19.30
Vero Volley Monza – Pallavolo Padova
Arbitri: Cavalieri Alessandro Pietro, Rolla Massimo (Kronaj David)
Video Check: Bosica Gianclaudio
Segnapunti: Anessi Cinzia
Diretta Volleyballworld.tv
Sir Safety Susa Perugia – WithU Verona
Arbitri: Brunelli Michele, Turtù Marco (Grossi Dario)
Video Check: Pardo Claudio
Segnapunti: Rossi Sara
Diretta Volleyballworld.tv
Bye: Valsa Group Modena
Standings Girone Play Off 5° Posto Credem Banca
WithU Verona 3, Sir Safety Susa Perugia 3, Vero Volley Monza 2, Pallavolo Padova 2, Valsa Group Modena 2.
1 incontro in meno: WithU Verona e Sir Safety Susa Perugia.
