Santo Stefano at the Eurosuole Forum for a meal of great volleyball. On Tuesday 26 December (at 3.30pm with live coverage of Rai Sport, VBTV and Radio Arancia), the Cucine Lube Civitanova will host the Rana Verona for the 11th and final first leg of the Regular Season. Three important points on the table for the ranking of the SuperLega Credem Banca and, consequently, for the composition of the Del Monte® Coppa Italia grid. Scheduled for 3 and 4 January, the quarter-finals in a single match of the event which will award the trophy with the tricolor cockade will grant the home round to the top four classified after the halfway point, while the teams from fifth to eighth place they will see it away.
Fresh from early qualification for the quarter-finals of the CEV Champions League thanks to an en plein of four victories with the maximum difference in the matches played so far, the last one against Prague earning the mathematical record in Pool E, Lube arrives at boxing day with great momentum , without forgetting that they have strong growth rivals ahead of them in the afternoon match.
The championship path of the two teams
Lube has been on a positive streak for two rounds in the SuperLega thanks to the away successes achieved in Cisterna di Latina in four sets and in Piacenza in a tie break. The Scala team are also looking for a third consecutive victory in the championship, victorious at home in a photo finish against Milan and with a clear 3-0 against Cisterna di Latina.
The Marches are fifth with 18 points. The mathematics leaves a glimmer of opportunity for third place, possible with a 3-point victory and defeats in Monza (even at the tie break) and Piacenza (3-0 or 3-1). For fourth place, a 2-point victory is enough, only in the case of a simultaneous 3-0 or 3-1 defeat by Monza, otherwise a 3-point victory and the fall of one between Monza (even at the tie break) and Piacenza ( defeat 3-0 or 3-1). The Cucineri must avoid a misstep or risk slipping to sixth or seventh place.
