6th Round First Half SuperLega Credem Banca:
Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-2 (21-25, 25-27, 25-18, 25-18, 15-12)
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza-Allianz Milano 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-17)
Mint Vero Volley Monza – Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-2 (25-19, 25-21, 20-25, 21-25, 15-9)
Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina-Itas Trentino 1-3 (25-22, 18-25, 21-25, 23-25)
Cisterna Volley – Sonepar Padova 3-1 (25-21, 19-25, 25-23, 25-18)
Rana Verona – Valsa Group Modena 2-3 (25-22, 18-25, 25-18, 21-25, 12-15)
Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-2 (21-25, 25-27, 25-18, 25-18, 15-12) – Sir Susa Vim Perugia: Zoppellari 0, Plotnytskyi 13, Russo 10, Ben Tara 11, Semeniuk 3, Loser 9, Piccinelli (L), Cianciotta 0, Giannelli 4, Herrera Jaime 3, Colaci (L), Ishikawa 21. N.E. Candellaro, Solé. All. Lorenzetti. Cucine Lube Civitanova: Boninfante 5, Loeppky 9, Chinenyeze 8, Lagumdzija 26, Bottolo 8, Podrascanin 6, Gargiulo 1, Orduna 0, Bisotto (L), Balaso (L), Hossein Khanzadeh 1, Nikolov 2, Dirlic 1. N.E. Tenorio. All. Medei. ARBITRI: Cerra, Piana. NOTE – durata set: 30′, 38′, 28′, 30′, 20′; tot: 146′.
Within the friendly walls of PalaBarton, Sir Susa Vim Perugia comes from behind to win the match against Lube in a tie-break, which closes the sixth day of the first round of the regular season. Two hours and twenty-six minutes of high intensity play. The Block Devils start again with Francesco Zoppellari in the starting six, but find Giannelli back in the running, on his return after two days in the pits. The Marche team started ahead, winning the first two sets with greater service precision than the home team and above all thanks to their blocking (11 winning blocks in the first two sets). Then Perugia reverses course and wins two sets by a wide margin (25-18). The tie break, fought point by point at times, ended in a sprint for the hosts, driven by the attacks of Ben Tara and Ishikawa, MVP of the match with 21 points, 57% efficiency in attack and a winning block. On the opposite front, Lagumdzija stands out, top scorer with 26 points and 59% positivity.
MVP: Yuki Ishikawa (Sir Susa Vim Perugia)
Spettatori: 4.268
Yuki Ishikawa (Sir Susa Vim Perugia): “We didn’t start well in the first set. In the second we were ahead, but then we lost. Then in the third, from start to finish we were good and I’m very happy about that, but it’s only the beginning. We have to work even harder. Usually our strength is the serve and today it didn’t go in at the start. This is an important victory for the standings, we took 2 points and not 3, but it was still important to win.”
GIAMPAOLO MEDEI (coach Cucine Lube Civitanova): “We gained a point on the most difficult pitch of the championship, doing very well in the first part of the match. I want to underline the beautiful comeback in the second set, when with Giannelli’s entry onto the court, Perugia completely changed their game, putting us in great difficulty. At the same time, however, there is regret for the second part of the match, in which Sir greatly raised their level of play. We certainly could have done more. In general, I say that our away performances are improving, so I want to consider the glass half full.”
