It’s almost a top versus bottom encounter this Friday night. The Leaders of Civitanova will play host to Milan, currently last from bottom. They have different goals but the same will to start this 2017 brightly. Civitanova ended 2016 with a three-set victory over Sora and will want to start where they had left off. Milan stands just one point over the bottom team, Sora. Milan’s last victory goes back to the first return game against Molfetta, only disappointing outings followed in spite of the good performance against Modena. Indeed, they were swept by Monza and Vibo Valentia.
SuperLega UnipolSai round 18
Friday 6 January at 6.30pm
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Revivre Milano Diretta RAI Sport 1
Diretta streaming su www.raisport.rai.it
Sunday 8 January at 6pm
Exprivia Molfetta – Kioene Padova Live on RAI Sport 1
Diretta streaming su www.raisport.rai.it
Azimut Modena – Top Volley Latina Live on Lega Volley Channel
Diatec Trentino – LPR Piacenza Live on Lega Volley Channel
Calzedonia Verona – Bunge Ravenna Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Gi Group Monza – Biosì Indexa Sora Live on Lega Volley Channel
League table
Cucine Lube Civitanova 44, Diatec Trentino 41, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 40, Azimut Modena 38, Calzedonia Verona 31, LPR Piacenza 27, Gi Group Monza 25, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 24, Bunge Ravenna 19, Exprivia Molfetta 15, Top Volley Latina 14, Kioene Padova 14, Revivre Milano 13, Biosì Indexa Sora 12
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Revivre Milano
PAST ENCOUNTERS: 5 (All Civitanova)
Dragan Stankovic (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “This is an opportunity to get off to a good start in 2017. It will all depend on our level. Our goal is to remain focused without thinking too much about the league table or where our opponents stand. We’ll need to work point after point to try to take the three points. They will play loose and try to make it hard for us. After a short break, we’re ready to continue our positive run ».
Sasha Starovic (Revivre Milano): “This is one of the most in-form teams right now. They’re top of the league and play quality volleyball. We’ll have nothing to lose, we’ll play loose and will try to get rid of that pressure we felt in the last two games against Monza and Vibo. We have to find our game, our rhythm, like in the first two return games when we managed to take a point against Modena. I hope 2017 will be different for us : We have to show what we’re worth in this game and then continue to do so until the end of the regular season ».
