Two teams at the top with full points in the SuperLega Credem Banca on the eve of the 4th round of the 2024/25 Regular Season, scheduled for Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October. The European champions from Trento, at 9 points after the blitz in 4 sets at the Allianz Cloud, lead the standings hand in hand with Piacenza. In the next round, Sunday (4.00 pm in live streaming on DAZN), the Dolomites are awaiting the home match against Modena, seventh with 3 points, while the Piacenza hosts Taranto in the advance match on Saturday live on Rai Sport (with the match starting on Rai Play). The Padua team, having risen to 4 points, are looking for another feat away from home, precisely at the PalaSavelli in Porto San Giorgio, where on Sunday (6pm with live streaming only on VBTV) they will face the newly promoted Grottazzolina. The Scala team, having risen to 5 in solitary fifth position, host Civitanova at 4.00 pm on Sunday, with a television show on Rai 2 (start of the match on Rai Play). The Brianza team, tenth with 2 points, and the Milanese team, in mid-table with a one-point advantage over their cousins, are the protagonists of the Lombard derby on Sunday at the Opiquad Arena with live streaming on DAZN at 7pm. Shortly before, at 6.00 pm on Sunday, with live streaming only on VBTV, the match is scheduled between the Italian champions of Perugia, still unbeaten and third in the standings with 8 points after the showdown in the Modena “Temple”, and Cisterna Volley, stopped at 1 point after fighting for 4 sets at home against Piacenza, and intending to complicate life for the Block Devils too.
Top of the table shared with Trento for Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza, who won all the matches played by three points and have no intention of slowing down at home against Gioiella Prisma Taranto, with whom they lost only 2 times in the previous 7 matches. If Andrea Anastasi’s men have found the right alchemy, as was also seen in Cisterna di Latina, Dante Boninfante’s group took a step back in the last two matches, lost in Trento and at home to Padova, after the success in Home debut with Milan which had sent the fans into ecstasy. The Ionic players are banking on two former Gas Sales players, namely Roamy Alonso and Fabrizio Gironi, who are asked for important points. Among the guests Aimone Alletti chases wall no. 500 in the Regular Season, Andrea Santangelo is looking for the 12 points that separate him from the goal of 3000 career seals.
Taking center stage in challenge no. 53 between Rana Verona and Cucine Lube Civitanova is the showcase guaranteed by the live broadcast on Rai 2 at 4.00 pm (the match will start on Rai Play), who have beaten the Scala team 43 times, losing on 9 occasions. Among the hosts, there is an increasingly dominant Noumory Keita, author of 22 seals in the last match won with the maximum margin in the Marche in Porto San Giorgio against Grottazzolina. The one who can’t wait to take the field among the guests, however, is Marko Podrascanin, signed in the closed transfer market and available right from the fourth round at the Pala Agsm AIM. Lube, in the standings at +1 on the Venetians, comes from a 3-0 victory in front of their home fans against Monza. To hinder Medei’s troop there will be two exes, Francesco D’Amico and Marco Vitelli. Among the chefs, Adis Lagumdzija has his sights set on 1500 points in the Regular Season (-11), Barthelemy Chinenyeze has his sights set on 1000 (-7).
Fabio Soli’s Itas Trentino wants to continue the march with full points, but must deal with the long injury of Bela Bartha (abdominal injury) and the loose cannon Valsa Group Modena of Alberto Giuliani, who recorded only one victory in championship, but has clear room for growth. This is intersection no. 88 between the two teams, the yellow-blues won on 52 occasions against the Emilians. Even in Milan Gabi Garcia did not make Kamil Rychlicki regret, who is still recovering from the injury and has already returned to the field, but it was Alessandro Michieletto, MVP and top scorer, who took the team by the hand. Stopped at 3, the guests are coming from an internal defeat with the world champions despite the excellent approach to the match and a well-established feeling between Luciano De Cecco and Paul Buchegger (8 winning attacks in the 2000 in Italy). The only ex on the court is Daniele Lavia (14 points to 2500 in Serie A). Two exes crossed paths with the staff.
Massimiliano Ortenzi’s Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina has a score to settle with luck after the stop of Dusan Petkovic (9 points at 1500 in Regular Season) in the warm-up at the PalaSavelli before the match against Verona, a match then lost in three sets without the contribution of the Another injured player, Michele Fedrizzi. Both players mentioned, like Andrea Mattei, are the exes of the next match. Stopped at 1 point in the standings, the freshman tries again in the second consecutive match within friendly walls against another Venetian team, Sonepar Padova, who challenges the freshman for the first time and returns to the Marche region a few weeks after the defeat suffered on her debut on the pitch of Civitanova. Since then the Paduans have grown, gaining an internal point with Perugia and defeating Taranto in a fundamental direct clash. Jacopo Cuttini’s group is toying with the idea of another external undertaking to immediately distance themselves from the hot spots in the rankings.
Undefeated, but third behind Trento and Piacenza due to the “lost” point after the tie break in Veneto, Sir Susa Vim Perugia cannot afford to take a breather at home with Cisterna Volley, a club defeated in the two previous matches by the Umbrians, but always treacherous. The clear success achieved by the Block Devils in Modena removed even the slightest doubt about the form of Angelo Lorenzetti’s group, which a few days earlier had given the sensation of expressing itself in alternating current. The 6 aces and 9 blocks recorded in Modena closed the discussion. Just as the final point-to-point of the fourth set caged the Pontini’s hopes of reaching the tie-break against Piacenza, a rival who instead took full advantage despite the brilliance of Ramon Jordi and Efe Bayram among the Lazio players, supported by the monstrous performance by Daniele Mazzoni on the block (5 personal ones out of 13 team winners). The only former player in the match is Alessandro Piccinelli.
The worthy closure of the fourth round of the Regular Season is the postponement of Sunday, the Lombard derby n. 26 between Mint Vero Volley Monza and Allianz Milano, with the Milanese ahead 14 to 11 in the previous matches and with one more point in the standings. After the tie-break success in the Marche against Grottazzolina, the Brianza team never won any more sets, neither at home against Piacenza, nor in Civitanova in the last round. The path of the Ambrosians was different, appearing subdued in Taranto on their seasonal debut, perfect within friendly walls against Civitanova and combative on their own pitch against Trento, but less concrete than the Dolomites. The fact is that both teams need a victory. Former Milanese players Taylor Averill and Leandro Mosca haven’t played a single point so far. On the roster there is a former Monza native, Yacine Louati. Among the hosts, Ivan Zaytsev is ready to make his debut, having stopped in the pits in the first three rounds having been signed by the Brianza club after the first transfer window. Important records ahead: Arthur Szwarc is close to 1000 points in the Regular Season (-11), while Osmany Juantorena is in match no. 400 in Italy. Among the guests Matey Kaziyski does not want to be outdone: with 20 points he would reach 4000 seals in the Regular Season, while with 25 winning attacks he would reach 5000 points in his career. In Milan there is also a green light for Jacopo Larizza, who can only be deployed from the fourth matchday again for membership reasons.
4th Round First Half – Regular Season SuperLega Credem Banca
Sabato 19 ottobre 2024, ore 20.30
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Gioiella Prisma Taranto
Arbitri: Zavater Marco, Salvati Serena (Lentini Gianmarco)
Video Check: Ferrara Annarita
Segnapunti: Giancaspro Domenico
Diretta Rai Sport (inizio gara Rai Play) e VBTV
Domenica 20 ottobre 2024, ore 16.00
Rana Verona – Cucine Lube Civitanova
Arbitri: Carcione Vincenzo, Caretti Stefano (Jacobacci Sergio)
Video Check: Gioia Riccardo
Segnapunti: Rizzardo Chiara
Diretta RAI 2 (inizio gara Rai Play) e VBTV
Domenica 20 ottobre 2024, ore 16.00
Itas Trentino – Valsa Group Modena
Arbitri: Vagni Ilaria, Giardini Massimiliano (Sessolo Maurina)
Video Check: Crivellaro Mirco
Segnapunti: Sieder Cinthia
Diretta DAZN e VBTV
Domenica 20 ottobre 2024, ore 18.00
Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Sonepar Padova
Arbitri: Goitre Mauro Carlo, Lot Dominga (Galteri Andrea)
Video Check: Catena Lorenzo
Segnapunti: Marini Lorenzo
Diretta VBTV
Domenica 20 ottobre 2024, ore 18.00
Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Cisterna Volley
Arbitri: Verrascina Antonella, Cesare Stefano (Mannarino Matteo)
Video Check: Rosignoli Marco
Segnapunti: Ambrosi Irene
Diretta VBTV
Domenica 20 ottobre 2024, ore 19.00
Mint Vero Volley Monza – Allianz Milano
Arbitri: Cappello Gianluca, Simbari Armando (Marconi Michele)
Video Check: Buonaccino D’Addiego Michele
Segnapunti: Violini William
Diretta DAZN e VBTV
Standings SuperLega Credem Banca
Itas Trentino 9, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 9, Sir Susa Vim Perugia 8, Cucine Lube Civitanova 6, Rana Verona 5, Sonepar Padova 4, Valsa Group Modena 3, Allianz Milano 3, Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3, Mint Vero Volley Monza 2, Cisterna Volley 1, Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 1.
Volley and Media
Live Radio – Rai Radio Uno
The 80th SuperLega Credem Banca Championship will be the protagonist on RAI Radio 1 as part of “Domenica Sport”. Manuela Collazzo will be live every Sunday from Superleague’s Arenas. Updates on the results and scores of all other SuperLega matches will always be provided in the “Domenica Sport” column.
Live radio broadcast “Set&Note” on LatteMiele and LatteMiele.com
Marco Caronna’s radio raids on the fields of the SuperLega Credem Banca Championship are back. The host of the “Set&Note” program will follow the progress of the SuperLega Credem Banca Sunday matches live. “Set&Note” is also on the web in live streaming on www.lattemiele.com or by clicking the LatteMiele box on the homepage of www.legavolley.it.
Sports news
A report at the end of the Sunday match, together with other columns and insights on the protagonists of the SuperLega Credem Banca, will be broadcast within the “Tg Sport” in the editions on Rai 2, Rai Sport, and Rai News.
Sports Mediaset and TG5
Canale 5’s nighttime TG5 will offer a report on the SuperLega Credem Banca weekend with highlights and commentary on the matches. The same service will be broadcast with multiple passages in the Sport Mediaset news program, broadcast from midnight to 8.00 am. Space for a summary of the day also in the 1pm edition on Monday of the sports news.
“After Hours” and “Palla Avvelenata”
“After Hours, the SuperLega at night” is the Sunday evening web program signed by Lega Pallavolo Serie A, hosted by Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni, now in its fifth season. Many guests from the world of volleyball, every Sunday from 9.30pm on the Lega Pallavolo Serie A Facebook page and YouTube channel, gather a few hours after their championship commitments, discussing current events and telling about themselves, their history and their ambitions : an opportunity to get to know the protagonists of the SuperLega better. Third season instead for “Palla Poisoned”, midweek in-depth analysis of the SuperLega Credem Banca round that has just ended but already with a look at the upcoming one. Ball Poisoned airs on Tuesdays, with Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni called to the arduous task of containing the overwhelming irony of Leo Turrini. From this year, both programs are also available on Spotify, on the Lega Pallavolo Serie A channel.
