Cucine Lube Civitanova will need one more step to clinch the first place in regular season, thanks to the + 6 on Trento, with four games left in the tournament. After the clear 3-0 on Ravenna, the fresh winners of Del Monte Italian Cup will have the first place in season with a win on Diatec Trentino, second in the standings and determined to react after the 3-1 loss suffered by Lube in the Italian Cup final. In the previous matches Trento is in front of Lube, 30 wins for Trento and 22 for Civitanova.
Sunday 12th february 2017 -18.00
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Diatec Trentino live on RAI Sport 1
live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Santi-Vagni)
Video Check: Monini
PREVIOUS MATCHES: 52 (22 Civitanova, 30 Trento)
FORMER PLAYERS: Osmany Juantorena Trento 2009/2013, Tsvetan Sokolov Trento 2009/2012 – 2013-2014.
RECORDS:
In Regular Season: Davide Candellaro – 2 blocks to 300, Klemen Cebulj – 3 atacks to 1000 (Cucine Lube Civitanova); Matteo Burgsthaler – 2 attacks to 500 e – 2 blocks to 400, Simone Giannelli – 3 blocks to 100 (Diatec Trentino).
In Champioship: Tsvetan Sokolov – 3 blocks to 200 (Cucine Lube Civitanova); Filippo Lanza – 3 aces to 100 e – 5 blocks to 100, Daniele Mazzone – 4 aces to 100 e – 2 blocks to 300 (Diatec Trentino).
In Champioship and Italian Cup: Enrico Cester – 11 attacks to 1000, Jiri Kovar – 15 attacks to 1000 (Cucine Lube Civitanova); Sebastian Solé – 4 blocks to 300 (Diatec Trentino).
Nicola Pesaresi (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “On sunday versus Trento will be a key match to keep the first place for the playoffs. They will try to do everything to beat us for reach our first place, but we would love to continue our winning streak at home. Will be a big match, we have to give 100%”.
Massimo Colaci (Diatec Trentino): “The win versus Calzedonia Verona on wednesday gave us such a little bit of confidence, we kept the distance from Perugia in second place.We kow Lube, we know the difficoulty of this game, on a turf where anyone still defeated they, but we want to play at our best, knowing the pressure they are feeling”.
