They played this afternoon four matches valid for the 20th day of the SuperLegathe top Italian men’s volleyball championship. Perugia outclassed Cisterna with a dry 3-0 and maintains its unbeaten season, reaching 33 successes in a row. The World Champions, already certain of first place in the regular season, remain firmly in command of the general classification with as much as twenty points ahead of Modena. The Block Devils trailed by the hitter Oleg Plotnytskyi (19 points, 4 aces), joined by the band Wilfred Leon (6) and supported by the opposite Kamil Rychclicki (8) under the direction of Simone Giannelli. For the Lazio players, who remain in ninth place and who see the run-up to the playoffs becoming more complicated, Petar Dirlic’s 13 seals and José Miguel Gutierrez’s 12 goals were not enough.
Civitanova was saved from the fifth defeat in the last six outings and beat Piacenza by recovering from 0-2. The Italian champions are confirmed in fourth position, but have only one point ahead of Verona and the Wolves. Verona beat Modena 3-2, making a comeback after winning the first two sets and then prevailing in the tie-break. The Scala players qualify for the playoffs and can concretely fight for fourth place, while the Canaries will battle Trento for second place in the last two days of the regular season.
Fundamental step from Padua with a view to salvation: the Venetians beat Monza in the tie-break recovering from 1-2 and now have a three-point lead over Siena and two over Taranto, the fight to avoid the only relegation to Serie A2 is increasingly heated. Prominent performance by Ran Takahashi (21 points, 4 aces), Dusan Petkovic (16), Davide Gardini (15) and Marco Volpato (6 blocks) against the Brianza players of Stephen Maar (20), Gianluca Galassi (13) and George Grozer (14). Below are the detailed results of today’s SuperLega matches and the general classification of the top Italian men’s volleyball championship.
SUPERLEAGUE VOLLEYBALL RESULTS TODAY
WithU Verona vs Valsa Group Modena 3-2 (25-19; 28-26; 19-25; 20-25; 15-10)
Cucine Lube Civitanova vs Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-2 (18-25; 22-25; 25-23; 15-13)
Sir Safety Susa Perugia vs Top Volley Cisterna 3-0 (25-23; 25-18; 25-22)
Vero Volley Monza vs Pallavolo Padova 2-3 (24-26; 25-17; 25-17; 20-25; 13-15)
VOLLEYBALL SUPERLEAGUE RANKING
Perugia 59 points, Modena 39, Trento 36*, Civitanova 32*, Verona 31, Piacenza 31, Monza 28, Milan 26*, Cisterna 23, Padua 18, Taranto 16, Siena 15*. *=1 game less.
Photo: Photo LiveMedia/Fabio Patamia
