The Ukrainian relentless in service, Sir undefeated. Milan conquers the PalaPanini. The other quarterfinals at the end of December: Trento-Cisterna, Civitanova-Milan and Verona-Piacenza
Perugia ends the first half of the season unbeaten; Lorenzetti’s team also repels Piacenza’s latest assault and in eleven matchdays leaves only three points on the way. Cisterna confirms the excellent period by overcoming Monza, while Milan conquers Modena. The direct elimination quarter-final pairings of the Italian Cup have also been defined, they will be played on 29 and 30 December with the best ranked team having the home advantage: Perugia-Modena, Trento-Cisterna, Civitanova-Milan and Verona-Piacenza .
PERUGIA-PIACENZA 3-2 (25-19, 25-23, 22-25, 17-25)
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Two hours and twenty minutes of battle, in the end Perugia celebrates thanks to the serves of Plotnytskyi who decides a tie break that had been balanced until then. The Umbrians go ahead 2-0, then Piacenza finds the key to reopening the match with the entry of Bovolenta, but in the final the series in the service of the Ukrainian decides a match played in spurts by the two teams.
Perugia: Plotnytskyi 16 points. Team aces: 11. Team blocks: 14. Plotnytskyi 4 aces, Semeniuk 3 aces, Giannelli 4 blocks.
Piacenza: Bovolenta 18 points. Team aces: 10. Team blocks: 8. Simon and Maar 3 aces.
CISTERNA-MONZA 3-1 (25-20, 21-25, 25-21, 30-28)
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Fifth victory in the last six matches for Cisterna, which overcomes Monza at the end of an endless fourth set and continues the race towards the mid-ranking areas. Ramon’s attacking performance and Nedelijkovic’s blocks were decisive for the home team, but above all the final performance after three fractions with a foregone conclusion. In Monza, the good day of the high-ball attackers, all in double figures, was not enough to leave the penultimate place in the rankings at the end of the first leg.
Tank: Ramon 20 points. Team aces: 8. Team blocks: 10. Faure and Bayram 3 aces. Nedelijkovic 4 blocks.
Monza: Szwarc 13 points. Team Ace: 4. Team Blocks: 11. Szwarc 4 blocks.
MODENA-MILAN 1-3 (20-25, 18-25, 25-21, 20-25)
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In the match that put sixth place up for grabs and the match with Civitanova in the Italian Cup, Milan prevailed, defeating PalaPanini in four sets. The match between strikers Buchegger and Reggers ends in a draw (18 balls landed for both), but Piazza’s team can also count on the Kaziyski-Louati pair, 30 points between them, to give themselves an important success.
Modena: Buchegger 18 points. Team aces: 6. Team blocks: 5. Rinaldi 4 aces.
Milan: Reggers 18 points. Team Aces: 9. Team Blocks: 3.
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