Decisive wall (15 points): first important victory for the Emilians, currently fourth. Lube with no escape despite Nikolov’s 20 points. Fourth set without history
MODENA-CIVITANOVA 3-1 (25-23, 26-24, 20-25, 25-11)
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Heavy victory for Modena which takes the first important success of the season which is currently worth overtaking Lube in the standings, thus climbing to fourth place, awaiting the other matches of the penultimate first leg. A great performance for the gialloblù in front of 3,500 spectators. The wall in particular made the difference. In fact, the yellow-blues scored 15 points with this fundamental, compared to just 3 for the guests, without neglecting the 10 aces with 22 errors. In two Modena power plants, especially Sanguinetti but also Mati Pardo were decisive. The joke did the rest by putting Lube’s reception in difficulty. The decisive set, which ended 25-11, is the photograph of Lube’s bad moment, the fourth defeat in the last 5 days. Among decisive moments, the end of the second set, with Civitanova who wasted a set ball, then allowing Modena to reach and overcome it thanks to Mati Pardo’s blocks. In the third, the return of Civitanova was almost physiological, having grown above all in attack. Fourth partial without history, almost humiliating for Medei’s team.
Modena: top scorers Davyskiba 15, Sanguinetti 14, Porro and Buchegger 10. Muri 15 (5 Mati, 3 Sanguinetti and Buchegger)
Civitanova: top scorers Nikolov 20, Loeppky 14, Bottolo 7. Muri 3