Itas unbeatable at home and owner of the summit: Lube punished by errors in service (26!). Three sets and less than 90 minutes are enough to close the match in Emilia
The championship day offers heavy verdicts both for the race to the top and for the playoff zone. If on the one hand Piacenza regains its smile and lost continuity, on the other Trento confirms a home supremacy that now seems insurmountable, repelling the assault of a never tamed Civitanova.
PIACENZA-CUNEO 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-17)
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Piacenza smiles, interrupting the series of three consecutive knockouts in the championship and in less than an hour and a half overtakes Cuneo, preventing the Piedmontese from emerging from the dark period. Gas Sales Bluenergy returns to racing thanks to the Mandiraci-Bovolenta-Galassi trio, authors of 36 points almost equally distributed, and an excellent performance by Porro, an inspired director capable of keeping all his teammates in the game. There is only one moment in which the match leans in favor of the guests, it is the start of the second set; Piacenza, however, changes pace thanks to an excellent serve and sets the tone, preventing the Piedmontese (despite Sedlacek’s 11 points) from staying ahead in important moments.
Piacenza: Send us 13 points. Team aces: 9. Team blocks: 4. Bovolenta 3 aces
Wedge: Sedlacek 11 points. Team Ace: 1. Team Blocks: 2
TRENTO-CIVITANOVA 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22)
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Not even Civitanova interrupts Trento’s unbeaten home run that has lasted 14 months; Lube tries but it is Itas who rejoices thanks to the excellent performance of the entire team, starting with the Gabi-Ramon duo capable of attacking at excellent levels. In Civitanova 9 aces were not enough, also because 26 errors also came from the service which condemned the players from the Marche region. The show was spectacular in the comparison between central defenders, with Gargiulo hitting 82 percent of the balls and the Flavio-Bartha duo hitting 83 and 88 percent respectively. Nikolov, as usual, puts the team on his shoulders and Bottolo follows him, but Trento is truly an unbeatable team at home and earns three points that keep them at the top of the table.
Trent: Michieletto 17 points. Team Ace: 5. Team Blocks: 8. Flavio 5 blocks
Civitanova: Nikolov 24 points. Team ace 9. Team blocks: 3. Nikolov and Bottolo 3 aces
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