Volleyball, Superlega: Civitanova beats Verona and defends second place

Verona-Civitanova 1-3 (14-25, 25-23, 20-25, 18-25)
Lube raises its head after the coat remedied this week against Andrea Gardini’s Poles in the Champions League. With first place already unreachable, Lube had to defend the second from the onslaught of Trento and Modena, so she needed a three-point win to keep her distance from her opponents. He takes the field with Zaytsev opposite (Gaby Garcia on the bench) and Yant confirmed on the field. On the bench we see Kovar again (in the final he will also make an appearance on the field) and Juantorena who also warm up and it hasn’t happened for months at Lube that has a rocket start thanks to a series of winning jokes by Lucarelli (who does not yet have the contract for next year) that immediately breaks the set. Stoytchev does not change team and confirms the formation that lost the first fraction at 14. The move proves him right and Verona reopens the game with a block and defense, even reaching +5, but it is not enough. Rok Mozic, the star of the Veronese, injured his right foot.

Mozic foot

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Falling back from a wall it invades and Zaytsev cannot avoid it. Magalini enters while the Slovenian is in pain. La Lube equalized at 21, but Verona has something more in this set and takes the lead again. With a wall of courtesy, even the score. But the dream of Spirito (confirmed owner) and his companions ends here. Stoytchev tries to probe the bench in search of alternative solutions, but without finding a way to beat Lube who relaxes in the third and fourth sets going to exploit Ivan Zaytsev a lot. Civitanova hits the target (three-point victory) and goes back to thinking about Europe and how to qualify for the Champions League semi-final!