Civitanova Marche (Macerata), 01 December 2024

SuperLega, first half of the season ends with four sets played in Civitanova

The first half of the 2024/25 SuperLega Credem Banca regular season ended with a four-set defeat for Itas Trentino men's team in Civitanova Marche. This evening, the European Champions had to face their second defeat of the season in the league, giving way to the home team Cucine Lube.
The home team has confirmed their unbeaten record in their stadium even on this occasion (sixth three-point victory in as many matches played), winning the long tug-of-war between the two teams during the tenth round match. Itas Trentino returns to second place in the standings, overtaken once again by Perugia (who won in Monza today), without managing to collect points in the Marche region despite often giving the impression of being able to take control of the game. After losing the first set in a sprint, Soli's team easily won the second set and built important leads both in the third (14-10) and in the fourth (19-16) periods, but failed to capitalize on them. Credit goes to a very determined and decisive Cucine Lube, who managed to come back thanks to substitutions made by Medei during the game, with the entry of Loeppky and Dirlic bolstering the efforts during the break points phase carried out by Nikolov (22 points and MVP of the match). For Itas Trentino, the usual convincing performance by Michieletto (26 winning shots with a 61% hitting rate, three blocks and an ace) and the double-digit scores registered by Lavia, Rychlicki, and Flavio (12 each) were not enough to finish the match positively, resulting in a final outcome that was too punitive for the yellow-blue team.

Below is the match report for the 10th round of the 2024/25 SuperLega Credem Banca regular season, played this evening at the Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova Marche.

Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 3-1
(25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23)
CUCINE LUBE: Chinenyeze 8, Lagumdzija 5, Nikolov 22, Podrascanin 5, Boninfante 4, Bottolo 4, Balaso (L); Gargiulo, Poriya, Dirlic 10, Loeppky 9. Not used: Orduna, Bisotto, and Tenorio. Head coach: Giampaolo Medei.
ITAS TRENTINO: Pellacani 6, Sbertoli 2, Lavia 12, Flavio 12, Rychlicki 12, Michieletto 26, Laurenzano (L); Gabi Garcia 1, Bartha, Magalini. Not used: Bristot, Pesaresi, Acquarone. Head coach: Fabio Soli.
REFEREES: Cerra from Bologna and Puecher from Rubano (Padua).
SET DURATION: 31’, 26’, 31’, 32’; total 2h.
NOTES: 3,403 spectators, revenue of €38,455.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: 7 blocks, 4 aces, 15 service errors, 7 attacking errors, 52% attack efficiency, 46% (29%) reception efficiency.
Itas Trentino: 6 blocks, 5 aces, 18 service errors, 7 attacking errors, 55% attack efficiency, 48% (34%) reception efficiency. MVP: Nikolov.

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