Lubе Civitanova postponed its first away victory in the 2024/25 Credem Banca SuperLega for the third time, but earned a point from their visit to champions Perugia. This happened after a complete turnaround in the match, which closely resembled the Jesi Volley Cup final in September.
Cucine Lube Civitanova managed to take the first two sets, but Sir Susa Vim Perugia showed character and turned the tide to celebrate a 3:2 (21-25, 25-27, 25-18, 25-18, 15-12) victory. The point won on the toughest court in the tournament allows Giampaolo Medei's team to move to 10th position in the standings, while awaiting their two home matches: first against Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza (Sunday, November 3, 4:00 PM) and then with Valsa Group Modena (Sunday, November 10, 6:00 PM).
Lube offered great volleyball in the first two sets, after which they fell into a "hole" for short periods in the third and fourth parts, which allowed the hosts to bring things to a tie-break. In it, the guests fought, but failed to create anything more than winning this valuable point. Adis Lagumdzija finished as the top scorer (26 points with 59% and 2 aces).
Perugia overcame difficulties thanks to the contribution of Giannelli and Ishikawa (MVP with 21 points), who came off the bench. Besides the Japanese, Plotnytskyi (13), Ben Tara (11) and Russo (10) also scored in double digits. The home team outperformed the guests on serve, where they made 10 aces against Lube's 5. Perugia was slightly more precise in attack, while the red-whites stood out in blocking (14 to 8). Alex Nikolov entered more permanently in the tie-break and scored 2 points - one in attack and one in block.
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