Civitanova beats Perugia, Medei happy: “Victory worth a lot”

Medei celebrates

Cucine Lube Civitanova continued its home winning streak in the 2024/25 season, claiming its 12th consecutive victory between SuperLega Credem Banca, Del Monte Coppa Italia SuperLega and Challenge Cup. Not even Italian champions Sir Susa Vim Perugia managed to break the home unbeaten streak of the red-and-whites, who won with a comeback 3-1 (23-25, 29-27, 25-22, 25-16) in the sixth round of the Regular Season.

Driven by the’enthusiasm of a packed Eurosuole Forum with over 4,000 spectators, captain Balaso and his teammates sent a decisive signal ahead of the Italian Cup Final Four, which will be held at the Unipol Arena in Bologna on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2025.

"This victory is worth so much, first of all for the three points! In the return leg we definitely want to do better than’the first leg. Also, the success counts because’we were able to play consistently point-to-point with Perugia, despite the fact that our service tonight did not work well. The team has always believed in it, after the first set lost it kept the right concentration managing to win the second on a comeback, then in the fourth è it was Perugia that experienced a drop" says. Giampaolo Medei.

"The technical key is to be found in our steady growth recorded in the wall-defense phase, becauseé in matches like thisì è a single ball to make the difference, and these two fundamentals gave us important chances to close actions in our favor. Today the audience è was also extraordinary, and I hope that at’Eurosuole Forum it can always be like this, becauseé with a palas like this, with this wonderful audience, the team has an incredible charge" adds the coach of the Marche.