Superleague, second act of the quarterfinals on Sunday
Superleague, playoffs
On the weekend in which the Play Off Scudetto will surpass 1,000 games, a milestone that will be cut in particular in the match between Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza and Rana Verona, the SuperLega Credem Banca prepares for Game 2 of the Quarterfinals. The first day of the Play Off Scudetto has already reserved very high level of play, a lot of agonism and no shortage of surprises. With the midweek interlude of the European cups also in the archives, the second act of the Quarterfinals at the best of five games is scheduled for Sunday, March 16. In two of the four series è the home court factor has already been skipped, but the journey è only just begun and the second phase è still all to be experienced, in the stands, but also on one’s own devices thanks to quality live TV coverage.
The second act of the Quarterfinals will therefore kick off precisely what, formally, will be the match number 1,000 in the history of the Play Off Scudetto: on the strength of the Corsican success in four sets achieved in the debut in the city’Arena, at 16.00 with DAZN live streaming, on the PalaBancaSport taraflex, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza seeks the’stretch over Rana Verona, a team in the hunt for a comeback and that just on the eve of the first match lost Rok Mozic to injury, seeing then violated by the Emilians their headquarters. Big newsà in the Verona house, since yesterday (Thursday, March 13) coach Radostin Stoytchev resigned. At 17.00, spotlight on the’Allianz Cloud for the exclusive VBTV match between the hosts of the’Allianz Milano, able to impose at the photo finish with a comeback in Game 1 in the Marche region, and Cucine Lube Civitanova, which after 16 home victories last Sunday lost the least indicated match and finds itself chasing, with the’additional burden of psychophysical energies spent Wednesday in Poland in the Challenge Cup first leg Final, lost in Lublin in 4 sets. At 6 p.m., with live coverage by Rai Sport, Cisterna Volleyball seeks to keep the series alive against the European champions of Itas Trentino by banking on the court factor. In the immediate pre-match match, moreover, Theo Faure, Cisterna’s opposite, will be awarded the title of Credem Banca MVP of the month in February.
In the first face-off, the Pontines played an even set on the Dolomites putting the Gialloblù in serious difficulty, who, however, once ahead in the sprint, took off, closing 3-0, and then repeated on Wednesday in the CEV Cup Semifinal with a tie-break comeback against Ziraat. The slate closes at 7 p.m. with DAZN-branded live streaming of the evocative challenge at PalaPanini between Valsa Group Modena and the Italian champions of Sir Susa Vim Perugia, who last Tuesday defeated Monza 3-1 in the European derby by avoiding the tie-break in the advantages of the fourth set. The Block Devils are ahead in the Quarterfinal series thanks to another comeback, the one they centered at home last Saturday, mainly due to the tenacity shown in the second set, which could have sent the Emilians to 2-0, but instead won by the Umbrians 32-30.13:23 14/03/2025
