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ITA M: Ravenna shocked Modena, Grbić and Verona ran over Piacenza

by WoV
source: Photo: Ravenna

Ravenna have pulled off a major upset by beating the reigning champions Modena on the road! In the derby of the round, Verona defeated Piacenza in straight sets.

Modena vs. Ravenna

Modena vs. Ravenna

Well, this was one major upset! Ravenna arrived in Modena with the role of clear underdogs, but they will return home with all 3 points in their pockets! The team which is currently not even among the top 8 teams on the standings played a perfect match and outscored the reigning champions.

Maurice Armando Torres made 16 points for Ravenna, while Maarten Van Garderen added 15. On the other side, Luca Vettori put up 20 points for Modena, while Earvin Ngapeth finished the match with 14 points.

In the first game under the helm of their new head coach Nikola Grbić, Verona showed quite a reaction and defeated Piacenza in straight sets. Mitar Djurić was leading the home side with 19 points, while Uroš Kovačević made 16. 

Finally, Lube remained all alone at the top of the table after scoring an easy victory against Latina, while Trentino and Perugia used the defeat of Modena to jump above the reigning champions on the standings. 

DATE/TIME TEAMS SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 STATS VIDEOS
26.12.18:00 CUCINE LUBE CIVITANOVA LUBE MACERATA – TOP VOLLEY LATINA NINFA LATINA 3:0 25:13 25:17 25:14        
26.12.18:00 DIATEC TRENTINO TRENTINO BETCLICK – IOENE PADOVA; TONAZZO ; FIDIA ; PHYTO PERFORMANCE ; SOMEC PALAVOLO ; ANTONVENETA ; GIOTTO; EDILBASSO & PARTNERS :SEMPRE ; EUROPEAN 3:1 18:25 25:14 25:18 25:12      
26.12.18:00 AZIMUT MODENA DHL; PARMAREGGIO; CASA; TRENKWALDER; CIMONE; DAYTONA; KERAKOLL – BUNGE RAVENNA CMC RAVENNA CMC ROMAGNA 1:3 23:25 25:20 22:25 20:25      
26.12.18:00 CALZEDONIA VERONA – LPR VOLLEY PIACENZA ; COPRA PIACENZA ; COPRA BERNI COPRASYSTEL VENTAGLIO COPRA MORPHO ; COPRATLANTIDE ; COPRA NORDMECCANICA 3:0 25:16 25:22 35:33        
26.12.18:00 SIR SICOMA COLUSSI PERUGIA SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA – BIOSÌ INDEXA SORA GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 3:0 25:20 25:23 25:20        
26.12.18:00 EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA INDECO MOLFETTA – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA 0:3 24:26 26:28 23:25        
26.12.18:30 REVIVRE MILANO POWER VOLLEY MILANO – GI GROUP MONZA VERO VOLLEY MONZA 0:3 17:25 20:25 22:25        

 

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