Play Off 5th place, Lube on the pitch on Monday (8.30pm) in Piacenza to chase the Final. Coach Giannini: “Attitude will count!” – Lube Volleyball

Less than a week after the 3-1 victory of the Italian vice-champions at PalaBancaSport in the last round of the Group Play Off 5th Placethe Lube kitchens Civitanova will return to Emilia to challenge the home team again Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza. There Single match semi-final Of Monday 22 April (8.30 pm with live Volleyball TV and Radio Arancia) will offer access to the showdown for the pass that would open the doors to the 2025 Challenge Cup. In the event of victory in Piacenza, the red and whites would compete in the last act with the winner of the other Semifinal going to play at Pala AIM Agsm against Rana Verona (group leader) or at the Eurosuole Forum against the Valsa Group Modena (fourth force).

Final Standings Play Off Group 5th Place

Rana Verona 13 points, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 11, Cucine Lube Civitanova 9, Valsa Group Modena 5, Cisterna Volley 4, Pallavolo Padova 3.

Play Off Semifinals 5th Place Credem Banca

Monday 22 April, 8.30pm

Shovel AIM Agsm

Rana Verona – Valsa Group Modena (live VBTV)

Monday 22 April, 8.30pm

PalaBancaSport

Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Cucine Lube Civitanova (live VBTV and Radio Arancia)

Play Off 5th Place – The formula

The four losing teams in the Scudetto Play Off Quarter Finals and the 9th and 10th ranked teams at the end of the Regular Season play a one-way round-robin tournament which includes 5 matches for each team. The 4 best teams play in the Semifinals and Final in a single match at the home of the best ranked team at the end of the tournament. The winner is qualified for the 2025 Challenge Cup.

Piacenza’s latest lineup

In the match lost 3-1 at home against Civitanova, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza took to the field with Brizard as setter and Romanò as opposite, the former red and whites Ricci and Simon in the centre, the former cook Lucarelli with Recine in the lead, Scanferla libero.

Romano Giannini (coach Cucine Lube Civitanova) speaks:

“We have to go onto the field with the right mentality, we are playing for an important goal against a team that has just been beaten in the Group. We absolutely must not let our guard down, which is precisely why we approached training with care and maximum concentration, forgetting Wednesday’s beautiful victory, also because we will start again from zero to zero. After all, we are Lube and we always play to win, even if the goal is no longer the Scudetto. Two valuable rosters will face each other, but our attitude could play a decisive role in the outcome of the match!”.

Match referees: Roberto Boris from Vigevano (PV) and Stefano Caretti from Rome.

Crossroad number 13: the teams met 12 times: Cucine Lube won 10 matches, while losing on 2 occasions.

Previous four this season: 1 time in the 5th Place Play Off Group (1 Civitanova success), 2 times in the Regular Season (1 Civitanova success, 1 Piacenza success), 1 time in the Super Cup (1 Civitanova success in the Semi-final).

A precedent in the 5th Place Play Offs: 1 success Civitanova in the 2023/24 Group.

Former roster: Adis Lagumdzija in Piacenza in 2021/22; Yoandy Leal in Civitanova from 2018/19 to 2020/21, Ricardo Lucarelli Santos De Souza in Civitanova in 2021/22, Fabio Ricci in Civitanova in 2012/13, Robertlandy Simon in Civitanova from 2018/19 to 2021/22.

A member of Lube spent time in Piacenza, but with Copra, a member of Gas Sales played in the youth team of Cucinari

Luciano De Cecco played for Piacenza in the two-year period 2012/13-2013/14. On the opposite front, however, Francesco Recine boasts a history in the kitchen nursery.

Players chasing records

In career: Yoandy Leal – 34 points at 2500, – 1 winning block at 200; Alex Nikolov – 29 winning attacks at 800m (Cucine Lube Civitanova).

How to follow the race

Live TV streaming on Volleyball TV.

Live Radio Arancia Network with commentary by Gianluca Pascucci. You can also download the Radio TV Arancia & more application to listen to the radio commentary on your device.

Live updates also on the official Lubevolley profiles.