Playoffs, game 4 of the quarterfinals. Allianz with its back to the wall. Challenge Civitanova to go to the “bella“

Allianz Milano has its back to the wall and with this sword of Damocles hanging over its head it takes to the field, today at 20.30:4 pm at the Allianz Cloud, for the decisive Game 5 of the quarterfinals of the championship playoffs against Cucine Lube Civitanova. The team from the Marche have the golden opportunity to close the series and fly to the semifinals (where Perugia is waiting to find out their opponent) while the team from Lombardy will have to do everything to go to game 3, scheduled for the Eurosuole Forum this weekend. The quarterfinals started off well with a victory in Civitanova, but were followed by two defeats, including last Sunday's 1-60. Piazza's team will have to play without smudges, focusing on the block-defense phase, serving and above all attack. The best Reggers will be needed, first in the post-season standings with 58 points, ahead of Michieletto's 49 and Maar's XNUMX. If Milan loses, for the first time in two seasons they will return to play the playoffs for fifth place, which put the Challenge Cup, the third most important European cup, up for grabs. The scudetto semifinals are still the minimum objective of a not very exciting season, in which Lube eliminated the Milanese from the Coppa Italia and in which they were eliminated just one step away from the Champions League quarterfinals. Giuliana Lorenzo