Sir Susa Vim Perugia wins against Lube Civitanova and advances towards the championship final

They advance arm in arm for a while and it is Nikolov who breaks the deadlock by causing the second gap (19-16). A spark is needed that comes from Plotnytskyi's serve, two aces tie the scores (19-19). The inertia changes definitively with Ben Tara who makes it one to zero. At the restart there is a reaction from the former Podrascanin but the score remains in the balance (6-6). It is Lagumdzija again who gets the Marche team going and they go ahead by three lengths, Nikolov follows suit and creates the gap (17-12). Ishikawa is thrown into the fray but the reception fails and the gap increases (22-13). The tie is inevitable.

The third period of the game begins with Loser scoring repeatedly (7-10). Space for Loeppky among the locals, but Chinenyeze and then Gargiulo make themselves seen, keeping their breath on their necks (16-18). The unstoppable Ben Tara accelerates again (17-21). A turn from nine meters by Boninfante brings the score even closer (20-21). A pinch of cynicism is missing and Loeppky finds the equalizer (23-23). ​​Semeniuk sprints to find the attack for two to one. The fourth period remains balanced for a while (11-11). Problems emerge in reception and the Civitanova team takes advantage of this by scoring several blocks (23-19). Sentence postponed.

In the tie-break Plotnytskyi starts very strong and pushes far (4-11). Ben Tara signs the victory by easily exploiting one of the many match points accumulated by Perugia during the play-off partial.

Alberto Aglietti