Superlega: Lube wins 3-0 on Modena and runs away. Brilliant Emilians

6. DAY
CUCINE LUBE CIVITANOVA – LEO SHOES MODENA 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-18)
Lube Civitanova kitchens: Mossa De Rezende 1, Kovar 3, Anzani 6, Ghafour 11, Leal 15, Simon 9, D’Amico (L), Rychlicki 0, Balaso (L), Diamantini 2. N.E. D’Hulst, Bieniek, Marchisio, Massari. All. De Giorgi.
Leo Shoes Modena: Christenson 0, Anderson 17, Mazzone 6, Zaytsev 15, Bednorz 7, Holt 3, Iannelli (L), Rossini (L), Pinali 0. N.E. Truocchio, Estrada Mazorra, Salsi, Rinaldi, Bossi. Giani All.
REFEREES: Simbari, Zanussi.
NOTES – set duration: 30 ′, 27 ′, 32 ′; tot: 89 ′.

CIVITANOVA – The big match of SuperLega Credem Banca is the Cucine Lube Civitanova. The Italian and European champions crash the Leo Shoes Modena in three sets (25-19, 25-20, 25-18) showing off an unbelievable showdown of the Eurosuole Forum (4126 spectators, 62.064 euros collection), and consequently maintain both the unbeaten record and the record in the league (7 wins out of 7, considering the advances played with Perugia and Sora).

IN THE FIELD – All in spite of the heavy absence of Osmany Juntorena, stopped a muscle problem and in the stands. De Giorgi chooses Kovar to replace him without further distorting his sextet, where Simon is confirmed in the middle with Anzani, and Ghafour opposed to director Bruno. That will be the great protagonist of the partial opening also with the service, which allows the cooks to constantly keep the ball of the game in hand (15-10 after Simon's counterattack that exploits his Iranian teammate's nine-meter broadside), and together with a sometimes unstoppable Leal in attack (7 points, 70% of effectiveness) such as the power plants (100% for Anzani and 71% for a super Simon), triggered in the end even by two excellent dribbles of the multitasking Ghafour.

THE MATCH – And the joke is the weapon in the most of the Balaso phenomenon (incredible what he can do in defense) and teammates in the second set: first break at 4-2 with an ace from the home veteran, 14-11 after a winning beat by Ghafour , then 18-14 with the short ball served by Brubo, and 24-19 with the fourth team ace, signed by the Leal bomber.

In the middle a punctual ball change like a Swiss watch (75% of team in attack, with Leal still top scorer at 5 points), in the presence of a Modena that also travels with 65% effectiveness on the dunks (Andreson 7 points with '88%), receives with the same percentages of the Marches, but commits 11 errors (at the end they will be 23 total) from nine meters. The last of which, by Bednorz, sets the 25-20 for the Cucine Lube.

Which at 2-0, becomes the protagonist of a further monologue in the third part (on 10-9 in Diamantini for Anzani), with the top scorer Leal (15 points, 67% in attack), Simon (9 points, 78%) and the mvp Amir Ghafour to play roles of great protagonists: the Iranian has closed the game with 11 points, 56% in attack and an ace.

THEY SAID

Amir Ghafour (Civitanova): "Our opponent today was unbeaten in the league just like us, so I would say that this is first and foremost a very important victory for the ranking. We have seen a Kitchens Lube almost perfect at times and we are happy with this. It means that we can best express what we train hard every day. The keys to victory were service and defense. We wanted to avenge the defeat with Modena remedied in the Super Cup and we succeeded " .

Matthew Anderson (Modena): "The service certainly made the difference tonight. From the beginning of the season to the present day the joke has always been one of our strengths, but on this occasion we did not repeat ourselves, indeed there were really too many errors from the nine meters. Despite this, we had our chances, managing to build them above all with defense. In the end the Lube certainly deserved ".