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Post by future on Mar 31, 2019 13:25:52 GMT -5
Verona says hello to Civitanova. Trentino did the job. Come on Blu Volley! Man o Man I spoke to soon! Verona gving Lube EVERYTHING they can handle. Going 5 !! This is exactly what Lube doesnt need with those extra CEV Championship matches waiting out there still.
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Post by panicvb on Mar 31, 2019 14:20:42 GMT -5
Verona played a 3rd and 4th set. If they get a call, which I'm not sure happened on the one that was reversed, I think they get the win.
Also, do you know who the announcer is?
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Post by future on Apr 3, 2019 5:43:34 GMT -5
www.cev.eu/News.aspx?NewsID=28856&ID=5 BIG SEMIS Today www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=1114&PID=1617 Semi-Finals Home Matches F-001 Sir Colussi Sicoma PERUGIA 03/04 Zenit KAZAN 20:30 3:30pm Eastern F-003 PGE Skra BELCHATOW 03/04 Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA 18:00 12 Noon Eastern Two epic matches coming up on Wednesday with #CLVolleyM semis 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Men Luxembourg, April 2, 2019. Volleyball fans from across the globe can look forward to two epic matches with the first round of the 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League men’s semis coming up on Wednesday. With Sir Colussi Sicoma PERUGIA hosting six-time CL winners Zenit KAZAN in the ‘Match of the Week’, Poland’s PGE Skra BELCHATOW will be hoping to continue their journey in the competition when hosting Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA and playing before some 10,000 fans at the iconic Atlas Arena in Lodz. Make sure you follow these must-watch matches on EuroVolleyTV, with the bonus of English commentary available for both fixtures! Sir Colussi Sicoma PERUGIA (ITA) vs. Zenit KAZAN (RUS) • Sir Colussi Sicoma PERUGIA play their third straight CEV Champions League semi-final. They take on six-time winners Zenit KAZAN of Russia. • Back in 2017, Zenit KAZAN beat PERUGIA 3-0 in the gold medal match in Rome; last year, the Russians prevailed 3-0 in the semi-final they hosted in Kazan. • PERUGIA and Zenit KAZAN are the two top teams in attack in the competition, with a 55% and 53% success rate, respectively. PERUGIA have recorded 2.1 aces per set, while Zenit have scored 1.9 winning serves per set. • Superstar Wilfredo Leon plays for PERUGIA this season; he joined the ‘Block Devils’ after spending four years with Zenit KAZAN. • Lorenzo Bernardi will celebrate 134 matches at the helm of PERUGIA, an all-time record for any coach working for the Italian team. Lorenzo Bernardi, head coach of Sir Colussi Sicoma PERUGIA: “I am very pleased and proud that we have the chance to play for a spot in the finals against Zenit KAZAN. There are no words to describe this incredible Russian team but we are aware of our strength; we know that we are a different team from last year and we know our potential. We have to play this match, but most of all we have to enjoy playing a very tough game that will surely prove to be an amazing one too. I would like to play it myself.” PGE Skra BELCHATOW (POL) vs. Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA (ITA) • It will be the first PGE Skra game this season in Atlas Arena in Lodz. There will be almost 10,000 fans – thus accounting for a record of attendance in the Champions League this year. • At the press conference before the game, Mariusz Wlazły, the legend of PGE Skra, announced that he has extended his contract with the club for one more season. • PGE Skra played against Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA in the previous edition of the CEV Champions League as well. The Polish team lost those matches 2-3 and 0-3. • PGE Skra definitely play better in the CEV Champions League than they do in the Polish championship. The team is in the semi-finals of the CL but they lost to JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel in the quarterfinals of the PlusLiga playoffs. • One of the PGE Skra sponsors - Corpo – has prepared special gifts for the fans who will be the loudest ones to root for the home team.
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Post by netsetter on Apr 3, 2019 10:02:52 GMT -5
Both Lube and Skra are coming in off of tough weekends. Lube was taken to five sets by the 6 seed. Skra was knocked out of the PlusLiga playoffs. There as been an odd relationship between the Polish teams and the CL this year. Much of it had to do with favorable/unfavorable draws, but Skra came up big in the quarterfinals (punching above their weight in my opinion), and Gdansk almost knocked off Zenit Kazan. The team that is by far the best in Poland this year didn't get out of the group stage.
I think everyone is excited for Zenit-Perugia. Zenit Kazan had a huge hiccup at the FIVB World Club Championships, losing to Fakel and Lube in five sets and failing to get out of the group stage. Since that tournament they have won 35 of its 37 matches between the Super League, Russian Cup, and Champions League (one of those losses being its latest match against Gdansk in the second leg of the quarterfinals when it then won the golden set to advance). Perugia chose not to compete at the FIVB World Championships, but it is 33-4 in the SuperLega, Coppa Italia and Champions League. Leon is the most prolific server the Italian League has ever seen in the rally scoring era. This is also the case with his attack efficiency as measured by the Ponder Average, a metric used in Italy similar to an ERA in baseball. He is easily the most explosive player in the world, and he joins Aleksandar Atanasijevic, the highest-scoring player of the last eight years of Italian volleyball.
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Post by akbar on Apr 3, 2019 11:14:58 GMT -5
Skra looks awful so far.
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Post by netsetter on Apr 3, 2019 12:20:43 GMT -5
Skra was atrocious in serve receive in the first two sets. Lube didn't hit much better than Skra, but they held a 10-0 aces advantage going into the third set. Skra has settled down a bit in the third set (tied 16-16 right now), and have been able to frustrate the Lube pin hitters just a bit.
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Post by netsetter on Apr 3, 2019 12:38:35 GMT -5
Lube with the sweep. Leal and Sokolov both with 13 but only his .277 and .250 respectively.
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Post by akbar on Apr 3, 2019 13:16:01 GMT -5
Lube with the sweep. Leal and Sokolov both with 13 but only his .277 and .250 respectively. 10,000 very dissatisfied fans
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Post by netsetter on Apr 3, 2019 14:02:04 GMT -5
Kazan takes the first set 25-22. Poor passing due to great service pressure. Leon leading Perugia with 5 points on 5 kills and hitting .333. Atanasijevic scoring 4 on 5 swings hitting .800.
Anderson hitting .750 with 3 kills, but passing 0%. N'Gapeth with 8 on 6 kills and 2 aces, no errors, and hitting .857.
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Post by netsetter on Apr 3, 2019 14:34:13 GMT -5
Perugia evens it up a 1-1 after taking set 2, 26-24. Kazan had set point but couldn't stop Leon late. Theyalso put a clamp on Samoylenoko on set point. Anderson did not get set one time during that set.
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Post by netsetter on Apr 3, 2019 15:12:07 GMT -5
Kazan up 2-1 after winning 27-25. Anderson with 12 (hitting .900), N'Gapeth with 16, Mikhailov with 12. Leon has 16, Atanasijevic leading all scorers with 17.
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Post by future on Apr 3, 2019 15:21:37 GMT -5
Clearly didn't miss much in the 1st match. Boring it seems
This 2nd is a slugfest . Wish this was the final
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Post by akbar on Apr 3, 2019 15:32:13 GMT -5
That blown serve by Volvich killed that comeback. Could have cut that lead to 1.
Going 5
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Post by future on Apr 3, 2019 15:40:27 GMT -5
Going 5 Zenit did their job win or lose imo.
Home field advantage on the return favors them to advance.
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Post by akbar on Apr 3, 2019 15:54:14 GMT -5
NGAPETH!! save and then the block on Atanasijevic. who whines after. hhahaa
Perugia is weak in the middle
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