Civitanova – Verona

Italy - Superlega, Playoffs, Quarterfinal

The moment of truth has arrived: on 05/07/2023, Eurosole in Civitanova will host Verona. The winner will have the opportunity to continue their pursuit of the championship title.

Verona emerged victorious in the first two matches, while the subsequent games were won by coach Blengini's Marche team.

These results might suggest an improvement for Lube, and to some extent, it has been the case, but in reality, the numbers, except for game 3 where Lube had exceptional percentages, show Verona consistently strong in attack and blocking with high percentages, while Lube has been more erratic in these fundamentals. In the last match, despite Verona's defeat, they led the entire game, but missed the opportunity to close the fourth set with four set points in their favor, and still had higher percentages in the aforementioned fundamentals.

Lube, on the other hand, managed to close the gap in physical differences by using their service as their strongest weapon, as Verona's weakest point is their reception.

I believe that in men's volleyball, attack and blocking have a greater impact compared to service, mainly because reception can be improved more easily, and the number of aces in service is balanced by a considerably high number of errors.

I think Verona is the favorite in this match, and I believe they will claim victory in this Game 5 of the quarterfinals.