Lube - Milano

Italy - Superlega, Round 21

On March 4th, at the Eurosole, Lube will host one of the Coppa Italia semifinalists, Milano. Lately, Lube has been demonstrating its true strength in this fluctuating championship, playing excellent volleyball against Siena away from home (0-3) and winning the last match against the Coppa Italia winners, Piacenza, with a great comeback from 0-2 to 3-2. Certainly, Lube is going through its peak form period, with Yant proving to be the real driving force behind the team.

On the other hand, we have Milano, which has been defeated for the second consecutive time against the great Trento both in Coppa Italia and in the championship, losing 3-2, led by the excellent Ishikawa who got injured in the third set when Milan was ahead 2-0, leading to Trento's comeback. Ishikawa is the real leader of the team, raising the level both in reception and attack (21 points in 3 sets played last week). However, his injury and the positivity for COVID of two Milano players will make the match, in my opinion, a lopsided one for Civitanova, which I believe will win 3-0.