Verona - Lube

Italy - Superlega, Quarterfinal, Playoff

On April 1st, Verona will host coach Blengini’s Marche team. For the veronese, it will be a golden opportunity to close the deal and qualify for the semi-finals, while for Lube there is an interest in taking this match to game 5. The first two matches were won by coach Stoytchev’s boys, while the last one saw coach Blengini’s team favored with a performance far beyond their capabilities with Nikolov deployed as a “fake opposite” perhaps with the best performance of his career, 84% in attack and zero errors, with a total of 67% for the team against an excellent 59% for Verona. The numbers are clear: while Verona has a significantly higher attack average than Lube and despite the defeat always manages to keep its performance bar high, for Lube it was a bit of a season performance. Lube has never had these percentages and I would take it as a “positive day” rather than a general improvement of the team. For this reason, in fact, I see more of a favored Verona that always manages to express an excellent rather than Lube which is more fluctuating. In addition, the field will play in favor of the Veronese so I do not believe that Civitanova can take home this match.