Civitanova returns to the throne in the most difficult way possible . She wins the Scudetto, the fifth of her after 13 years from the first , after having gone under two sets to zero and after having seen death in the face. With the fear of defeat, after seven finals lost almost consecutively De Giorgi’s team (who had also won the first championship with Lube), rises again, gets up and goes to win in Perugia, which had not lost at home for 3 years. a playoff match . And on the wings of this enthusiasm now Lube flies to Berlin where on Saturday they will try to snatch the Champions League away from the Kazan champions.
The Palasport of Perugia is a bedlam of colors and passions: but almost immediately nn the first set and the black and white of Sir Safety that takes over with a series of Wilfredo Leon jokes that split the set . The home crowd believes it, Civitanova is in trouble. Five and even six points ahead. De Giorgi calls time out tries to find the rhythm of his team, but when this happens (with a series of lines from Juantorena) it is too late. La Lube approaches, but not close enough to worry Sir.
In the second set the script is the same. Perugia remains the mistress, only that once again the advantage of Sir (14-9) is eroded by a Lube that must always chase, but never gives up. The docking at an altitude of 21 in Civitanova (wall on Podrascanin) but and only a flash then the Sir resumes its march with Filippo Lanza who disguises himself as Leon in the joke and definitively breaks the set. The sports hall explodes definitively, the thin air of the Scudetto is ever closer to the hosts. Even if in the third Civitanova starts at a gallop (8-5) with Diamantini in the field permanently for Cester, Leal’s serve hurts a lot and Lube flies (10-5).
Perugia is in trouble, he makes a lot of mistakes in all parts of the field, Bernardi fishes on the bench, but the set belongs to Lube. The fourth set begins with the batting series of the Serbian striker Atanasijevic who gives back the charge to the fans, but Lube fights and defends all of Leon’s attacks. And it becomes a hand-to-hand fight.A final scudetto from the trenches is fought. One point at a time, one breath at a time. A point of advantage Civitanova and then one Perugia. The first one to give up is lost. And who stops first is the home team.
The whole series is decided in a set at 15. And Civitanova is more lucid and ruthless. Perugia and on his knees he goes under and this time he can no longer rise again. And now on the spur of this success, Civitanova can also go on to win the Champions League victory that Italy has been missing for 8 years.
THE
SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA TABLE – CUCINE LUBE CIVITANOVA 2-3 (25-22, 25-21, 12-25, 21-25, 10-15)
SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA: De Cecco 5, Lanza 10, Podrascanin 4, Atanasijevic 14, Leon Venero 20, Ricci 6, Della Lunga (L), Seif 0, Hoag 0, Colaci (L), Piccinelli 0, Hoogendoorn 0. NE Berger , Galassi. Herds Bernardi.
CUCINE LUBE CIVITANOVA: Mossa De Rezende 5, Juantorena 16, Simon 16, Sokolov 19, Leal 15, Cester 0, Marchisio (L), D’Hulst 0, Cantagalli 0, Balaso (L), Kovar 3, Diamantini 5. NE Stankovic , Massari. All. De Giorgi.
REFEREES: Rapisarda, Puecher.
NOTES – 4028 spectators, set duration: 29 ‘, 27’, 21 ‘, 30’, 17 ‘; tot: 124 ′
MVP: Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP
1946 Robur Ravenna
1947 Robur Ravenna
1948 Robur Ravenna
1949 Robur Ravenna
1950 Ferrovieri Parma
1951 Ferrovieri Parma
1952 Robur Ravenna
1953 Minelli Modena
1954 Minelli Modena
1955 Minelli Modena
1956 Crocetta Modena
1957 Avia Pervia Modena
1958 Ciam Villa D’Oro Modena
1959 Avia Pervia Modena
1960 Avia Pervia Modena
1961 Ciam Villa D’Oro Modena
1962 Interauto Avia Pervia Modena
1962 / 63 Avia Pervia Modena
1963/64 Ruini Firenze
1964/65 Ruini Firenze
1965/66 Virtus Bologna
1966/67 Virtus Bologna
1967/68 Ruini Firenze
1968/69 Pallavolo Parma
1969/70 Panini Modena
1970/71 Ruini Firenze
1971/72 Panini Modena
1972/73 Ruins of Florence
1973/74 Panini Modena
1974/75 Ariccia
1975/76 Panini Modena
1976/77 Federlazio Rome
1977/78 Paoletti Catania
1978/79 Klippan Turin
1979/80 Klippan Turin
1980/81 Robe di Kappa Turin
1981/82 Santal Parma
1982/83 Santal Parma
1983/84 Kappa Turin
1984/85 Mapier Bologna
1985/86 Panini Modena
1986/87 Panini Modena
1987/88 Panini Modena
1988/89 Panini Modena
1989/90 Maxicono Parma
1990/91 Il Messaggero Ravenna
1991/92 Maxicono Parma
1992/93 Maxicono Parma
1993/94 Sisley Treviso
1994/95 Daytona Las Modena
1995/96 Sisley Treviso
1996/97 Las Daytona Modena
1997/98 Sisley Treviso
1998/99 Sisley Treviso
1999/00 Piaggio Rome
2000/01 Sisley Treviso
2001/02 Daytona Modena
2002/03 Sisley Treviso
2003/04 Sisley Treviso
2004/05 Sisley Treviso
2005/06 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2006/07 Sisley Treviso
2007/08 Itas Diatec Trentino
2008/09 Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
2009/10 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
2010/11 Itas Diatec Trentino
2011/12 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2012/13 Itas Diatec Trentino
2013/14 Kitchens Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2014/15 Energy TI Diatec Trentino
2015/16 DHL Modena
2016/17 Cucine Lube Civitanova
2017/18 Sir Safety Conad Perugia
2018/19 Cucine Lube Civitanova
