De Cecco became the most winning Argentine in the history of the Italian Super League. Photo www.legavolley.it
Luciano De Cecco made history in the final of Italian Super League when shouting champion in t-shirt dand Lube Civitanovawho won 3-0 (partial 25-23, 25-16 and 25-21) at perogia from Sebastian Sole | and closed the final series by 3 to 1. So, the Santa Fe owner added his third shield and he became Argentina’s most successful player in tournament history, as did NBA volleyball.
De Cecco – who lifted the trophy last year along with Lube and won another title in 2018, certainly in Perugia – added just three points to the game he played at home in Eurosuole Forum. But he was a key figure not only in setting up the game, but also in blocking and defending.
In his third assignment, santafesino improved the record he shared until this Wednesday with sanjuanino Raul Quiroga and the Rosary Juan Carlos Cuminettiwho also knows how to celebrate two titles in the highest category of Italian volleyball.
De Cecco, in the top row wearing a red, white and green hat, celebrates the title. Photo www.legavolley.it
De Cecco’s team won 3-2 (25-17, 26-28, 20-25, 25-17 and 15-13) in the first point, played on May 1 at home to Perugia, and extended the lead in the series by winning 3-0 (25-21, 29-27 and 25-22) in second at home. Solé’s team, which is looking for its second Scudetto after winning it in 2015 with Trentino, is discounted in front of its public with 3-1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-18 and 26-24 ) in the third. But he could not stretch the meaning and ended up giving the title.
This is the second consecutive final played by De Cecco and Solé, who nine months ago together celebrated the Argentine national team’s massive conquest, Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze. And the fourth in a row between Lube and Perugia, protagonists of a duel that in recent years has become one of the most fascinating clashes in Italian volleyball.
Perugia, with De Cecco on the pitch, won 3-2 in the 2017/18 edition. It was the first title of that tournament for the Santa Fe player and the first and only one that the team from the Umbria region has credited.
The following year, victory went to Lube, who also won the final series 3-2, and De Cecco was left wanting to add his second Scudetto.
In April 2020, after the cancellation of the 2019/20 Super League playoffs due to pandemic (no champion), De Cecco changed his shirt and signed a contract with Lubewho won the Champions League in 2019. Soon after, Perugia announced the arrival of Solé, who played an unfinished championship with Verona.
Last season, the two teams dominated the regular stage and clashed again in a very special final for Argentine volleyball, where De Cecco once again celebrated. Furthermore, he scored a decisive point to seal the win in the fourth point of the series, which Lube won 3-1.
De Cecco earned his second consecutive trophy on the Lube jersey. Photo www.legavolley.it
Perugia and Lube are again the best teams in the regular stage of the 2021/22 championship. Solé’s club, which a few days ago announced his retirement from the national team to focus on his family and his career in Europe, finished first with 67 points and a record 22 wins and two losses. . He swept the quarterfinals 2-0 Top Volleyball and in the semis, by 3 to 2 to modern.
De Cecco joined him at the table with 57 units and a 19-5 mark. He won 2-0 against Monza in the first round of the playoffs and then beat 3-2 Trentino.
And in the clash for the crown, smiling again was De Cecco, the Argentinian Italian volleyball record holder.
Source: Clarin
