Milano vs Lube | Highlights | Superlega 26/27

Milano vs Lube | Highlights | Superlega 26/27. Cucine Lube Civitanova fired 10 aces and swept Allianz Milano 3–0 (25–18, 25–19, 25–14) in Matchday 5 of the 2026/27 SuperLega Credem Banca regular season. Played on November 8, 2026, in front of 3,598 fans at the Allianz Cloud in Milan, the match lasted just 72 minutes. The win made it five victories in five matches for Lube, who took 15 points from a possible 15. Milano finished the round with six points and a 2–3 record.

Simeon Nikolov set the tone in the opening set with an ace that put Lube ahead 11–5. Tommaso Ichino’s serving helped Milano close the gap to 16–13, but Civitanova pulled away again and Giovanni Maria Gargiulo sealed the set 25–18. Aleksandar Nikolov and Basil Dermaux scored six points each in the opener.

Eric Loeppky took over from the service line in the second set, firing four aces as Lube held off Milano’s strongest comeback. Civitanova led 14–6 before Milano brought on Santiago Orduna and Davi Tenorio. Dermaux helped the hosts close to 18–15, but Loeppky struck again to make it 21–15, and Aleksandar Nikolov finished the set with a kill for 25–19.

Milano opened the third set with a 4–2 lead, but Gargiulo’s ace put Lube ahead 9–7 and Mattia Bottolo kept the pressure on from the service line. The Nikolov brothers combined on two plays as Civitanova stretched the lead to 23–12, and a block sealed the sweep at 25–14.

Giovanni Maria Gargiulo earned MVP honors with a team-high 13 points, a 61% attack success rate, one ace, and one block. Aleksandar Nikolov and Eric Loeppky added 11 points each, with Loeppky accounting for five of Lube’s 10 aces. Mattia Bottolo scored nine, and Simeon Nikolov added six while setting for a lineup that featured his brother Aleksandar at opposite.

Basil Dermaux led all scorers with 15 points for Milano, while Tommaso Ichino and Robertlandy Simón added five apiece. Tatsunori Otsuka stayed on the bench due to discomfort, with Ichino and Seppe Rotty starting as the outside hitters. Lube finished with 10 aces to Milano’s two and converted 53% of its attacks to Milano’s 37%. The sweep ended a three-season stretch in which Civitanova had failed to earn a regular-season point away at Milano.

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