Havana, January 22 (JIT).- Star Roberlandy Simón reappeared in the Italian Volleyball Super League with a good performance, despite his team Piacenza falling to Milan in five sets.
In this sixth round of return, the Cuban giant scored 10 points, eight of them in attack for a 67 percent effectiveness, and added two more through service.
In another of the games, Jesús Herrera took advantage of his presence as a regular to add 19 points, 18 with spikes for an efficiency of 56%, plus an ace, although Perugia fell for the second consecutive round.
This time the defeat was against Civitanova, but Perugia maintains the lead with 15 victories and two defeats that give them 42 points.
Next Sunday Piacenza (12-5/35) will face Civitanova (11-5/36), who with this success occupied the third step.
Meanwhile Modena, where the young Villa Clara native José Miguel Gutiérrez plays, remains seventh, after its defeat against Verona in straight sets. The Cuban came on as a substitute in the third and played the entire fourth to accumulate seven points (3-2-2).
Meanwhile, Taranto managed to dominate Monza 3-2 in its particular fight to avoid being left in the basement. In that victory the Matanzas center back Roamy Alonso contributed four points in three sets (2-1-1).
In the last round of the Russian league, Osniel Mergarejo from Sancti Spiritus was the top scorer in Dynamo Leningrad's victory with 19 points, three of them from "walls" and the rest with shots and high accuracy in that action of 64%.
His fellow countryman from Villa Clara Marlon Yant also had the most outstanding contribution in Zenit St. Petersburg's victory by contributing 16 points and 61% efficiency in the attack. The other two points were in blocking and service.
In the Turkish league, his fellow countryman Miguel David Gutiérrez continues with his good performance and once again leads the top scorers by standing out in the smile of his team Altekma with 22 points.
Meanwhile, the Osaka Bluteon team, in which Miguel Ángel López from Cienfuegos plays, recorded two victories over the weekend against Toray Arrows Shizuoka to continue leading the Japanese league with 19 wins and only three losses.
