Sada/Cruzeiro won, for the eighth time, the title of the Men’s Volleyball Super League. This Sunday (30), the Celeste team defeated Itambé/Minas, in the repeat of last season’s final, by 3 sets to 0, with partials of 25/18, 25/19 and 25/20. The final, in a single game, was played at Arena São José, in São José dos Campos (SP). The result isolated Cruzeiro as the biggest winner of the main men’s volleyball tournament in the country. The team started the 2022/23 season with seven titles, tied precisely with Minas, which has not lifted the Superliga cup since 2007. The Minastenistas, incidentally, lost the decision for the third time in a row. In 2021, the team was defeated by Taubaté in the final. The conquest crowns an almost perfect season for Cruzeiro, winning almost everything it played: Campeonato Mineiro, Supercopa, Copa Brasil and Campeonato Sul-Americano, in addition to the Superliga. The miners just didn’t lift the World Championship cup, being in third place, surpassed in the semifinal by Perugia (Italy), who took the title. Highlight Miguel López, from Cruzeiro, was the highlight of today’s final, with 22 points, in addition to being elected the MVP (Most Valuable Player, in the English translation). He was also part of the Superliga selection as the best in the position, as well as central Otávio, the Cuban’s partner in the Celeste team. Opposite Franco William (Vedacit / Guarulhos), setter Matheus Brasília, pointer Douglas Souza (both from Farma Conde / São José), libero Maique (Minas) and center Judson (Suzano) were also part of the ideal team of the season . Already the opposite Cruzeirense Oppenkoski took the prize of revelation. The decision also marked the farewell of setter William Arjona and opposite Leandro Visotto, both runners-up with Minas. William was part of the Brazilian team that won the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in 2016, while Visotto was a silver medalist at the London Games, in 2012. Case Wallace The duel also saw the return of Wallace Souza to the courts. The opposite had not played since January. He was suspended in February, initially on a precautionary basis, by the Ethics Council of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), for having published, on Instagram, an image in which he appeared armed with a pistol, along with the poll “I would shoot myself in the face of [presidente Luiz Inácio] Lula [da Silva] with this 12?”. In April, Wallace was judged by the board, which decided to leave for 90 days, which would leave him out of the final stretch of the Superliga. The Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD), which had already archived the news of infraction presented against the 35-year-old player, however, granted an injunction, releasing the athlete to act. [Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol]“. played little part in the final, with Oppenkoski holding the position, but it was up to the veteran to score the point that secured the title for Cruzeiro.
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