After stopping surprisingly in the quarterfinals last season, Sada Cruzeiro gave the change in Volleyball Renata/Campinas this Sunday (4) and became champion of the men's Superleague 2024-25 In defeating the opponent, by turn, by 3 sets to 1, partials of 18-25, 25-23, 25-23 and 25-21, at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium, in São Paulo. With the title, the Minas Gerais team equals the state rival, Minas, as the biggest winner in the history of the competition, with nine achievements. The detail is that All Cruzeiro titles were won from the 2011-12 season here, with nine trophies in the last thirteen editions (The 2019-20 season has been canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic).
Just over 10,000 people were present at Ibirapuera, three days after the female edition final, held at the same place. In the first set, the mastery of the Campinas team, which managed to open the lead and support the lead without any problems, was caught in 25-18, in which it became the less fierce partial of the final.
In the second set, it was Cruzeiro's turn to fire in front, but Campinas reacted and even looked up. However, at the decisive time the cruise knew how to close.
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The third partial had constant balance, being decided only on the final stretch with a point of Lucão, which ended as the highest scorer of the team in the final, with 12 points.
Relieving the pressure, Cruzeiro reached the fourth set with confidence in the top, even opening six points advantage in the middle of the set. The victory and the title came in a Judson withdrawal error.
Cruzeirense triumph denied Campinas the possibility of being champion for the first time of the Superleague, after the deputy last season. In addition, it was the first victory of the mining team about the opponent in this Superleague, as the two clashes of the qualifying phase ended with victory of Campinas. Finally, he took revenge on the quarterfinals last year, when Cruzeiro, owner of the best campaign in the first phase, fell 2-1 in the best of three games series.
However, this year, Cruzeiro had a practically perfect season. In addition to the Superleague, he won Brazil Super Cup, Mineiro, South American Championship and the Club World Cup. Just did not get the Brazil Cup, which stayed with Minas.
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