Hernandez spikes against Diatec Trentino block during game 3 in PalaTrento
Ph. Trabalza
Trento, March 26th, 2016
It will be played tomorrow in Molfetta, on Sunday, March 27th, Game 4 of the quarterfinals playoffs Championship UnipolSai 2016. Diatec Trentino will travel to Puglia for the fourth time this season to look for a new victory, which would allow it to gain access to the semifinals, being ahead 2-1 in the series that is articulated to the best of five games. The kick-off is scheduled at 6.00 pm: broadcasted live on Radio Dolomiti and live streaming (free) on Volleyball League Channel on www.sportube.tv.
HERE DIATEC TRENTINO From Russia to Puglia through Trento. After gaining the pass to the semifinals of the CEV Champions League, the Italian champions immediately take back the bags to try to hit the same result even in the board of the playoffs Championship UnipolSai 2016. The 3-0 victory in Game 3, reported the advantages in the series to Giannelli and teammates, offering two chances to close the discussion. The first of tomorrow is inevitably the most delicious because then it would offer as a result quite a long time (thirteen days) to prepare for the next game (eventually scheduled on April 9th).
Radostin Stoytchev however, is rather cautious in presenting the important event: "The 3-0 of seven days ago hasn’t completely closed the games” - said the coach of Diatec Trentino, which in Puglia will direct the team for the 382^ time in his career. -”Molfetta is a team that knows how to get us in trouble and in front of their home crowd, they play always their best volleyball, finding often a good spin to the service. We will have to present ourselves to the challenge with great attention and concentration, avoiding a bad approach to the match as it happened instead in Game 2. Losing the first two sets in that case, it was fatal”.
The Yellow-blues will reach Puglia already today afternoon and already in the evening will support in PalaPoli the first of two training sessions planned before the race (the second on Sunday morning). The Bulgarian technician is still not able to count on De Angelis, but Kaziyski, Djuric and Lanza will be available again; the Captain in recent days have regularly trained with the group.
Game 4 of the quarterfinals of the playoffs Championship UnipolSai 2016 will be the 88th game in Play Off Championship for Trentino Volley: the budget is 56 victories and 31 defeats. In the quarterfinals the tricolor’s Club played so far a total of 42 races, playing only three times the fourth Game of the series: in the 2003 Edition (home victory at the tie-break against Modena), in 2004 (lost in PalaTrento for 1-3 against Perugia) and in 2005 (2-3 defeat always in PalaTrento against Piacenza).
PREVIOUSLY On Sunday will be play the eighth season comparison, the fourteenth of all time, between Molfetta and Trento, challenge that occurs regularly only three seasons in the league. The budget is favorable to the Italian champions to 9-4, but three of the successes of Puglia have just arrived in the last fourteen months to PalaPoli, where Trentino Volley won only three of the six circumstances. The only recent victory of the Italian champions in Exprivia refers to December 22nd, 2015 to 3-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup (partial 25-22, 25-22, 25-13) while that of the regular season was the prerogative of Molfetta always in straight sets on November 25th, 2015 (score of 25-21, 25-21, 25-20). In the playoffs Championship the two teams met only twice in PalaPoli: 3-2 for Trento on April 19th, 2015 and statement of Puglia for 3-1 in the most recent previous year.
THE SERIE Diatec Trentino ahead 2-1 in the series of the quarter-final which is played to the best of five games, by virtue of the 3-0 accrued at PalaTrento in Game 1 on March 10th with a partial 25-21, 25-15, 25-20, of the defeat suffered in Puglia for 1-3 (21-25, 24-26, 25-18, 14-25) on March 13th and the new 3-0 (25-16, 32-30, 25-17) got in PalaTrento on March 19th. The Game 4 in Puglia on Sunday might be the last one just in case of Stoytchev’s team’s victory. If is going to be Exprivia to establish itself, will be require Game 5 of playoff race - eventually scheduled on Sunday, April 3rd in PalaTrento at 6.00 pm. Who will pass the turn in the semifinals (also this series will be the best of five games and will start on Saturday April 9th) will find in the semifinals the winner of the fourth Modena vs. Padova, who sees ahead the Emilian for 2-1 (on Sunday Game 4 in Veneto). On the same day will be also played Game 4 Perugia vs. Verona (2-1); the only team already qualified for the semifinals is Civitanova (3-0 over Latina).
REFEREES Game 4 will be directed be the expert Umbrian tandem of Fabrizio Saltalippi (in Serie A since 1995 and internationally since 2000) and Simone Santi (from Città di Castello - Perugia in the top serie since 1994 and international FIVB from 2011). The two referees are on their fifth joint leadership in the Super League UnipolSai 2015/16, the fourteenth absolute for both. Saltalippi crossed Diatec Trentino this season in four circumstances (Ravenna vs. Trento 0-3 on November 15th, precisely with Santi, Piacenza vs. Trento 0-3 on January 31st, Civitanova vs. Trento 3-0 on March 6th, but above all Molfetta vs. Trento 0-3 on December 22nd), while Santi also refereed Trento vs. Civitanova 3-2 on December 13th and Modena vs. Trento 2-3 on February 11th.
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