Matey Kaziyski spikes during the first round played at PalaPanini Hall in Modena

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Trento, April 20th, 2016

Tomorrow, Thursday, April 21st, at PalaPanini it will be played Game 3 of the Semi-Final Play Off Championship UnipolSai 2016. After the parenthesis linked to the Final Four of the 2016 CEV Champions League, Diatec Trentino returns to face DHL Modena; the hosts lead for 2-0 the series and will then play the first of three match balls qualifying for the Final. The kick-off is at 8.30 pm: broadcasted live on Radio Dolomiti and live streaming (free) Volleyball League on Channel at www.sportube.tv.
HERE DIATEC TRENTINO Filed with the second place the brilliant participation in the top European competition, the team Champion of Italy is back to focus on the defense of the league title won just eleven months ago in Modena with the peremptory necessity of having to win the match of PalaPanini to don’t prematurely close this amazing season. Lanza and teammates have begun to prepare for the event on Tuesday with a double training session and have played one even today's afternoon before the departure.
"The series is 2-0 but it is not finished and we will try to the end to catch up” - said the coach Radostin Stoytchev -. “We expect a tough game from all points of view; then we know we have to improve our game, because what we showed in the first two challenges has never been enough to get the better of an opponent who proved to be very strong. We need something different to win”.
The Bulgarian technician could find among the available players also the opposite Gabriele Nelli, who in the last two days has returned to train with the group, and will have to choose also which type of formation to deploy considering the excellent performance shown by the team in the last two European races with a different structure than the one used so far in the playoffs Championship.
Game 3 of the semi-final will be the 47th game of the season for Trentino Volley, the 658^ Official in its history, in the 92^ Playoff Championship which boasts 57 victories against 34 defeats.
FOUR VICTORIES AND ONE DEFEAT IN THE PREVIOUS GAME 3 OF SEMIFINAL Trentino Volley in the past has already played five times (out of fourteen total investments) Game 3 of Semifinal playoffs Championship, gaining four victories and one defeat. The claims relate to 3-1 in the series in 2006 with Treviso, to 3-1 in the series in 2009 with Cuneo, to 3-0 in the series in 2011 precisely with Modena and 3-2 in the series in 2015 with Perugia, while the only knockout relative to a 0-3 home series with Lube in 2010. The Company of via Trener has already played a Game 3 of the playoffs in PalaPanini begin under 0-2 in a series to the best of five games: the previous one is linked to the first debut ever in the playoffs Championship (2002/03) and is particularly challenging because the previous Itas Grundig Trentino prevailed 3-2 on April 13th, 2003 and then by the same score in Game 4 at PalaTrento played then, the last game won by Modena always at the tie-break.
PREVIOUSLY The one that will be played at PalaPanini will be the seventh season contest between Diatec Trentino and DHL Modena, teams that have found themselves facing even twice in regular season and then in the final of Italian Super Cup and Italian Cup (both won by the Emilian). The budget of the 2015/16 smiles to the Lorenzetti team for 4-2, but one of the games won by the Italian champions is just referred to a challenge disputed at PalaPanini: on February 11th, 2016, a 3-2 victory in the 6th day of return leg. Totally there are already 60 official matches on file between the two teams: 35 victories of Trentino Volley and 25 of Modena, which is also the opponent challenged the greatest number of times in the club's history (tomorrow night will be the 61th of 658 races). In playoffs Championship the confrontation was staged in 23 occasions; PalaPanini finally was conquered in 14 of 32 previous circumstances in Emilia: the last time the playoffs Championship took place on May 13th, 2015 in Game 4 of the championship final.
SERIES DHL Modena ahead 2-0 in the semifinal series that it’s played to the best of five games, by virtue of accrued at PalaPanini 3-1 in Game 1 on April 9th with partial 23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-16 and 3-2 obtained in PalaTrento Game 2 on April 12th with partial 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12. On Thursday Game 3, which may be the last of the comparison only in the event of a new victory of Lorenzetti’s team. If Diatec Trentino wins tomorrow, it will also be necessary Game 4 to be held again in Trentino on Monday, April 25th at 7.15 pm. Who will pass the turn will find in the Final (even this series will be the best of five games, will start on May 1st) the winner of the semifinal Civitanova vs. Perugia that sees ahead the Umbrian for 2-0 (Game 3 tomorrow at Eurosuole Forum) .
REFEREES Game 3 will be directed by the 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 since 2011). The two referees are on their sixth joint leadership in the Super League UnipolSai 2015/16, the fifteenth absolute for both. Together they have recently refereed Molfetta vs. Trento 3-1 on April 27th, 2016 (Game 4 quarter-final); before that race, Saltalippi had crossed earlier this season Diatec Trentino in Ravenna vs. Trento 0-3 of November 15th always with Santi, Piacenza vs. Trento 0-3 of January 31st, Civitanova vs. Trento 3-0 of March 6th and Molfetta vs. Trento 0-3 of December 22nd, while Santi also arbitrated Trento vs. Civitanova 3-2 on December 13th and coincidentally Modena vs. Trento 2-3 on February 11th (last victory of the tricolor at PalaPanini).
RADIO, INTERNET AND TV RadioDolomiti, radio partner of Trentino Volley, will recount the match live, and in its entirety, starting from 20.25. The connections with PalaPanini will be made within the show “Campioni di Sport”: the radio frequencies to follow the regional network can be found on the home page www.trentinovolley.it, whereas the live radio commentary in streaming can be followed on www.radiodolomiti.com.
The pre-recorded broadcast of the match will be transmitted on Friday, April 22nd at 21.30 on the regional television channel RTTR, Tv partner of via Trener’s club.
Finally, on internet, the minute by minute update will be care of the Lega Pallavolo Serie A (www.legavolley.it), by www.trentinovolley.it itself, and it will always be active also on the yellow-blue Social Networks (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook and www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).

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