Captain Filippo Lanza spikes against Paok block

Ph. Trabalza

Trento, January 19th, 2016

The return of the 2016 CEV Volleyball Champions League DenizBank to PalaTrento after more than a month and a half of absence, is scoring the first victory of 2016 for Trentino Diatec. Thanks to the round 3-0 of tonight against the Paok Thessaloniki, the Italian champions have given the first satisfaction of January to their audience making a significant step towards the Playoffs 12.
The mathematical qualification on the final board of the maximum continental competition for Clubs will come in case of victory by any score next Tuesday in Maaseik (Belgium) on the field of Noliko; this will be enough to preserve the top spot in the possible assault of Tours (on Sunday engaged in their own home against the Belgians), but the pass to the knockout stage could rise even in case of a second position in the group if Trento fell in the best five of the seven groups of the Main Phase.
Without doing any calculations, the team of Stoytchev today wiped out the difficulties encountered in the last two performance showcasing an assertion of authority and effective in every key, as can tell us the ten blocks (only 4 of Giannelli), the 58% in attack (superb Djuric with 74%) and incisiveness to the service in which the only greek in the court of Trento has exalted with 4 aces. Mitar was the MVP of the match, confirming the excellent impression aroused already in Padua and creating another 21 points after the 30 ones signed in the Kioene Arena on Sunday. Have aroused a good impression in direction even Giannelli, Lanza between attack and block and Solé, always present by the net.

Trentino Volley Srl
Press Office

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