ENERGY T.I. Diatec Trentino libero Massimo Colaci during the last 2015 CEV Cup home match
Ph. Trabalza
Trento, March 4th, 2015
After a month and a half of recess, the ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino is ready for a international match. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 5th, will be the first leg of the Challenge Round of 2015 CEV Cup. After eliminating Novi Sad (Tel Aviv) in the sixteenths, with the second round with Craiova, in the quarter. The Yellow-Blues will face the Belgians of Roeselare in the fourth double round of races of the European competition. The first match is played in PalaTrento, with kick-off at 8:30pm; Streamed Live on Radio Dolomiti.
ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino, entered its most important and difficult period in the European tournament; after not having encountered any particular problems in overcoming the three previous rounds, the Trentino Volley is trying to find a way against the Belgian champions of Roeselare, since they have shown strong numbers in the Champions League.
In order to gain a better chance for qualifying in the semi-final, team Radostin Stoytchev, must absolutely take advantage of the ‘home’ court and win with positive results. On one hand looking at the calendar (will not affect other commitments, taking in account, observing the match on Sunday in Super League UnipolSai), the other issue, is dealing with Lanzas' left hand injury (microfracture of the second phalanx of his fifth finger) which might prevent him from playing in the match.
"We face a difficult match and can’t afford any margin of error - explained the Bulgarian coach - we can not fail if we want to play in the next round in seven days in Belgium. We will have to prepare well for every move we make , against an opponent who will surely be motivated and aroused by his excellent performance in this championship".
Birarelli and his comrades seek this victory to eliminate the defeat that they suffered on Sunday in Civitanova Marche, which has cost them the lead in this championship. Stoytchev, will decide after the afternoon workout, if he will include CEV Lanza, or Thei, in the list of twelve players on the scoresheet .
STATS OF THE EUROPEAN TRENTINO VOLLEY tomorrow night will be the 77th game, for Trentino Volley, in the European Cups (so far they have played in 62 Champions League, three in Top Teams and 11 in CEV). with results of 62 wins and 14 defeats, with the last game settled at PalaTrento against Belgorod on February 13th, 2014 (6 Playoffs Champions.) Formerly they participated in the CEV Cup (2005 edition), with Yellow-Blues adventures ceasing in the second round after a double 3-1 defeat by Halkbank Ankara. The PalaTrento will host the 35th international competition in its history, having seen so far 29 wins and 5 losses.
THE FORMULA AND OTHER GATHERINGS The 2015 CEV Cup provides six double shifts (round trip) matches (Round - played in November -, Eight - played in December - Quarter-finals - played in January - Challenge Round, Semifinals and Final) knockout: The team exceeding the tournaments over the two matches gets the most points, as assigned in the league: 3 for the win 3-0 or 3- 1, 2 for the tie-break, one to defeat the tie-break (golden set to 15 in the case of equal points - the same system of 12 Playoffs CEV Champions League). The Challenge Round of the qualified teams face the second worst ranked and the third best ranked team of the seven rounds of the Main Phase of 2015 CEV Champions League, with DenizBank entering the competition just at that last moment. The other matches first leg of the Challenge Round: tonight : Volley behappy2 Asse-Lennik-Precura Antwerp, Dinamo Moscow-Fenerbahce Istanbul, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle-CAI Terul. The return matches will be played between 9th and 12th of March 2015: Knack Roeselare Vs. ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino will take place on Wednesday, March 11th at 8:30pm Italian time.
PREVIOUSLY Trentino Volley and Roeselare has formally met twice in their history; which dates back to the previous two matches of the second round of the 2010 CEV Champion League, which the Yellow-Blues won in the next Final Four in Lodz. In both cases, the Yellow-Blues prevailed, scoring 3-1 back to back: on February 9th in PalaTrento, and on Februray 17th in Belgium; which brought a total of six direct games against the Belgian teams, considering four matches previously played against the Maaseik team.
REFEREES The match will be led by Nicolae Romeo Marin, the first Romanian referee from Galati, and the turkish Ilhami Senyurt, second referee of Kadikoy. Marin, is the only one of the two refrees that has been to Trentino Volley. He refereed in Belgrado vs. Trento (0-3) on October 25th, 2011 for the match of the group stage of the Champions League in 2012.
RADIO AND INTERNET The match will be broadcast live from Radio Dolomiti, which are partners of Trentino Volley, with the first broadcast at approximately 8:25pm. www.radiodolomiti.com offers all frequencies of the regional network and live streams the full match.
To follow the game development, point to point, you can visit the official website of the CEV at http://cevlive.cev.lu/DV_LiveScore.aspx?ID=26815, which will provide live score, or that of Trentino Volley www.trentinovolley.it which will offer the report, set by set, few minutes after the conclusion of each single partial. Updates will remain active on yellow-blues social networks (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook and www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).
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