Diatec Trentino Volley block against Juantorena's spike

Ph. Trabalza

Trento, December 13th, 2015

Intense success and third place in Super League have been confirmed in mid-season right behind the big favorite of the eve. The first leg round of the Champion of Italy ended in the best possible way for Diatec Trentino, that in front of a full PalaTrento (about 4,000 appearances) has passed with a crazy 3-2 the ranking leader (now former) Cucine Lube Banca Marche in the big match of the eleventh round of the regular season. Lanza and his teammates were so able to confirm the placement that they had snatched from the hands of Verona only on Tuesday evening and then to be the third-seeded of the board of the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup 2016. In the double round, scheduled between December 22nd (away) and January 14th (at home), the Yellow-blues will face Molfetta, sixth in the list, to reach the Final Four of the Forum of Assago (on February 6th-7th).
To achieve this, the team of Stoytchev had once again to get from all their technical, physical and temperamental skills, going from 0-2 to 3-2 in their favor with a historic undertaking, the twilight zone. The 3-2 imposed on Lube was in fact for strong hearts and explained the great tricolor balance, which has been seen in mondoflex for over two hours and ten minutes of game; the first time of Juantorena as former, has given countless emotions.
In the pre-match, the audience of palaTrento offered a heart-warming ovation to the Italo-Cuban player; later then, it was the time of the two teams to offer a match where Lube seemed to be able to win twice: after being flown to 2-0 in the computation of the sets and later at the tie-break, when the score was 14- 11. In the middle and right after, flashes of great and important Diatec Trentino, which was able to conquer the third set, win the fourth period and crown the final comeback with a 5-0 in the tie-break match ball Civitanova, partial which allowed it to win incredibly for 16-14. Among the major protagonists we find Juantorena (20 points with 50% and shots of great class) but especially Captain Lanza (MVP with 18 points and a extraordinary temper), Djuric, who was the real military arm of the tricolor (23 points with 4 blocks), and also Daniele Mazzone, Stoytchev’s favourite over Van de Voorde and author of 80% in the first half, two aces and two blocks (fundamentals that gave the Italian champions 19 direct points). Impossible to conquer the PalaTrento.

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