Emanuele Birareli spikes during game 1 at PalaTrento
Ph. Trabalza
Trento, May 9th 2015
Sunday, May 10, at PalaTrento commences Game 3 in Super League PlayOff championship Finale in UnipolSai 2015. After the defeat on Wednesday at PalaPanini with Modena, the Diatec Trentino returns to face the Parmareggio Modena in front of their home crowd. Kick-off scheduled at 12pm, broadcast live on RAI Sport 2 and Radio Dolomiti.
After their defeat on Wednesday night with Modena, the trentino will play in their home court (where in the league this season they have recorded sixteen wins in as many games played) thanks to the presence of the yellow-blue fans who are ready to fill every seat at PalaTrento in every type of place - to redeem the 1-3 at PalaPanini and try to get back in the lead of the series. It starts 1-1, with the possibility of playing at home, however, two of the three potential matches still scheduled. One advantage is that Birarelli and his teammates will try to make the best of it, starting tomorrow and considering who will win Game 3 will result in two opportunities to win the championship. "The recommendations that came in the first two games of the series have a very important significance” - said coach Radostin Stoytchev during the presentation , that granted his disqualification but tomorrow he will return to sit on the bench -; “up to now the balance has been great but, as I have been saying since the beginning of the season, it seems that Modena is objectively a step ahead of us. Especially in game 2 that they were able to better manage some game situations; with the help of our audience, we will aim to clear the gap. Then the difference will make their enthusiasm of the environment and desire a greater sacrifice on the part of the players.”
Tomorrow night the Trentino Volley will present themselves in full force; these following days the team was coached with no particular problems and complaints. Before Game 3 they will have a training session in the early afternoon at PalaTrento while for obvious reasons they will not be expected to finish the classic pre-game session.
Tomorrow the 610th official match in the history of Trentino Volley, will be played, in The 47th season, with the 83rd for the playoffs championship (so far, 43 home games played and 39 away) with no time wasted at PalaTrento in thirteen and a half months: the last defeat at this stage dates back coincidentally to a match against Modena (27th March 2014, 0-3 in Game 1 of the quarter)
THIRD OFFICIAL GAME IN HISTORY OF TRENTINO VOLLEY TO BE PLAYED IN THE MORNING The unusual early morning hours of thIS match (12PM), which was placed last Wednesday by the Volleyball League for the combination of game 3 with the championship match of Aquila Basket (at 5.30pm in the same system), is a first for a game to end the Italian top division but not for the Trentino Volley, which match officials played around lunch time in its history that has played (and won) already two in the fifteen years this activity. The background is related to both matches in the World Cup: November 2nd, 2009 at 11 am in Doha (Qatar) Trento overcame 3-1 vs. Egyptians Zamalek, while October 20th, 2013 with 13 of Betim (Brazil) the Diatec Trentino defeated 3-1 the UPCN San Juan in the match for third place.
PREVIOUSLY Modena is the opponent that the Trentino Volley has faced the most in its official games in its history: in 609 matches so far played, 52 have been staged against their canaries, been challenged 30 times in the regular season, the third in the Italian Cup, as well as in 19 cases just in the playoffs. The stats look favorable to the trentino for 31-21 thanks to three Seasonal wins played in five meetings: in addition to the victory in Game 1 of the series are the Internal 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 29-27) on Dec. 21st at PalaTrento and 3-1 (24-26, 18- 25, 24-26, 25-17) on March 21st at PalaPanini. The defeat by 1-3 (19-25, 19-25, 25-23, 12-25) in the Italian Cup final on the 11th January 2015 in Bologna is the first of two statements obtained in this tournament of Emilia. The Final PlayOff currently underway is the sixth between the two teams in the postseason, the second in a row after the one held last year in the quarter-final and won 2-0 by Emilia. The first head to head in the playoffs debuted in the championship of Trentino Volley: 2002/03 with Modena who managed to penetrate only the fifth game 3-2 after being ahead for 2-0; later the two teams found themselves facing eachother in the quarterfinals in 2006 (closed series 2-1 to Trento which qualified for the first time in its history in the semi-finals), 2008 (victory of Trento in two matches) and then in the semifinals in 2011 (closed series at 3-2 in favor of Trentino Volley).
REFEREES The match will be arbitrated by Stephen Caesar (referee of Rome, in the highest category since 1999 and internationally since 2010) and Luca Sobrero, from Carcare (Savona) his role since 1996 and internationally since 2001. The two referees are on their first joint direction in Super League season UnipolSai 2015, the nineteenth to Caesar (three previous in this championship with team Stoytchev: Trento-Modena 3-0 of December 21st, treia-Trent 3-2 March 1st, Piacenza-Trent 1-3 of 4th of April and Trentino-Perugia 3-2 1st of May), the sixteenth for Sobrero who previously directed Verona-Trento 3-0 1st of November Trento-Piacenza 3-0 in December 28th, Trentino-Perugia 3-2 on January 10th in Bologna, Trento-Molfetta 3-0 on April 15th and Perugia-Trent 3-1 on April 28th.
TV, RADIO AND INTERNET Trento-Modena will be a global media event. It will be broadcasted live on RAI Sport 2, present both on DTT and on Sky TV, channel 228, with the commentary in the care of Maurizio Colantoni and Andrea Lucchetta; the match will also be available in video and audio streaming on the web, at www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html, and will count upon an intercontinental exposure (52 nations connected) thanks to the programmed live broadcastings by Sportsklub, Canal+ Deportes, Sports Tv, Bein Sport Arabia, Bein Sport Usa, Bein Sport France, Bandsport, Sky Mexico, Btv, Sport 5, Sport Tv Portugal, Dolce Sport, Perform e Voyo.bg.
Radio Dolomiti, radio partner of Trentino Volley, will recount the match live, and in its entirety, starting from 11.55. The connections with PalaTrento 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, 11th May at 21.15 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 on the yellow-blue Social Networks (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook and www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).
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