Perugia, 19 April 2018

Sir Safety Conad-Diatec Trentino 3-0, the match report

Luca Vettori spikes against Perugia block (ph. Trabalza)

Report of game 5. Diatec Trentino gets back in the game at PalaEvangelisti with the same formation: Giannelli as setter, Vettori as opposite, Eder and Kozamernik as middle-blockers, Lanza and Kovacevic as spikers and De Pandis as libero. Sir Safety Conad answers with De Cecco as setter, Atanasijevic as opposite, Zaytsev e Russell as spikers, Podrascanin e Anzani as middle-blockers. The beginning of the match is intense with two teams that make few mistakes and fight to take the lead (5-4, 6-7). Podrascanin’s ace on De Pandis upsets the balance (7-9) and forces Lorenzetti to call the first timeout. At the resumption, Perugia pushes again in the break-point phase thanks to Russel, Atanasijevic e Anzani (8-12, 11-16). Trento becomes disunited and loses more and more confidence in receiving and in attack; Perugia gains ground (11-20, 12-23) and closes the first set with a double ace of Zaytsev on the 12-25.
Diatec Trentino reacts with pride and technique in the first minutes of the second set, obtaining an important advantage (5-1) thanks to Lanza and to Giannelli’s block on Russel (who made a mistake in the net area). The yellow-blues protects their advantage up to the 10-5, but then De Cecco’s serves lead them to make some mistakes (10-10). Then the set is played point-to-point (12-12, 15-15) with Hoag instead of Kovacevic. Russell’s serves give Trentino Volley trouble, especially in receiving and the Block Devils accelerate (15-19, Perugia’s time out).
Lanza and his team fight up to the 20-21, then they start struggling and they suffer a break for the home team (20-25) signed by Zaytsev and Atanasijevic.
In the third set Perugia starts in a very good way especially as regards the serve (1-6), Trento tries to take shelter with a timeout and starts again to play up to the 8-10 but then they suffer another counterattack (9-14) thanks to Podrascanin and Atanasijevic. Then the yellow-blues recovers and thanks to Kozamernik’s serves they reach the 15-15. Sir Safety Conad perceives the risk and attacks again thanks to Zaytsev (17-21); this is not the end because then Trentino Volley starts fighting again (with Teppan instead of Vettori) and with pride they answer back up to the advantages (28-28), ceding only at the fifth match ball. 

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