Rzeszow (Poland), 26 November 2018

Khatam Ardakam-Trentino Diatecx 0-3, the match report

Match report. For this first match Angelo Lorenzetti entrusted the regular roster: Giannelli as the setter from the beginning, Vettori the opposite hitter, Kovacevic and Russel the outside hitters, Lisinac and Candellaro as the middle blockers and Grebennikov the libero. In the starting six of Ardakan are deployed Vadi as the setter, Tabari the opposite hitter, Khani and Karkhaneh the outside hitters, Ghoulami and Senobar as the middle hitters and Nazari the libero. At the beginning the rivals seemed to prevail, in fact they were going ahead scoring 1-4 by using Khani’s serves. Trento responded immediately with Vettori and Lisinac (6-4), before Russel scores with a pipe (9-6) and Lisinac again (14-7). Ardakan tries to score points in the central part of the set, using another good series of serves from Khani (19-14); Trentino Diatecx stumbles (21-18), but thanks to Vettori finds a way to finish the first set with a positive result, 25-19. During the second set Khatam Ardakan keeps the pace until 5-3, then Trento thanks to Lisinac and Vettori gets ahead again (8-6, 14-10) and the advantage gets bigger when Giannelli scores 16-11 with an ace and Candellaro blocks Senobar (19-13). Towards the end of the set, the break point phase works very well for Trentino Diatecx, so much so the set finishes with a meaningful +10 (25-15), that also shows the good work in the blocking area of Candellaro and Giannelli. Khatam tries again at the beginning of the third set, going ahead with 6-8, after the initial balance (5-5). Trentino Diatecx is determined to end the match with 3-0 and thanks to Lisinac and Vettori it finds the tie 11-11 and immediately after the advantage (15-13). Candellaro shows his importance at the center of the net (18-15), then thanks to two consecutives aces from Giannelli the match tends in favor of Trentino Diatecx.

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