Czestochowa (Poland), 01 December 2018

Fakel Novy Urengoy-Trentino Diatecx 1-3, the match report

Match report. Trentino Diatecx shows up with Giannelli as setter, Vettori as opposite, Kovacevic in position number 4, Lisinac and Candellaro in the middle and Grebennikov as Libero. The seven regular players choosen by Camillo Placì for his Fakel Novy Urengoy are Kolodinskiy as setter, Udrys as opposite, Kliula and Volkov as spiker, Kolenkovsi and Iakovlev as blockers and Shoji as Libero. The beginning is balanced; Lisinac tries to increase the gap with his serving (5-3), but the rival immediately reaches them (6-6). Thanks to Kovachevic, the team takes the lead. Then the match carry on with a side-out phase until the 19-19. Then the Russian speeded up with Udrys (21-23), finishing with 25-25 thanks to the Volokov’s attack.
Trentino Diatecx responds from the first points of the second set thanks to the actions of Lisinac and Kovacevic (6-4 and then 11-6). Giannelli projects the team at +7 (14-7) with his service. Fakel gets nervous, suffers in reception and in attack: Trento keeps going (20-11, 23-13 and 25-14).
In the third period two aces of vectors that break the tie (8-6). Then, Trentino Diatecx increases its advantage (12-9 and 15-10) with two other points of Kovacevic. Novy Urengoy doesen’t respond again (19-13, 22-14), leaving room for the actions of Giannelli and Vettori: 25-16 and 2-1.
The Trentino Diatecx starts again with Russell in the service (3-0) and with Vettori in attack (7-3). The Fakel reacts with Volkov and Iakovlev until 10-9, then Trento raise the gap (16-11). In the last part of the set Trento becomes the absolute master of the score (20-14) with Vettori and go fast to 3-1 and his fifth world final (25-19).

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