Trento, 12 December 2018

Itas Trentino-Revivre Milano 3-0, the match report

Match report. Before the two teams entered the court, the Word Champions made a stroll through the court with the cup they had won on 2nd December 2018 in Czestochowa in occasion of the World Club Cup and were rewarded by the president of the province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti. In occasion of the sixth official home match of the season for Itas Trentino, Lorenzetti deployed the usual six players: Giannelli as the setter, Vettori the opposite hitter, Kovacevic and Russell the spikers, Lisinac and Candellaro the middle hitters and Grebennikov as the libero. Andrea Giani, coach of Revivre Axopower Milano, had instead Sbertoli as the setter, Abdel-aziz the opposite hitter, Clevenot and Maar the spikers, Piano and Kozamernik as the middle hitters and Pasaresi the libero. It was a great beginning for Itas Trentino thanks to Kovacevic and Russell that led the team to 6-2. Uros put Abdel-aziz many times in a difficult spot, so much that Giani had already used all his time out by the 9-4. Milano tried its best to fight back, but Itas Trentino did not leave room for mistakes with a very efficient blocking (13-8, 18-11) and an amazing energy in defence. Abdel-aziz tried to fill the gap with his serving (22-16) but that did not prevent Itas Trentino from winning the first set (25-18). During the second set the match became definitely more balanced, Revivre Axopower Milano was more careful about its defence and its attack were more effective with Clevent and Abdel-aziz (5-4, 8-8). Itas Trentino did not quiver but started over by taking advantage of some of Maar’s mistakes, who has been put under pressure by the defence and the attacks of Trento’s team (13-10). Kovacevic in the attacking phase did as he pleased (15-11 and 17-11) and for Itas Trentino everything became easier, also because Russell got fired up with his serving at the end (23-15 and 25-16).
Itas Trentino started also the third set with a rapid pace, creating immediately a gap (4-2, 8-5) due to efficiency of its serving. The gap increased (12-6) when Lisinac was serving for the match, he scored an ace and other two points thanks to Milano’s mistakes. Revivre Axopower entrusted itself to Abdel-aziz hoping to fill the gap and succeeded (15-13) also thanks to a block of Piano on Kovacevic. The time out Lorenzetti asked for was a life saviour, because as the match started again Uros and Vettori began to score a point after another (17-13). Milano still had the energy to reach 21-20 and thanks to Basic reached 22-22. The match ended with an ace of the new player Cavuto (24-22) and an attack of Lisinac during the side-out phase (25-23).

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