Trento, 15 December 2018

On Sunday the direct clash for the second position in Superlega at BLM Group Arena

On Sunday the direct clash for the second position in Superlega at BLM Group Arena: here is the guide to Itas Trentino-Azimut Leo Shoes Modena (18:00)
On this weekend the 12th turn of regular season SuperLega Credem Banca 2018/19 will be competed, the second-last round of the going match. On Sunday 16th of December Itas Trentino will host Azimut Leo Shoes Modena at BLM Group Arena, on occasion of the traditional A22 derby where this time the protagonists will be the teams in the second and third position of the championship. The match will start at 6 p.m. : live on RAI Sport + HD and Radio Dolomiti.
HERE ITAS TRENTINO The World Champions are coming closer to one of the home matches most long-awaited of the whole season, at the peak of a brilliant time, during which our team won the last 13 official matches (on 4th of November in Civitanova was the last defeat), among the others that crowned Itas with its fifth gold medal in its history. Also what the home matches regard, so far they have played brilliantly gaining six victories 3-0 during other seasonal appointments.
“It would be very meaningful for us to win another success vs Modena, it could really leave a hopeful mark on our way – commented the coach Angelo Lorenzetti during the presentation - ; we are really motivated but at the same time we know how well our opponents play and we must be ready to a very hard, long and tough match, that we want to face in the right way. I really hope it will be a great volleyball night because also the contest will be great so it really deserves to be well played. In this first part oft he season Azimut Leo Shoes has shown to have really good players during both first and second phase of game and especially in the fundamental attack, where it’s very brave, but also in defense and block, all factors that allow them gaining a lot of break points.“ 
Itas Trentino coach will have the whole roster of 13 players, who are training at BLM Group Arena today afternoon and on Sunday morning. This match will be the 784th match in history where Itas hopes for the 545th absolute victory: at the moment we have 282 home victories and 262 away successes.
A LOT OF FORMER MEMBERS AMONG THE OPPONENTS: 12 IN TOTAL This challenge will be  particularly interesting also because there will be a lot of former members: 12 of them among players, coaches and members of the technical and managers staff. In the team of Modena we will find Tine urnaut, Daniele Mazzone and the scoutman Roberto Ciamarra; on the other side the players Uros Kovacevic, Maarten Van Garderen and Luca Vettori as well as the coach Lorenzetti, the assistents Francesco Petrella and Dante Boninfante and the trainer Alessandro Guazzalocca. In the societies also The General Directors Bruno Da Re and Andrea Sartoretti are among the former members.
THE OPPONENTS Azimut Leo Shoes Modena will play in a disadvantage position (- 1 point) compared to Itas Trentino, but at the same time it has a great reputation, after having gained twelve points in five away matches. After the exploit in Supercoppa 2018, the team has really smashed also in the championship, taking advantage of a brilliant sextet where the setter Christenson feels already great with his peers. In particular, the season has started with the star Zaytsev (tenth bomber of the tournament, sixth spiker and fourth aceman), the continuity in every fundamental attack of Urnaut, the confirmation of the high levels of Anzani and the strenght of Rossini (best receptionist of SuperLega). The roster of Julio Velasco has at disposal important substitutes both in position 4, where the Polish Bednorz can be replaced by Kaliberda, and in position 3 with Mazzone that recenlty has often played because of the unavailability of Holt.
PREVIOUS MATCHES Modena is the opponent team that most has competed against Trentino Volley in ist eighteenth years and a half of activity; on Sunday it will be the time for the 71th official match and the total balance is in favour 40-30 of Itas Trentino. However, in the last five seasons the challenge has led to high balance and several occasions of encountering; from the 21th of December until today the two teams have competed agains each other 23 times, with a total of 12 victories for Itas. During the ongoing year they have played once, namely on the 7th October in Perugia on occasion of the final in Supercoppa 2018, won by Modena 3-2 (partials of 25-23, 25-19, 16-25, 18-25, 15-8). In regular season Trentino Volley boasts the more recent victory; on 18th February 2018 at PalaPanini, during the return match of tenth turn, Trento won at tiebreak.
Trentino Volley also won at tiebreak the last home match (3rd December 2017). Instead, Modena won 8 out of 31 matches, the last one on 25th April 2016 (1-3) in match 4 of Championship semifinal.
THE REFEREES The match will be directed by Stefano Cesare (from Roma, in Serie A since 1999 and international since 2010) and Alessandro Tanasi (from Noto - Siracusa, in Serie A since 2002). This is the first seasonal match directed by the two referees together, the seventh one for Cesare (who had already directed one match of Trentino Volley - 28th October in Perugia - during the regular season) and the seventh one for Tanasi (who had directed the match against Sora on 21st October).
TV, RADIO AND ON THE INTERNET The A22 derby will be a very important event and the commentary of the match will be transmitted live on every media. It will be transmitted both on RAI Sport + HD, a digital terrestrial channel (number 57 in HD, 58 in sd), and on the Sky channel number 227, with comments by Maurizio Colantoni and Andrea Lucchetta; the pics will be uploaded on the Internet. Audio and video in streaming here:  www.raisport.rai.it.
As always, the live commentary of the match will be transmitted also on Radio Dolomiti starting from 5.55 p.m.
On www.radiodolomiti.com you can find the frequencies to get synchronised with the local network, where it is possible to listen to the commentary in streaming, clicking on “on air”.
On television, the whole match will be transmitted on 17th December at 9.50 p.m. on RTTR channel.
On the Internet, the Lega Pallavolo Serie A (www.legavolley.it) and www.trentinovolley.it will be in charge of updating every step of the match; you can find the results also on the social networks of Trentino Volley (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook e www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).
KOVACEVIC GETS THE “CREDEM BANCA MVP” OF NOVEMBER 2018 IN SUPERLEGA On Sunday, during the pre-match, there will be a special moment for Uros Kovacevic: the wing spiker of Itas Trentino will get the reward “best player” in SuperLega of November 2018 from the Lega Pallavolo Serie A. He gets this award because of three nominations conquered during the fourth, seventh and ninth turn of regular season (when Trentino Volley won against Vibo Valentia, Castellana Grotte and Padova).
BLM GROUP ARENA SOLD OUT From Monday 10th December, BLM Group Arena is sold out. On Sunday the ticket office will be open starting from 5 p.m.
Inside, behind the north bleachers, the fans will find the merchandising point; several articles Trenitno Volley for sale.
“MELINDA DAY” AND COMETA ASMME “Melinda Day” at BLM Group Arena; after many  positive initiatives, Melinda - sponsor of Trentino Volley for years - and the team will organise some initiatives in order to promote the important cooperation. The fans that will be there, will see the arena, the hospitality room an the official match program signed for the Melinda’s colour and logo. The President of the Consortium Melinda Michele Odorizzi will give the best player of the match the award (signed Melinda).
There will be also a stand for “Cometa Asmme” (Associazione Studio Malattie Metaboliche Ereditarie - Association for inherited metabolic deseases), where fans can buy the typical Stelle di cioccolato (a kind of chocolate cake), that costs 9 euro. The money raised  will be used to support the medical research (in particular inherited metabolic deseases) in order to help affected people and families.

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