Vibo Valentia, 13 January 2019

Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Itas Trentino 0-3, the match report

Here the live commentary of the match. Itas Trentino presents itself without any particular roster issues: for his starting six Lorenzetti has chosen Giannelly in the service, Vettori as opposite, Kovacevic and Russell as spikers, Lisinac and Candellaro in the centre, Grebennikov as libero.
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia, coached by Valentini, has Zhukouski as setter, Al Hachdadi as opposite, Barreto and Skrimov as spikers, Vitelli and Mengozzi in the centre, Marra as libero. The match starts in favour of Skrimov, who first in attack and then in the service (2 aces) scores 3-6. With Lisinac in the service and Kovacevic in the net area, Trento immediately bridges the gap tiying at 10; then a net mistake of Al Hachdadi brings Trento ahead (12-13). Yet, also Itas Trentino shows to be rather foul and with two out attacks (Vettori’s and Kovacevic’s) concedes a new +2 to the opponents (13-15). The opponent from Emilia directly ties with an ace. The final rush is a point  by point fight (17-17, 21-21); but it’s Russell who fixes up the first set with his services, which account for two set balls (24-22, also with a direct ace). On the second occasion Itas Trentino has the better (25-23), with a first set of Candellaro. The final of the first partial directly affects also the second one; with block and service, Itas Trentino heads on (5-1). Valentini immediately calls for a time-out, yet as soon as Kovacevic is in the service, Itas Trentino still improves (11-3). Trento goes on in the advantage position during the break point (15-7, 20-21) and rushes to 2-0, showing a good and at the same time nice volleyball technique, with Giannelli who tackles all his opponents and quickly achieves 25-16.
The great moment of the World Champions continues during the third set. Indeed it begins with incredible actions (3-1,6-2) like the Kovacevic’s blocks and the Russell’s attacks. Vibo  tries to recover (12-10) with Al Hachdadi and Mengozzi, but Trento is able to defend its court with Giannelli (16-11) and closes the set 25-18 (3-0). It is important to highlight the actions of Codarin and Cavuto.

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