Trento, 24 January 2020

Michieletto protagonist in Milan: “Thanks to my teammates, they put me right at ease"

The success in three sets obtained on Thursday evening at PalaLido in Milan in the quarter final of the 2020 Del Monte Italian Cup has confirmed the excellent start of new year of Itas Trentino allowing the team to achieve one of the main objectives of the season: the qualification to the Final Four of the competition.
Among the many wonderful protagonists of the match, there is one that on the eve of the match did not expect to become among these. Promoted four-string player because of the injuries of Kovacevic and Russell (for both of them a problem on the shoulder with which they attack, their conditions will be evaluated day by day), the baby spiker Alessandro Michieletto has demonstrated with the facts when good is long said about him, holding very well the field in the third set, in which Lorenzetti decided to promote him, definitely, first-string player.
‘’I just tired to think about having fun and to help the team in a match that could have been very complicated for us – explained the spiker raised in the Youth Sector of Trentino Volley, born in 2001 and son of the Team Manager Riccardo - . Milan, reasonably, tried to put me in trouble in reception and it was normal that it was so; fortunately this is the fundamental in which I feel more comfortable also when I train with the team in SuperLeague and I managed to deal with the service of the opponents’’. In the table of his match the statistics are very remarkable: 38% in reception and 60% in attack with three points scored, one of which  scored in the break point.
‘’I am very happy and amazed of what I’ve managed to do, I can’t wait to live the Final Four in Bologna, but even before thinking about what will be, I want to thank the whole team – continued the number 5, number that he uses also with the Serie A3 when he plays with UniTrento Volley - . Despite being the youngest and the most inexperienced of the group, my teammates always put me right at ease, making me feel like one of them. Play in such a contest it’s easier even for a beginner like me’’.
Today, Itas Trentino enjoyed a whole day’s rest and will meet already on Saturday morning at the BLM Group Arena to leave for Civitanova Marche, where on Sunday evening will take place the first turn of Pool A of 2020 CEV Champions League in the home of Cucine Lube defending champion.

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