Trento, 04 October 2020

Itas Trentino-NBV Verona 0-3, the match report

The match report. Only Michieletto absent from the ranks of Itas Trentino (engaged in Brno in the final phase of the European Juniores); Lorenzetti therefore has a wide choice and decides to start the game with Giannelli as setter, Nimir opposite spiker, Kooy and Lucarelli spikers, Podrascanin and Lisinac (the first as a starter of the season) in the center, Rossini libero. The NBV Verona proposed by Stoytchev, without Caneschi, in its starting six sees Spirito as setter, opposite spiker Boyer, Kaziyski and Jaeschke as spikers, Zanotti and Aguenier middle-blockers, Bonami libero. The start of the match is balanced (3-3, 7-7), with Nimir and Boyer immediately in the spotlight; when also Kaziyski warms up his arm, the guests gain the first double advantage of the game (8-10). Podrascanin (block on Aguenier) immediately mends the tear (10-10), but an error by the same Dutch opposite spiker gives two points to Verona (12-14) and then Lucarelli takes care of signing the 15-15. In the final part the two teams alternate in command (18-17, 21-19, 22-23); at the sprint Trento cancels three set-balls of Verona, gets one but then gives in on the fourth attempt by the opponents, with Boyer's block on Nimir (26-28).
After changing field, Lorenzetti re-proposes Cortesia in the center instead of Lisinac, but the start is contracted and foul, so much so that at 3-6 the coach is forced to stop the game. At the resumption Kooy, with an ace, tries to shake his team (7-8), then it is Nimir who delivers the parity at 10, which allows the contest to return to an exciting point to point (15-15, 18-18 ). It is time again for a hard-fought final rush; Itas Trentino arrives with two points ahead (20-18), which Jaeschke cancels with an ace (21-21). The NBV gets a set-ball (Nimir's mistake) and this time wins it immediately (23-25, Boyer's block on the Dutchman).
Under 0-2 the hosts try to recover but Verona does not let go and remains hooked to the opponents (5-5, 10-10), keeping a high pace of game. An error of Cortesia, imitated shortly after by Podrascanin, gives +3 to the opponents (12-15), the moment in which Lorenzetti interrupts the game. The coach was forced to spend another time-out soon after, at 13-17 when Kaziyski scored another ace. Itas Trentino disunites and leaves more and more space to the Venetians (14-20 and 17-22), which close the match in three sets at 21-25.

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