Trento, 07 October 2020

Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino, the match report

The match report. Itas Trentino returns to the Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova Marche without Michieletto; Lorenzetti prefers Lisinac to Cortesia, confirming the other six players in the starting grid: Giannelli as setter, Nimir opposite spiker, Kooy and Lucarelli spikers, Podrascanin second middle-blocker and Rossini libero. Cucine Lube responds with the typical sextet: De Cecco as setter, Rychlicki opposite spiker, Leal and Juantorena spikers, Anzani, and Simon middle-blockers, Balaso libero. In the early stages, the hosts immediately clarify their intentions, running away with Leal (3-5) and then with Anzani (block on Lisinac for 5-8). The same middle-blocker also scores with the service (a direct ace), which brings the Cucine Lube team to +5 (7-12, Lorenzetti time out). In the second part, Lube's advantage margin increases exponentially (11-16, 12-21) because Simon’s service hits hard on the giallo-blù team. The set ends on 15-25, with Trento trying to raise its head at least with the block (two successful blocks of Nimir and Podrascanin).
Itas Trentino tries to bounce back at the start of the second set, keeping the ball change phase well at least until Rychlicki starts attacking continuously (5-7). After Lorenzetti's preventive time out, Lube runs away again with Anzani (6-11); the Trentino coach must immediately spend another time out before receiving a reaction from his team, which passes through Kooy's attacks (10-11). The guests find a tie at twelve and with Lucarelli they go on to lead on 16-15. The Marche’s team senses the danger but is unable to shake off the opponent, despite Juantorena's good moment (18-18). Then, at the sprint, Cucine Lube arrives 20-22 ahead; Trento cancels two set balls (from 22-24 to 24-24) with a great block by Lisinac on Simon. On the third occasion, however, De Giorgi's team wins the set: 24-26 with Juantorena's block on Nimir.
The point-to-point contest also resumes in the third set (5-5, 8-8), before Anzani breaks free again from the nine-meter line (ace over Kooy which brings them to 8-10 and Lorenzetti's time out). Later Lube increases its advantage (11-15) and Trento tries to replicate with Nimir (16-19), but then leaves room for the opponents, who with Juantorena finish the job at 18-25.

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