Trento, 01 December 2020

Champions League, steely character for the Trentino Itas

Trentino Itas ends the month of November characterized by Coronavirus and many postponements, inaugurating December 2020 with an important victory against Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in the debut match of the first concentration of Pool E of the 2021 CEV Champions League. At the BLM Group Arena, which for three days will host international matches without interruption, the giallo-blù team have raised its head and impose itself at the tie break at the end of a very hard-fought game but in which, little by little, the character, the heart and the anger of the giallo-blù players have come to the surface in an increasingly irrepressible way. Under 0-2, despite playing at the same level as their opponents, Angelo Lorenzetti's team did not stop believing in victory, winning the third and fourth partial sprint and pulling a final line at the tie break, dominated thanks to Nimir's great turn at service.
The Dutchman, again in the role of setter to make up for the absence of Captain Giannelli, was the MVP of the match not only for the 6 aces achieved (half of which only in the fifth set) but also for his mental stability with which he led the team, relying heavily on the Kooy option (best scorer with 20 points and 62%), but also well involving Lucarelli (12) and Podrascanin, authoritarian with 4 blocks, 82% during the first set.

Below is the scoreboard of the first match of Pool E of the MainPhase of 2021 CEV Champions League played tonight at the BLM Group Arena in Trento.

Trentino Itas-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3-2
(21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-2)
TRENTINO ITAS: Lucarelli 12, Lisinac 4, Argenta 9, Kooy 20, Podrascanin 13, Nimir 12, Rossini (L); Michieletto 4, Cortesia 1, De Angelis, Sosa Sierra. N.e. Pizzini e Pol. Coach Angelo Lorenzetti.
LOKOMOTIV NOVOSIBIRSK: Ivovic 14,Brazhniuk 6, Luburic 10, Savin 15, Lyzik 15, Voropaev1, Martyniuk (L);Kazachenkov 2, Kostadinov, Tkachev. N.e. Shcherbinin, Rodichev, Golubev. Coach Petar Shopov.
REFEREES: Akinci from Istanbul (Turkey) and Porvaznik from VysneHagy (Slovakia).
SET DURATION: 24’, 32’, 29’,32’, 14’; tot 2h and 11’.
NOTES: match played behing closed doors. Trentino Itas: 14 blocks, 10 aces, 20 service error, 6 action errors, 57% in attack, 39% (26%) in reception. Lokomotiv Novosibirsk: 8 blocks, 13 aces, 21 service errors, 13 action errors, 46% in attack, 39% (24%) in reception. MVP Nimir.

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