Piacenza, 14 March 2021

Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza-Itas Trentino 1-3, the match report

Report of match 2. Lorenzetti doesn’t change the line-up of the team, the same of Wednesday: Giannelli as setter, Nimir as opposite, Lucarelli and Michieletto as spikers, Lisinac and Podrascanin as middle blockers and Rossini as libero. Gas Sales Bluenergy’s line-up: Baranowicz as setter, Grozer as opposite, Clevenot and Russell as spikers, Mousavi and Polo as middle blockers, Scanferla as libero. Gialloblù plays very well since the beginning; Nimir and Lucarelli are leading the play:  4-2, 6-3 e 9-6, Bernardi calls for a time out. As the play begins again, Giannelli is leading the play, Russell enters on field as substitute of Antonov (on 12-6), but than the situation doesn’t improve. Also Michieletto takes part actively to the break point (15-8), then as usual Nimir scores 19-10, the set ends 25-17.
Piacenza tries to recover since the beginning of the second set thanks to Mousavi’s blocks (2-4 and 4-8); Lorenzetti calls for a time out and Itas improves (8-10) and thanks to Podrascanin it gets to 12 points. Then the teams play point to point (16-15 and 18-19); Antonov scores an ace on Kooy and gets to 18-20, but Lisinac changes the situation at the very end 24-23. Itas Trentino doesn’t manage to keep up: Mousavi blocks Nimir and Lucarelli attacks:  25-27 and 1- 1.
During 3rd set Itas Trentino begins well, thanks to the actions of Lucarelli e Nimir (6-3, 10-7); but Piacenza, thanks to Grozer and Mousavi recovers and arrives to 13-13. During the hardest moment, gialloblù begins scoring; Michieletto attacks and serves as a champion (19-16); Gas Sales Bluenergy can’t recover and Trento, thanks to Nimir, keeps running fast towards 2-1 (25-18).
During last set, Piacenza doesn’t want to be defeated and shows a good confidence; the team recovers (after 3-1 scored by Giannelli) and improves thanks to Antonov (8-10) and Mousavi (13-16). But Itas really want to gain the pass to the semifinals, Lisinac and Nimir play well during break point and get to 21-21. The finals points are scored by Lucarelli and by Podrascanin’s ace: 25-22.

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