Trento, 28 March 2021

Play Off Scudetto 2021, exploit Itas Trentino at the Eurosuole Forum

Itas Trentino closes in the best possible way one of the most memorable weeks of its last five years. After earning, on Wednesday evening in Perugia, the pass for the 2021 CEV Champions League Final (a result that had been missing since 2016), this evening the giallo-blù team conquered the Eurosuole Forum of Civitanova Marche for the first time in the history of Trentino Volley in the opening match of the Semifinal Play Off Scudetto SuperLega Credem Banca 2021 series.
The 3-2 imposed today on the hosts of Cucine Lube, which put an end to a negative tradition lasting seventeen consecutive games in this facility, is a result of absolute importance for the team of Angelo Lorenzetti, because it allowed them to start on the right foot the confontation and in which Trento will be able to count only two home games. The immediate advantage in the series was built through a test of great substance and stubbornness; the giallo-blù players in fact found themselves down at 0-1 and then 1-2 and 9-13 in the fourth set but they never stopped believing in themselves and, without giving up their grip, they managed to get back on top, first winning that partial in the sprint and then transforming an 8-10 for Lube into the final 15-12 at the tie break. Ricardo Lucarelli mvp and best scorer with 23 personal points, the result of 68% at the net, a block and five aces (without any mistake in serving!).
What the exceptional statistics did not tell is that the Brazilian regularly revealed himself to be the weapon of the team that then could also count on Nimir's 21 points and on the great productivity and consistency at the center of the net of the Serbian pair Podrascanin (13 points with 64% in the first half, 5 blocks and an ace) and Lisinac (10 with 88%, a block and two aces).

Below is the match report 1 of the Semifinal Play Off Scudetto SuperLega Credem Banca 2021 played tonight at the Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova Marche.

Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 2-3
(25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 24-26, 12-15)
CUCINE LUBE: Anzani 10, De Cecco 2, Juantorena 18, Simon 17, Rychlicki 19, Leal 12, Balaso (L);Kovar, Marchisio, Hadrava, Diamantini. N.e. Larizza, Falschi, Yant. Coach Gianlorenzo Blengini.
ITAS TRENTINO: Nimir 21, Lucarelli 23, Podrascanin 13, Giannelli 3, Michieletto 5, Lisinac 10, Rossini (L) ; Kooy 4, Sosa Sierra, Sperotto, De Angelis, Cortesia 1.N.e. Argenta. Coach Angelo Lorenzetti.
REFEREES: Zanussi and Florian from Treviso.
SET DURATION: 34’, 29’, 33’, 34’, 17’; tot 2h and 27’.
NOTES: game played behind closed doors. Cucine Lube: 7 blocks, 10 aces, 23 service errors, 5 action errors, 53% in attack, 43% (21%) in reception. Itas Trentino: 7 blocks, 10 aces, 23 service errors, 7 action errors, 51% in attack, 43% (17%) in reception. MVP Lucarelli.

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