Trento, 01 April 2021

Play Off, Lube wins at the BLM Group Arena 3-0 and brings the semifinal series to draw

As happened in Match 1, the home factor plays an important role in the Semifinal series of the lower part of the Play Off Scudetto SuperLega Credem Banca 2021 scoreboard. After the away victory on Sunday evening in Civitanova Marche, this evening Itas Trentino at the BLM Group Arena was unable to extend further his home unbeatenness (which lasted for four months), yielding in three sets in front of the Cucine Lube in Match 2. The result brings the fate of the match in a tie and ensures the need for match 4, which will be played in six days in Trento after the game on Easter Sunday at the Eurosuole Forum (Match 3).
The guests earned the draw by unleashing a great performance in the break point phase: attack (at 56%), block and above all service (11 aces, 8 only by Simon) of Cucine Lube put the giallo-blù team in the corner, which however were good at responding blow for blow up to 23-23 in the first set and to recover up to 23-24 in a second set that seemed to have already been archived at 14-21. Nimir's flare-ups in servive (7 aces and 14 total points) and the good scoring streak of Lucarelli and Lisinac, kept Itas Trentino afloat in the first part of the match, but they were unable to do anything in the second, in which the Marche also counted on the excellent performance at the net of Rychlicki and Leal.

Below is the report of match 2 of the Semifinal Play Off Scudetto SuperLega Credem Banca 2021 played tonight at the BLM Group Arena in Trento.

Itas Trentino-Cucine Lube Civitanova 0-3
(23-25, 23-25, 17-25)
ITAS TRENTINO: Lisinac 7, Nimir 14, Michieletto 3, Podrascanin 5, Giannelli 1, Lucarelli 9, Rossini (L);Kooy 3, De Angelis, Sosa Sierra 1. N.e. Cortesia, Argenta, Sperotto, Pol. Coach Angelo Lorenzetti.
CUCINE LUBE: Juantorena 7, Simon 16, Rychlicki 13, Leal 12, Anzani 7, De Cecco, Balaso (L);Kovar. Marchisio. N.e. Diamantini, Falaschi, Larizza, Hadrava, Yant. Coach Gianlorenzo Blengini.
REFEREES: Simbari from Milano and Goitre from Torino.
SET DURATION: 29’, 30’, 26’; tot 1h and 25’.
NOTE: match played behind closed doors. Itas Trentino: 4 blocks, 8 aces, 11 service errors, 6 action errors, 44% in attack, 47% (18%) in reception. Cucine Lube: 8 blocks, 10 aces, 17 service errors, 2 action errors, 56% in attack, 38% (21%) in reception. MVP Simon.

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