Trento, 31 October 2021

Itas Trentino-Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1, the match report

The match report. Itas Trentino presents itself in front of its fans nineteen days after the previous occasion with Verona and with an additional Super Cup, won using the line up with three spikers that Lorenzetti confirms in the starting six: Sbertoli as setter, Lavia as opposite spiker, Kaziyski and Michieletto as spikers, Lisinac and Podrascanin as middle blockers, Zenger libero. Cucine Lube still has to do without Zaytsev, but Blengini decides to let Juantorena and De Cecco rest, using in their places Gabi Garcia, Yant, and Sottile. The rest of the starting six has Lucarelli (his first match as former, awarded by Trentino Volley before the kickoff) as spiker, Simon and Anzani as middle blockers, Balaso libero. At the start of the match, the hosts immediately try to assert their authority with Lisinac and Lavia (from 3-3 to 7-4), who make them heard, especially at blocking. Blengini calls a time-out, but the reaction of his team doesn’t arrive (10-7), also because the yellow-blue work very well in the change ball phase (13-8). When the guests begin to make mistakes in reception, the hosts take over (15-10 and 18-12), also thanks to Kaziyski who pushes with the service. The final of the set is in control of Itas Trentino (22-14), which goes to 1-0 on 25-16, with Michieletto who is great in attack.
Civitanova tries to catch up at the start of the second set, counting on the service that puts the hosts in a difficult position (1-4, 5-9), also because Simon makes his quality heard at the net. Lorenzetti interrupts the game, but the team struggles to close the gap (8-12) with Cucine Lube very precise and aggressive at the net (10-16). Then, Lorenzetti replaces Lavia with Pinali, but it’s with the turn at service of Kaziyski that the hosts try to move close; Lisinac counterattacks like a champion (16-20), forcing Blengini to call a time-out. At the restart, Yant keeps at distance the yellow-blue (19-22 and 20-23), which surrender on 21-25.
In the third set, Trento begins with enthusiasm (3-1 and 5-3), the opponents with Simon show to want to be as good as the opponent. During the central part, two direct mistakes of Gabi Garcia and one of Anzani create a big gap between the two teams (11-5). The yellow-blue extend the gap with an ace of Podrascanin and the counterattack as opposite spiker of Michieletto (15-7), and then take over when Lube continues to make mistakes, hammered by the services of Kaziyski (22-9). The 2-1 arrives already on 25-11, with the fans of Trento super excited for their favourites, with Podrascanin who goes for the kill.
As happened after the first set, also after the third set Civitanova starts without suffering psychological repercussions: Yant goes from 3-1 to 6-7, but Kaziyski responds with power and precision (11-10). During the central part, the teams play point-by-point (14-14 and 16-16), then the block of Podrascanin on Simon interrupts the balance (20-18, time out by the guests). At the restart, two aces of Gabi Garcia on Kaziyski reverse the trend (20-21); the spike in the break points phase of Kaziyski (26-24) decides the set.

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