Betim (Brasile), 10 December 2021

World Club Championship 2021, heart-stopping semi-final: Trentino Itas loses only 19-21

A generous, strong-willed and determined performance was not enough to keep the dream alive; Trentino Itas' run in the 2018 World Club Championship stopped this evening in the semi-finals, in the presence of the champions Cucine Lube Civitanova. Once again it was the team from Marche that prevented Trentino Volley from competing for another trophy, this time in the international arena; the Italian derby, however, was resolved only at the sprint after five sets of great volleyball. In the tie break, the opposite team was more cynical, sealing a comeback that had seen them go down 1-2 in the tie break and then even 6-10 in the play-off period before being able to assert their own law. After a slow start, Trentino Itas gradually found more and more conviction and a beautiful and effective game, in which Sbertoli was constantly able to give only few points of reference to the opponent's block (in fact, he scored only four times). At the best moment, Lorenzetti's team suffered the return of the opponents, giving up only 19-21 at the tie break after having a couple of match balls. In any case, the team's attacking performance was great (54% overall), especially that of Michieletto (25 points with 51% at the net and three blocks), Lavia (17 with 61%) and Kaziyski (14), who was always combative. The yellow-blue team are left with the match for third place (Saturday December 11th, 21:00 Italian time), which will offer an important opportunity to return to the podium three years after the last time, against the losing team of the second semi-final Sada Cruzeiro-Funvic.

Below is the scoreboard of the 2021 Club World Cup semi-final, played at dawn at the Ginasio Poliesportivo Divino Braga in Betim.

Cucine Lube Civitanova-Trentino Itas 3-2
(25-20, 22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 21-19)
CUCINE LUBE: Anzani 8, De Cecco 4, Lucarelli 19, Simon 18, Gabi Garcia 11, Yant 27, Balaso (L); Marchisio, Sottile, Zaytsev 5, Kovar. N.e. Juantorena, Jeroncic and Diamantini.  Coach Gianlorenzo Blengini.
TRENTINO ITAS: Kaziyski 14, Lisinac 10, Lavia 17, Michieletto 25, Podrascanin 7, Sbertoli 1, Zenger (L); Pinali 1, Sperotto, Cavuto. N.e. D'Heer, Albergati, De Angelis. Coach Angelo Lorenzetti.
REFEREES: Ivanov (Bulgaria) and Ortiz (Puerto Rico).
SET DURATION: 21', 26', 27', 24', 23'; tot. 2h 1'.
NOTES: 1,000 spectators. Cucine Lube Civitanova: 4 blocks, 5 aces, 23 hitting errors, 8 action errors, 61% in attack, 58% (24%) in reception. Trentino Itas: 8 blocks, 2 aces, 18 hitting errors, 3 action errors, 54% in attack, 42% (21%) in reception.

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