Trento, 13 February 2022

Itas Trentino-Gioiella Prisma Taranto 3-0, the match report

Match report. Angelo Lorenzetti gets Kaziyski back but he has to do without both of his regular middle blockers, that’s why there was Cavuto in place three diagonal to D’Heer once again. The remaining of starting six was Sbertoli as setter, Lavia as opposite spiker, Michieletto as hitter spiker and Zenger as libero. Gioiella Prisma responds with Dosanjh as setter, Sabbi as opposite spiker, Randazzo and Joao Rafael as hitter spikers, Di Martino and Alletti in the centre, Pochini as libero.
The beginning is balanced, the two teams that alternate each other the first place during the first exchanges (3-1, 4-5, 7-6 and 10-11), and their ball-exchange works well. Itas Trentino takes the reins of the game on 15-13, with a double point of Michieletto (attack and ace), that was preceded by D’Heer’s block on Randazzo. Di Pinto’s time out doesn’t change the tendency, considering that at the restart of the game an error of the Apulian hitter spikers gives +3, that the yellow-blue team don’t waste later (17-14), on the contrary they increase it (19-15) with the help of another out attack (this time of Sabbi) and one Sbertoli’s ace. The end of the first set is controlled without big problems by the hosts (22-18) that change the field at 25-22 (Kaziyski’s winning attack).
The superiority of Trento emerges also at the beginning of the second set; Kaziyski’s serves, Cavuto and Michieletto’s block and Lavia’s counterattack (in the first half!) allowed to locals to race off (3-2 and 6-3). In the hardest time, Taranto was able to get back thanks to the defence and the serve of Joao Rafael, who obtained a direct ace and two easy points that turned the score upside down (7-8). We have to wait 13-13 to see Trentino Itas outdistance again, when Kaziyski goes at serve and he does a break of 6-0 alone thanks to three direct aces and to break points made easily. The set is definitely addressed on 19-13, because the yellow-blue team doesn’t give nothing later (21-16), with Lavia unfettered in attack (25-19).
During the third set, the high point of Itas Trentino continues; the yellow-blue team takes the situation in its hand with Kaziyski and Lavia (4-1 and 8-4) and they gain speed, getting excited in all the fundamentals, serve included (Sbertoli’s ace results in 13-6). The Apulians don’t respond anymore (16-7 and 19-9) and Michieletto becomes the main character in attack and in block; the 3-0 comes quickly, already at 25-14 (Kaziyski’s ace, after the first personal set of the young Simoni).

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