Trento, 09 April 2022

On Sunday at BLM Group Arena (at 18.30) the match #3 of Quarter Finals of Play Off

The third and decisive match of the series of Quarter Finals of Play Off Scudetto Credem Banca 2022 will be played on Sunday 10th April at 18.30 at BLM Group Arena between Itas Trentino and Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza. A week from the match 2 in Emilia, that levelled off again the destiny of the match, the team gets back in the court in Trento for the match that will deliver the pass for the Semifinal. Live on RAI Sport +, Radio Dolomiti and live streaming on OTT Volleyball World Tv platform.
HERE ITAS TRENTINO The final part of the current week saves another in or out match for the yellow-blue line-up that, after the six sets played on Thursday night in Champions League against Perugia, will have to be able to collect its physical and mental energies to play the most important match of the Italian season. A victory with every score is needed to continue competing for the Scudetto, that will allow to move on to the fourteenth Play Off Semifinal in the team’s history. Thanks to the better final position in the ranking of the regular season, Sbertoli and his teammates can face this delicate event in front of their audience, without knowing if they can count on their leader Matey Kaziyski. The injury of right knee during the fourth set of the match with Sir Sicoma Monini is in recovery, but the medical team will let know his availability only near the match eve. Angelo Lorenzetti will have to inevitably prepare the appointment not knowing which players to for starting six.
“Play the Play Off Scudetto means to be perfectly conscious that the tie-breaker match is not improbable, especially if you face a high-level team such as Piacenza – explained the coach of Trentino Volley during the presentation of the match - . We will have to be good at turning page in relation to Thursday night match against Perugia, we will have to find immediately back our physical excellence but also the clarity of mind. It won’t be easy; however, nothing is easy during this moment of the season and rightly so; we want to show on the court that we deserve the semifinal and we will try to get the qualification giving the best of us”.
FIFTEENTH TIE-BREAK MATCH IN PLAY OFF SCUDETTO In the course of the eighteen previous participations in Play Off Scudetto, Trentino Volley has already played fourteen tie-break matches, similar to the one of Sunday, winning nine of them: two with Modena (season 2005/06. 3-1 at PalaPanini in match3 with qualification to the semifinals and season 2010/11, 3-1 at PalaTrento match 5 with qualification to the Final later won on Cuneo), two right with Piacenza (both matches won: 3-0 at PalaTrento match 3 of final 2008 and 3-2 always at PalaTrento in match 5 of final 2013), two with Perugia (home victory at tie break in match 3 of semifinal 2015 and victory in three sets in match 5 of semifinal 2017), one with Molfetta (3-1 at PalaTrento in quarter finals of 2016), one with Verona (3-0 in Trento in quarter finals 2018) and one with Padova (3-0 in Trento in quarters 2019). The only home tie-break that Trento lost was the match 5 in Final Scudetto 2009, defeat at PalaTrento at tie break with Piacenza; the other eight matches was all won. This on Sunday will be the 937th official match of its history, the 46th of the season.
THE OPPONENTS Gas Sales Piacenza gets back in Trento to win the most important match of its recent history. For the new white-red Society, which has taken the baton from the previous society that was able to win also a championship in 2009, Sunday night there will be the first chance to get the qualification of the Semifinals Play Off in two participations of the scoreboard that award the title. For this reason, the appointment is awaited and cherished by both the Club and its supporters, that will come to BLM Group Arena in more or less ninety to try and encourage their team for the success. The spotlights are on the ex-player Aaron Russell, who made an amazing performance in match 2 (33 points with 64% in attack and 5 aces).
PREVIOUS MATCHES The match against Piacenza has become a classic of male Italian volleyball during the years, not only for the many matches played, that make the Emilian team the third opponent that Trentino Volley has faced the most (64, only Civitanova with 84 and Modena with 78 are ahead). The match has marked three championships finals (2008, 2009 and 2013) and came back in the highest Italian championship in season 2019/20 after only a year of absence: season 2018/19, in which the Emilian team had to deal with a Serie A restart. The report is clearly positive for Trentino Volley 45-19, especially thanks to the twenty-nine victories out of the thirty-four most recent direct matches. With the victory of match 2 last Sunday, the Emilians have stopped the negative path in which they had always been defeated in the previous nine matches played; the last victory of Piacenza in the arena in via Fersina is dated back on 17th May 2009 (3-2 in match 5 of Final Play Off, with the consequent victory of the championship). In total, Trento has won twenty-nine of the thirty-four official previous matches played against Piacenza in its well-known court.
THE SERIES Trento and Piacenza are on 1-1 in the series of Quarter Finals Play Off Scudetto Credem Banca 2022 that ends on Sunday, thanks to the victories of match 1 (yellow-blue 3-0 on 26th Match with sets of 27-25, 25-20, 25-16) and match 2 (Emilian 3-2 with sets of 21-25, 29-31, 25-19, 25-20, 24-22). These results have made the third and decisive tie-break match necessary. The team that will move on to the next match will face Cucine Lube Civitanova in the series of semifinals (the best of 5 matches, the first is scheduled on Thursday 14th April). In the highest part of the scoreboard there is the other combination of semifinal with Perugia against Modena on Wednesday 13th April.
THE REFEREES The match 3 will be directed by Mauro Goitre (from Torino) and Andrea Puecher, second referee from Rubano (Padua). For Goitre, on role since 2004, this will be the thirteenth seasonal match of SuperLega; his last previous match with Trento dates back on 2nd February (defeat at tie break in Civitanova Marche). For Puecher, in highest category since 2003 and international since 2013, this will be the fourteenth seasonal match in championship; it isn’t included the last previous match (Perugia-Trento 2-3 on 30th Match) because it is referred to the Champions League.
TV, RADIO AND INTERNET This will be a global event, there will be the live streaming simultaneously on tv, radio and internet. The match will be broadcasted on the small screen by RAI Sport +, this channel can be found with number 58 of Digital TV with commentary by Maurizio Colantoni and Andrea Lucchetta.
As always, the match will have a full live coverage by Radio Dolomiti, network partner of Trentino Volley. The frequencies can be found on www.radiodolomiti.com, where it’s possible to listen to the radio commentary in streaming.
There is also the live streaming on OTT "Volleyball World Tv" (paid service). For more information about the service: www.welcome.volleyballworld.tv/faq-it.
On TV, the recap of the match will be broadcasted on Monday 11th April at 21.45, on RTTR - tv partner of Trentino Volley.
On Internet, the point-by-point updates will be made by the website of Lega Pallavolo Serie A (www.legavolley.it), by www.trentinovolley.it, and by the yellow-blue Social Networks (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook, www.trentinovolley.it/instagram and www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).
MATCH NOT INCLUDED IN SEASONAL TICKET For this match, BLM Group Arena can accommodate the 100% of the audience; everyone must show a SUPER GREEN PASS (Covid-19 Certificate that attests the vaccination or the recovery) and wear ffp2 mask during the time of their visit in the Arena. The match is not included in the seasonal ticket. The tickets pre-sale can be purchased clicking on https://trentinovolley.vivaticket.it/it/event/quarto-di-finale-play-off-q3-itas-trentino-vs-piacenza/178997 and on Saturday afternoon (from 15 to 18) and Sunday morning (from 9 to 12) at the offices of via Trener 2 in Trento. The ticket office of BLM Group Arena and the front doors of the arena are open from 17.15.

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