Civitanova Marche (Macerata), 27 April 2022

Play Off, Itas Trentino fights till the tie-break before leaving the qualification to Lube

The long ride of Itas Trentino in the Championship of 2021/22 of SuperLega Credem Banca ends at a step from the qualification to the Final Play-Off Scudetto. Lorenzetti’s team was not able, tonight, to conquer, for the second time in two weeks, Eurosuole Forum Civitanova Marche in match 5 of the semifinal. Taking advantage of the field-factor, it was Cucine Luce, Italian defending champions, the one to close the series at 3-2 in its favour, thanks to a success at tie-break obtained tonight at a come back, and it was the one to collect the ticket to play the tricoloured match against Perugia.
However, the yellow-blue team went away under the applause of more than 3500 present viewers, because, as often happened during these Play-off, they fought tooth and nail till the end, confirming the exponential growth in these months and now the team can concentrate all its energy on the most waited event of the entire season of the Club, which is the Supefinal of 2022 CEV Champions League, set to be in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on May 22nd against the European defending champions of Kedzierzyn-Kozle.
With determination and personality shown during the previous fifty matches, Kaziyski and his teammates were able to surprise the opponents in the first and third set with starting points of great quality in each fundamental. Ahead 2-1, the yellow-blue team suffered the strong return of the Italian defending champions, which was led by De Cecco, the attacks of Garcia and the total performance of Simon (20 personal points). Best scorer of Trentino is Kaziyski (who scored 22 tie with 50%), followed by Lisinac with a gap of one point, spectacular with 72% in the first set and six personal blocks. The captain and the Serbian middle-blocker were the last ones to give up, in a match where Michieletto’s star was shining again (11 with 53% at net).
The disappointment of the elimination does not however cancel the satisfaction for the qualification to the 2023 CEV Champions League, achieved tonight thanks to the simultaneous move to the next round in Final Scudetto of Perugia, which won against Modena.

Following the score board of match 5 of the semifinal of Play-Off Scudetto SuperLega Credem Banca 2022 played tonight at Eurosuole Forum of Civitanova Marche.

Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 3-2
(27-29, 25-21, 21-25, 25-15, 15-11)
CUCINE LUBE: Anzani 6, Zaytsev 9, Yant 16, Simon 20, De Cecco 4, Lucarelli 9, Balaso (L); Garcia 12, Kovar 4, Diamantini. N.e. Sottile, Marchisio, Juantorena, Jeroncic. Trainer Gianlorenzo Blengini.
ITAS TRENTINO: Michieletto 11, Lisinac 19, Lavia 3, Kaziyski 22, Podrascanin 6, Sbertoli 2, Zenger (L); Pinali 1, D’Heer, Cavuto 4, Albergati, De Angelis (L). N.e. Sperotto. Trainer Angelo Lorenzetti.
REFEREES: Cesare from Rome and Vagni from Perugia.
SET DURATION: 34’, 25’, 26’, 25’, 18’; tot 2h and 8’.
NOTES: 3.552 viewers, 59.091 euros proceeds. Cucine Lube: 12 blocks, 10 aces, 21 mistakes at service, 10 mistakes in action, 57% in attack, 49% (23%) in reception. Itas Trentino: 8 blocks, 2 aces, 19 mistakes at service, 4 mistakes in action, 49% in attack, 44% (10%) in reception. Mvp De Cecco.

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