Cagliari, 31 October 2022

Sir Safety Susa Perugia-Itas Trentino 3-2, the Semifinal Supercup match

The match report. Itas Trentino presents itself on the tricolour court of PalaPirastu in Cagliari, confirming the set-up seen in Modena on Wednesday evening with three setters on the court at the same time, with Kaziyski once again playing opposite, while Lavia and Michieletto act in position 4. The other four players in the starting six are setter Sbertoli, libero Laurenzano (at the first Final Four in his career), and the two Serbian middle-blockers Lisinac-Podrascanin.
Sir Safety Susa Perugia responded with Giannelli serving, Richlicki opposite, Leon and Semeniuk as setter, Flavio and Russo as middle-blockers, Colaci libero. Trento was immediately in the game and showed it by starting at break point with Michieletto and Lavia. However, the yellow-blue attempts to escape (3-1, 5-3, 7-5) were countered by the Umbrians until 13-13 thanks mainly to Leon. Itas Trentino restarted with Lavia and with the aces of Sbertoli and Michieletto (19-15); it was the decisive cue, because then Lorenzetti's team carefully defended the advantage (23-19) and closed on the fourth occasion with the same Alessandro (25-23).
After the change of court, Perugia came forward with more determination, especially with the block, the fundamental that pushed Sir Safety Susa ahead 3-6 and then even 8-11 when Semeniuk began to hurt the opponent's reception. Lorenzetti's time out tried to clear his team's head, but Leon was helped by Rychlicki in attack at breakpoint and the gap increased (12-18). Michieletto and his team-mates climbed back up to 15-18, before finally giving way to the Umbrians (16-23 and 17-25), who quickly reached the point of tie score.
The competition balances back at the beginning of the third partial, a phase which shows Lavia’s net efficiency (back on court after being benched for a short break during the previous set’s final), together with Flavio. The tally breaks at 11 points, when Leon and Russo score a +3 (11-14), forcing Lorenzetti to interrupt the competition, but the team’s response only comes at after a long game, when Nelli scores an ace right after his entrance (18-20) and Michieletto takes advantage of one of Laurenzano many defences (20-20). At the sprint, Giannelli makes the difference with two personal blocks (22-24), then Semeniuk confirms the 2-1 score with an attack worth 22-25.
The yellow-blue team shows its response at the fourth set; thanks to a speeding start (5-0), Itas Trentino takes the game’s reins. At 9-3 Anastasi probably considers this as a lost partial and inserts various members; with Solé, Plotnytskyi and Ropret into play, the Umbrian team cannot stand up against Trento’s team (15-5), but suddenly the reply and make Lorenzetti’s team suffer (18-12, 21-17, 23-21), but it keeps going and takes home the new tie point at 25-22 (service error by the returning Giannelli).
The tie break is in the sign of Perugia that, with Leon and Herrera Jaime (who remained in court after his positive entrance at the place of Rychlicki during the previous set) set the record straight (1-4, 4-8) and pull ahead the final qualification already at 7-15.

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