Betim (Brazil), 08 December 2022

Club World Championship 2022, Trentino Itas immediately scores 3-1 against Paykan

The Volleyball Club World Championship 2022 starts with a valuable and well-deserved success for Itas Trentino, who immediately scores 3-1 in Brazil at the Ginasio Poliesportivo Divino Braga against the Iranian team Paykan Tehran. Thanks to this result, the yellow-blue team immediately flies to the top of the first turn of Pool B rankings, together with Minas and, at the same time, it is the qualification to Saturday’s semifinal. By reason of the hosts’ success against Paykan in the opening turn, Saturday’s match at 10.15 p.m. against the Brazilian line-up will be needed just to assign the top final position in the rankings and to set up the team-combinations for the Final Four, in addition to the two ranked teams of the Pool A. For Trener street’s club the start of the tenth World Championship appointment was characterized by a convincing performance, especially in the first two sets. Guided by Kaziyski (23 points with 61% at the net and 4 aces), the yellow-blue team takes immediate control of the game, scoring 2-0 also thanks to the amazing skills at block and counterattack. At first the third set was marked by the hosts’ reaction and by a long break due to the arena lighting system’s blackout, and Trentino Itas lost sheen and made two errors at the set beyond the normal score 25-25. On 2-1, Lorenzetti’s team made a comeback and did perfectly in each fundamental; Matey made the difference again, well supported by his attack squad’s teammates (Michieletto 17 points with 65% and Lavia 15 with 44%) and the Serbian middle blockers: 16 points for Lisinac with 60%, three blocks and one ace; Podrascanin 10 points with 4 aces and one block.

Below is the scoreboard of the first match of the Pool B of the 2022 Club World Championship, played at dawn at the Ginasio Poliesportivo Divino Braga in Betim.

Paykan Tehran-Trentino Itas 1-3
(20-25, 21-25, 27-25, 19-25)
PAYKAN: Fayazi 11, Tashakori 3, Amin 27, Afshinfar 2, Fallah 5, Vada 2, Hazratpour (L); Mashhadi 8, Reza, Saberi. N.e. Zarini, Shafiei, Aslani. Coach: Peyman Akbari.
TRENTINO ITAS: Sbertoli 2, Michieletto 17, Podrascanin 10, Kaziyski 23, Lavia 15, Lisinac 16, Laurenzano (L); D'Heer, Nelli, Džavoronok. N.e. Cavuto, Pace, Berger and Depalma. Coach: Angelo Lorenzetti.
REFEREES: Vera Mechan (Peru) and Cacador (Brazil).
SET LENGTH: 21', 23', 78', 22'; tot. 2h 24'.
NOTES: around 500 spectators. Paykan: 3 blocks, 2 aces, 12 serve errors, 10 action errors, 51% in attack, 40% (21%) in reception. Trentino Itas: 9 blocks, 10 aces, 21 serve errors, 5 action errors, 58% in attack, 59% (20%) in reception.

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