Milan, 19 February 2023

SuperLega, from 0-2 to 3-2: Itas Trentino wins with a comeback in Milan

Itas Trentino confirms its skills in the away matches of the SuperLega, gaining two precious points in Milan. In the occasion of the fifth consecutive away match of the championship, the yellow-blue team changed the rankings, keeping high the hope to place Modena in second place (now at +1) thanks to the 3-2 won with a comeback against the hosts of Allianz in the insurance derby valid for the twentieth turn in the regular season. To celebrate this victory there is also the newest Sanremo’s winner Marco Mengoni, in the bleachers to support his friends Cavuto, Lavia and Sbertoli.
An important result who came after a non-constant performance, but which is of great depth and determination, qualities that must be used in six days in Rome, when the two teams will face each other again in the second Coppa Italia 2023 semi-final. Lorenzetti’s team will arrive there with a background of five victories out of the last six matches played between championship and Champions League, along with today’s victory. With a disadvantage for 0-2 but without losing credit, Kaziyski and his teammates have drawn any kind of energy (mental, physical, technical and overall emotional) in order to make a comeback and reverse the trend of a match that seemed to be in the hosts’ hands. The masterpiece of the team’s skills arrived in the fourth set; on 21-24 the yellow-blue shortlist secured a partial of 5-0 thanks to Michieletto’s serves, Kaziyski’s attacks and Lavia who stole three match points from Milan and took the competition to the tie break, dominated by the yellow-blue right after the change of ends (from 8-7 to 15-8) with Kaziyski at service. The captain secured the match as the best scorer with 21 points with 50% and five out of the six aces made by the team; the 40 points made together by Michieletto (20) and Lavia (19) must be also highlighted: they were the main characters of this great comeback together with an even more active Sbertoli.

Here is the scoreboard of the match valid for the 20th day of the regular season of SuperLega Credem Banca 2022/23 played this evening at the Allianz Cloud in Milan.

Allianz Milan-Itas Trentino 2-3
(25-22, 26-24, 23-25, 24-26, 8-15)
ALLIANZ: Vitelli 9, Porro 2, Ishikawa 18, Loser 10, Patry 23, Mergarejo 2, Pesaresi (L); Ebadipour 12, Piano 2, Fusaro. N.e. Lawrence, Bonacchi, Colombo. Coach. Roberto Piazza.
ITAS TRENTINO: D'Heer 8, Kaziyski 21, Michieletto 20, Podrascanin 7, Sbertoli 4, Lavia 19, Laurenzano (L); Nelli, Džavoronok, Cavuto. N.e. Pace, Berger, Depalma, Lisinac. Coach. Angelo Lorenzetti.
REFEREES: Florian of Altivole (Treviso) and Giardini of Verona.
SET DURATION: 27', 36', 28', 33', 13'; tot. 2h 17'.
NOTES: 5,011 spectators, takings not announced. Allianz: 10 blocks , 6 aces, 21 hitting errors, 11 action errors, 43% attack, 29% (13%) reception. Itas Trentino: 10 blocks, 6 ace, 21 hitting errors, 5 action errors, 49% attack, 42% (15%) reception. Mvp Michieletto.

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