Trento, 17 January 2024

Trentino Itas-Asseco Resovia Rzeszow 2-3, the match report

The match report. Trentino Itas is back in front of its home crowd three days after the 3-1 win over Verona with the same lineup: Sbertoli as setter, Rychlicki as opposite, Michieletto and Lavia in area 4, Kozamernik and Podrascanin in the middle, Laurenzano as libero. Asseco Resovia responds with Kozub as setter, Boyer as opposite, Louati and Cebulj as spikers, Mordyl and Klos as middle blockers, Zatorski as libero. Trento’s start is most effective at break point: Michieletto immediately scores a pair of rebuilds that are worth the immediate +4 (6-2), then there are the winning serves of Kozamernik and Rychlicki to offer a new cue (9-4), forcing the Poles to take refuge in a time out. At resumption it is the hosts again that lay down the law, not only with the serve but also with Lavia's attack (11-4); Resovia tries to shake it off, replying with Boyer (14-9) but then suffers the new lunge of the tricolors' opposite player (attack and ace for 17-9). In the final part, Trentino Itas loosens its grip a bit (18-13), before pressing hard again with the serves (21-14) of Michieletto and Lavia, then suffering another break by the French opposite (24-16 to 24-20) and finally closing the accounts with a serve error by the same transalpine (25-20).
The second set opened with difficulties in the second line of the hosts, which offered the side to the (successful) breakaway attempt of the guests, who, between counterattacks ace, arrived first on 2-6 and then also on 5-10. By midway through the half Soli has already spent the two time outs at his disposal, without finding effective solutions; Trento’s game continues to be lacking at the ball change (7-13). On 10-15, however, the redemption begins, through Rychlicki's serves (two winners) and Captain Podrascanin's block; Trentino Itas comes up to minus one (14-15 and then 19-20), but Asseco Resovia later restarts again from a good attacking phase on reception and from the usual Boyer (19-22) and ties the score at the second set ball, with Louati from area 2 (23-25).
In the third set the battle, which lost a protagonist like Cebulj (right foot problem suffered in the end of the previous partial, in his place Defalco on court), continues to live of flare-ups. Trentino Itas has a couple of them with Rychlicki (7-5 and then 13-11) that allow it to hold the reins of the game. Resovia climbs the slope several times until 18-18, stopping several yellow-blue breakaway attempts with Louati, then stretching with Defalco himself (19-21). Magalini alternates Michieletto, but fails to provide the shock, immediately scoring a point before suffering two aces from Defalco and a block from newcomer Bucki that close the set on 20-25 in favor of the guests.
Down 1-2, Soli decided to leave Magalini on the court and, after a few exchanges, to also propose D'Heer in place of Podrascanin; the Italian champions immediately went down (2-5), but then, thanks to the block, slowly came back on top (6-7 and 10-11), tying the score at 12 thanks to Rychlicki’s counterattack. Lavia's spike allows the yellow-blue team to gain the advantage on 15-14, then Kamil once again takes care of widening the gap (19-16, also helped by a direct error by Louati). Trentino Itas held on to the lead (23-20) with Magalini and took the challenge to the tie break at 25-20 (attack by Rychlicki).
Boyer's batting flare-up propels the Poles to 2-5 in the fifth set; it is already the decisive cue, because then Rzeszow dominates the situation (4-9 and 6-11), bidding farewell to the Champions League with a prestigious victory (9-15).

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