Trento, 27 October 2024

SuperLega, the big match is won by Perugia

After four “well rounded” victories in many matches, the streak of Itas Trentino’s male team in SuperLega Credem Banca had to deal with their first real stop tonight. Their streakender was Sir Susa Vim Perugia who, during this season, was the only team capable of defeating the Champions of Euorpe previously, thirtyfive days before the Finals of the Supercoppa in Florence.
 The propulsive cheers of four thousand present spectators were not enough to allow Fabio Soli’s team to continue their numerous consecutive victories and maintain their supremacy, now in the hands of the Umbrians who have reached the top alongside Piacenza, who will go to the tie-breaker tonight. Despite the absence of Giannelli (still out due to an abdominal problem), the Umbrians have demonstrated their own game identity even with the substitute Zoppellari in charge. Itas Trentino started off at full speed, easily winning the first set thanks to sharpness and quality in all the fundamentals, but from the second set onwards, they immediately were on the receiving end of the opponents’ counteroffensive, reducing the intensity of their actions, especially during a serve (a single ace, from Gabi Garcia in the opening phase). With the progressive rise of Plotnytskyi (in the end the best scorer and mvp of the match with 28 points), Ben Tara and the great entry in course by Ishikawa, the “block devils” have kept their side of the field well protected and gritted their teeth in the toughest moments. Under 17-13 in the third set, they managed to once again find their footing and win the advantage in that set which, in fact, has directed the match and the three points at stake towards center Italy.

The following is the table of the match valid for the fifth day of regular season of SuperLega Credem Banca 2024/25, played this evening at the ilT quotidiano Arena of Trento.

Itas Trentino-Sir Susa Vim Perugia 1-3
(25-19, 22-25, 24-26, 19-25)
ITAS TRENTINO: Lavia 12, Kozamernik 6, Gabi Garcia 16, Michieletto 18, Flavio 9, Sbertoli 2, Laurenzano (L); Bristot, Acquarone, Rychlicki 2. N.e. Pesaresi, Pellacani, Magalini, Sandu. Coach Fabio Soli.
SIR SUSA VIM: Russo 2, Ben Tara 21, Semeniuk 2, Loser 5, Zoppellari, Plotnytskyi 28, Colaci (L); Ishikawa 15, Herrera Jaime, Cianciotta. N.e. Piccinelli, Candellaro, Cianciotta, Giannelli, Solé. Coach Angelo Lorenzetti
REFEREES: Simbari di Milano and Goitre di Torino
SET DURATION: 29’, 34’, 34’, 31’, tot 2h e 8’.
NOTES: 4,000 spectators for a revenue of 57,778 euros. Itas Trentino: 12 blocks, 1 ace, 12 service errors, 8 action errors, 52% in attack, 39% (19%) in reception. Sir Susa Vim: 10 blocks, 9 aces, 19 service errors, 6 action errors, 42% in attack, 47% (11%) in reception. Mvp Plotnytskyi.

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