news">Perugia, March 30, 2022
news">Champions League, the first leg of the semi-final is gialloblù: wonderful exploit in Perugia!
news">The three-way wall of Trentino Itas stops Wilfredo Leon’s attack during the third set (photo Benda)
Trentino Itas closes its very dense month of March with a splendid exploit in Umbria. Tonight the Gialloblù team has in fact violated the PalaBarton of Perugia, at the tie break, securing the first leg of the 2022 CEV Champions League semifinal against Sir Sicoma Monini.
A result that will be confirmed in eight days in the return to the BLM Group Arena if the pass for the Final of the maximum continental trophy on 22 May in Ljubljana is to be awarded for the second consecutive year. To actually get it, it will be necessary to win the official match with any score; a defeat at the tie break would instead lead the two teams to play the golden set at the end of the canonical match, while a maximum success in four sets for the Umbrians would guarantee them the passage of the round.
The first act of the Champions League Italian derby gave a splendid match in terms of intensity, quality fielded by both sides of the net and continuous reversals in front. Trentino Itas surprised their opponents in the sprint in the first and third sets, capitalizing to the maximum on the good things done between the block and the defense. Perugia responded vehemently in the second set and then found the strength, dragged by Leon, to react in the final of the fourth period, when it also found itself under 19-21. At the tie break, however, the Gialloblù team reiterated their splendid evening, closing on 15-12 and returning to violate PalaBarton after a year and three months. In the excellent general rehearsal, to underline the majestic performance of Michieletto (Mvp with 26 points, 51% in attack, a block, an ace and many other good things), the infinite class of Kaziyski (25 winning balls with 50 % to the net and two points) and the great presence of Podrascanin on the block: 4 winners but a large number of dirty balls and replayed positively in the half of the thirty field.
Below is the table of the first leg of the semifinal of 2022 CEV Champions League played tonight at the PalaBarton in Perugia.
Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia-Trentino Itas 2-3
(23-25, 25-19, 23-25, 30-28, 12-15)
SIR SICOMA MONINI: Anderson 15, Mengozzi 5, Rychlicki 25, Leon 29, Solé 10, Giannelli 3, Colaci (L); Colaci, Plotnytskyi 1, Ricci 1. Ne Dardzans, Travica, Ter Horst, Piccinelli, Russo. Herdsman Nikola Grbic.
TRENTINO ITAS: Michieletto 26, Lisinac 12, Pinali 7, Kaziyski 25, Podrascanin 7, Sbertoli 2, Zenger (L); D’Heer 1, Lavia 4, Cavuto 1. In Albergati, Sperotto, De Angelis. Herdsman Angelo Lorenzetti.
REFEREES: Fernandez Fuentes of Barcelona (Spain) and Puecher of Padua.
SET DURATION: 32 ‘, 28’, 34 ‘, 35’, 17 ‘; tot 2h e 26 ‘.
NOTE: 2,340 spectators. Sir Sicoma Monini: 11 blocks, 9 aces, 20 errors in service, 6 errors in action, 50% in attack, 47% (25%) in reception. Trentino Itas: 10 blocks, 6 aces, 19 errors in service, 5 errors in action, 49% in attack, 41% (15%) in reception. Mvp Michieletto.
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