Italy: Simón stage showdown in aces and Lube tie semifinal series vs Trentino!

Cucine Lube Civitanova tied the playoff semifinal series of the 2020/21 Italian SuperLega Credem Banca playoff semifinals against Itas Trentino.
The 2nd-seed showed an impressive reaction to a home defeat suffered by no.3 in Game 1, and this time the team commanded by Gianlorenzo Blengini won by a 3-0 (25:23, 25:23, 25:17) on the road, tying the series at 1-1.
Pushed by an immense service display of Cuban Robertlandy Simón, author of 8 aces, who closed the match with game-high 16 points (100% and 7/7 in attack e and a winning block), Lube brought the series back home. Good performance also for Rychlicki (13 points and 57% in attack) and Leal (12 points and a ace, and the same percentage in attack).
On the other side of the net, Dutchman Nimir Abdel-Aziz, scored 14 points for Trentino, of which 7 came from the service line, but only 35% 2 blocked and 3 errors).

| 2020/21 Italian SuperLega Credem Banca playoff semifinals – Game 2:

| March 31, 2021
• Vero Volley Monza (4) – Sir Safety Conad Perugia (1) 1-3 (22:25, 25:22, 29:31, 15:25)

| April 1:
• Itas Trentino (3) – Cucine Lube Civitanova (2) 0-3 (23:25, 23:25, 17:25)
Itas Trentino: Giannelli 1, Santos De Souza 9, Lisinac 7, Abdel-Aziz 14, Michieletto 3, Podrascanin 5, Pol (L), Rossini (L), Sosa Sierra 1, Kooy 3, De Angelis (L). N.E. Sperotto, Cortesia, Argenta. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 0, Juantorena 7, Simon 16, Rychlicki 13, Leal 12, Anzani 7, Marchisio (L), Larizza (L), Balaso (L), Kovar 0. N.E. Yant Herrera, Diamantini, Hadrava, Falaschi. Coach. Blengini.