Italy: Trentino win in Civitanova to take the lead in playoff semifinal series against Lube!

An unstoppable Itas Trentino defeated Cucine Lube Civitaniva in Game 1 of the 2021/22 Italian Superlega CredemBanca semi-finals.
The 3rd-seed Trentino offered yet another amazing performance of this period of the season, dominating No.2 Lube on the road with a heavy 0-3 (26:28, 20:25, 23:25).

The hosts had to play without their captain Osmany Juantorena again, but Trentino’s performance, especially in the 2nd set when they came back from 18-13, led by captain Matey Kaziyski, absolutely deserved this victory.
About Kaziyski, he was also named MVP of the match, top scorer with 16 points, 58% in attack, and two winning blocks. But very good also Podrascanin, decisive from the service line and 8/9 in attack. Among the hosts, Zaytsev, Simon and Yant in double digit with 15, 13 and 12 points, respectively. However, Zaytsev made also 4 errors and 4 blocked.
And moreover 27 errors Lube, 14 Trento…

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🏐| Superlega CredemBanca 2021/22 | Semifinals

Best-of-five

— GAME 1 —

April 13, 2022
• Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena 1-3 (22:25, 25:22, 22:25, 20:25) Serie: 0-1

👉🏼 April 14, 2022
• Cucine Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino 0-3 (26:28, 20:25, 23:25) Serie: 0-1
Cucine Lube Civitanova: De Cecco 1, Santos De Souza 9, Simon 13, Zaytsev 15, Yant Herrera 12, Anzani 3, Marchisio (L), Diamantini 0, Balaso (L), Kovar 1, Garcia Fernandez 1. N.E. Juantorena, Jeroncic, Sottile. Coach. Blengini.
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 1, Michieletto 8, Podrascanin 10, Lavia 9, Kaziyski 16, Lisinac 7, De Angelis (L), Pinali 0, Zenger (L), Cavuto 0, D’Heer 0. N.E. Albergati, Sperotto. Coach. Lorenzetti.

— GAME 2 —

April 17, 2022
• Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (23:25, 25:22, 21:25, 21:25) Serie: 1-1
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

April 18, 2022
• Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:23) Serie: 2-0

— GAME 3 —

April 20, 2022
• Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena 2-3 (26:24, 25:22, 16:25, 29:31, 13:15) Serie: 1-2

April 21, 2022
• Cucine Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino 3-0 (25;16, 25:19, 25:17) Serie: 1-2

— GAME 4 —

April 24, 2022
• Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (19:25, 29:27, 22:25, 22:25) Serie: 2-2

• Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 2-3 (25:21, 17:25, 16:25, 25:19, 12:15) Serie: 2-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

— GAME 5 —

April 27, 2022
• Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena 3-1 (19:25, 25:20, 27:25, 25:15) Serie: 3-2
• Cucine Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino 3-2 (27:29, 25:21, 21:25, 25:15, 15:11) Serie: 3-2

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