Pre-season ends with a defeat, the first after four victories. In its last friendly game before the Super Cup against Macerata, Trento was defeated at the tie-break by Modena in its PalaTrento arena. Despite the loss, Serniotti’s men did well in attack (50% and at the net (14 blocks, 4 for Sokolov). Lanza shines once again with 23 points, 61% in attack and 56% in reception.
“This was a very competitive game, this is what we needed, both team gave their absolute best – said coach Serniotti – Given that this was the first time we all played together, this was a positive performance. We do have to handle better some situations, like in the third set in which we had a commanding lead. But we the loss of the set did not have any psychological effect, the team reacted well to force a tie-break”.
Diatec Trentino-Casa Modena 2-3
(23-25, 25-19, 24-26, 27-25, 11-15)
DIATEC TRENTINO: Suxho 3, Ferreira 17, Burgsthaler 5, Sokolov 25, Lanza 23, Colaci (L); Szabò, Sintini, Fedrizzi, Solé 4. Dnp. Thei e De Paola. Coach. Roberto Serniotti.
CASA MODENA: Deroo 16, Sala 8, Bartman 24, Quesque 13, Beretta 2, Kampa 6, Manià (L); Krumins, Sket 5, Hendriks 1, Bossi 4. Dnp. Donadio and Cernic. Coach. Angelo Lorenzetti.
