Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona 3-0 (35-33, 25-16, 25-22) – Diatec Trentino: Giannelli 6, Urnaut 10, Solé 6, Stokr 19, Lanza 6, Van De Voorde 10, Chiappa (L), Nelli 0, Antonov 3, Mazzone D. 2, Colaci (L). DNP Mazzone T., Blasi, Burgsthaler. Coach Lorenzetti. Calzedonia Verona: Baranowicz 1, Kovacevic 10, Anzani 4, Djuric 11, Randazzo 8, Zingel 7, Frigo (L), Ferreira 1, Giovi (L), Lecat 0, Stern 0. DNP Mengozzi, Paolucci. Coach Grbic. REFEREES: Simbari, Bartolini. NOTES – durata set: 41′, 24′, 31′; tot: 96′. Attendence: 3.149. MVP: Jan Stokr
No way for the opponents, at PalaTrento. Diatec Trentino once again confirm its strength on its turf, collecting the 13th win in a row in this season. The Adige’s derby versus Calzedonia Verona, a team in great shape who was running a six wins streak, saw the win of Angelo Lorenzetti’s team, a 3-0 which did not completely say how was the game in reality. In fact it was a very balanced game, for at least two sets, it was a big battle, it was a game always on the edge, as the first set’s score says, 35-33. This was the first loss for Nikola Grbic on Verona’s bench, after six wins in a row. The bigger problem for Verona was the troubles of Uros Kovacevic and Mitar Djuric in attack, usually some sentences in the previous six games under Grbic. They hasd some troubles down the net, without finding continuity and having troubles to put the ball on the ground.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Diatec Trentino): “It was an important win, after a big battle on the court, witnessed by alot of big and long plays. With this win we can face the challenge versus Lube next sunday with a little bit of calm. We won, but sometimes we showed some trouble in closing the plays, and in some situations we should have more determination and toughness”.
Simone Anzani (Calzedonia Verona): “I’m disappointed for this loss, in first set we were playing very well, and for some episodes we lost it. In this type of games, you have to make only few mistakes, wins who did not commit mistakes in the key moments. We lost clearly the second set, but in the third we fought back, but they were good in finalize all the chances they had”.
