SuperLega UnipolSai round 5 postponed game
LPR Piacenza – Diatec Trentino 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22)
LPR PIACENZA – DIATEC TRENTINO 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22)
LPR PIACENZA: Parodi, Alletti 6, Papi (L), Marshall 14, Yosifov 3, Tencati 5, Hierrezuelo 3, Hernandez Ramos 28, Clevenot 14, Cottarelli. DNP Manià, Zlatanov. Coach. Giuliani.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Nelli 7, Burgsthaler, Antonov 4, Giannelli 1, Lanza 11, Solé 3, Van De Voorde 10, Colaci (L), Stokr 10, Urnaut 13, Mazzone D 6. DNP Mazzone T, Blasi, Chiappa. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Piacenza is the first one to make Trento fall. Lorenzetti’s men had a perfect nine consecutive wins coming into this encounter. In spite of this four-set defeat, Trento remains top of the table but that was an opportunity missed to create a gap on Civitanova and its main rivals.
Piacenza had not beaten Trento at home since February 2014 and it had not started well for the hosts as Trento took the first set with 62% in attack and 65% in reception. But Piacenza made less mistakes from the second set and Hierrezuelo proved a tough one to handle for the visitors. He was named MVP of the game.
Leonel Marshall (LPR Piacenza): “We were up against a team that was at its best. It was tough but today the group battled as a team. We work hard every day in the gym to get victories like this. We have to think one game at a time without losing our focus. I want to congratulate every single one in the team, they all had a great game ».
Massimo Colaci (Diatec Trentino): “They did a better job than us today. Sometimes, games can change with a good run of serves and Piacenza did well in that area. They deserve more points that the ones they had so far. They play top quality volleyball, and today again they had some injured players. I am sure they’ll fight for the top positions till the end ».
League table
Diatec Trentino 26, Cucine Lube Civitanova 25, Azimut Modena 23, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 19, Calzedonia Verona 19, LPR Piacenza 18, Gi Group Monza 15, Kioene Padova 13, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 11, Exprivia Molfetta 11, Bunge Ravenna 8, Revivre Milano 8, Top Volley Latina 7, Biosì Indexa Sora 7