In the Champions League, Trentino secured first place in Group C ahead of Thursday’s Playoffs 12 draw thanks to a 3-0 win in Belgium over Maaseik. The fifth win in six game in the competition came thanks to some excellent work at the net (13 blocks, 5 for Solé) and an extremely inspired Giannelli, who distributed the game brilliantly. The Italians were particularly sharp on first-time spikes with 67% for Solé and 70% for Van De Voorde, who also had 4 blocks in his home country. Djuric was Trento’s top scorer with 14 points (55%, 2 blocks, 1 ace).
“We’re happy with the first place, that was our goal – said coach Radostin Stoytchev – But among the second classified there will be some top quality teams in the playoffs 12. So let’s not celebrate too much this result. Tonight we played another very good game, the players executed perfectly the tactical plan we had prepared”.
Noliko Maaseik-Trentino Diatec 0-3 (21-25, 10-25, 21-25) NOLIKO MAASEIK: Raymaekers 8, Pereyra 6, Wijsmans 7, Broshog 2, Pinheiro, Maan 7, Jorna (L); Dumont, Staples, Padar 3, Finoli. DNP. Bontje. Coach. Daniel Castellani. TRENTINO DIATEC: Van de Voorde 11, Giannelli 4, Urnaut 10, Solé 10, Djuric 14, Lanza 6, Colaci (L); Antonov, Bratoev. DNP. Nelli, De Angelis, Mazzone T., Mazzone D. Coach. Radostin Stoytchev.
