TRENTINO Itas getting closer to #CLVolleyM Semi-Finals with an outstanding first win

In the last #CLVolleyM Quarter-Final match of this week, Trentino Itas has won 3-0 against Berlin Recycling Volley. Although this was the first of the two rounds of the Quarter-Finals, Trentino Itas showed strongess and fightness on the court.

At the BLM Arena, the Italian team confirmed its great competitiveness in the home matches, managing in just three sets to close a very fought match, especially in the first and third partial, and dominated by Trento in the second set.

In the first set, Berlin Recycling Volleys were showing all of their colors and competitiveness on the court. They managed to get really close to Trentino Itas with a score of 26-25. But Trentino's Marko Podrascanin came in with a smash that Berlin couldn't return. Recycling Volley lost that strength in the second set and soon they were behind with 11-5. They did manage to get back on track but that still wasn't enough for a win in this set so Trentino Itas took another win with 25-22. 

In the third set, Berlin Recycling Volley was going all-in since they knew they can't lose anything. At one point they were tied up with Trentino Itas at 19-19. But Italians managed to finish things up and they took a straight 3-0 win with 27-25, 25-19, 25-22.

The MVP of the match was the middle player Srecko Lisinac, scoring 11 times with 69 % in attack, one block, and one ace. He was enough to compensate for the absence of Lavia, who remained at the bleachers after an injury at the abdominals at the very last moment.

The best scorer was the hitter of Trentino Itas Alessandro Michieletto with 13 points, 55 % in attack, and one block. The most important points of the match during the first and third match were his when the team had to speed up a bit in order to win.

The BLM Group Arena keeps being an obstacle for the German teams. With today's match, there have been six defeats for them in Trento. Three of them are by Berlin, which they lost on October 24th, 2013 for 3-1, and on February 25th, 2021 for 3-0. In order to get the qualification for the Semi-Final of the tournament and reach Perugia, Itas Trentino will have to win at least two sets in the second leg game scheduled for next Wednesday in Berlin. With a victory of 3-1 by the German team, the golden set will be played instead.