Despite the return of Itas Trentino Trento’s playmaker Riccardo Sbertoli and the absence of Allianz Milan’s Bulgarian star Matey Kaziyski, last year’s champions and this year’s regular season winners failed to double their lead in the third place playoff as they visited Milan on Saturday, but they will try to regain control of the series as they entertain Allianz for the third game at the ilT quotidiano Arena on Wednesday, April 24, at 20:30 local time (18:30 UTC). However, their starting outside hitter Daniele Lavia is still recovering from an abdominal injury and is expected to miss the upcoming match again.
After Trentino’s hard-fought 3-2 (23-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11) home win last Wednesday, Allianz struck back as they hosted the second game for another epic five-setter, 3-2 (26-24, 17-25, 25-16, 25-27, 22-20). It was only the fourth time in history, the club from Milan managed to beat their opponents from Trento, in 26 matches played.
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