Noliko MAASEIK defeats TRENTINO planetwin365 in a sweep – Volleyball news
The Noliko MAASEIK men’s volleyball team of Belgium recently had a match with TRENTINO planetwin365 of Italy.
The two teams got the chance to compete with each other as part of the Playoffs 12 of the 2012 CEV Volleyball Champions League that are currently being staged in various European cities. Both MAASEIK as well as TRENTINO met each other in the Belgian city
of Maaseik. The venue of the competition was the Lotto Dome.
What followed was a match that was pretty much one sided as Italians were able to secure the match by making a clean sweep over the home team. Despite the fact that the MAASEIK squad was playing in their home ground, they lost each set by a significant margin.
The scoreboard showed the following final set scores in favour of the Italians: 25-18, 25-22, and 25-18.
Matteo Burgsthaler of the TRENTINO squad expressed himself in the following words after the match had come to its end, “We know that once we take the lead, it is very difficult for any opponent to come back into the match. However, tonight, supported by
their fans, the players of Noliko succeeded in doing this, and so we are very happy with this win in straight sets.”
On the other hand, the home team setter Yannick van Harskamp shared his views as, “We always started trailing in the score, in each of the sets, and TRENTINO is such a strong side that they do not let you come back anymore.”
The first set of the match had all the odds piled up against the TRENTINO side as they lost their middle blocker Mitar Djuric due to an injury and the home crowd of a total of 3000 opponent’s fans was overwhelming.
However, the Italians managed to give an impressive performance that enabled them to bag the opening set at 25-18.
The second saw some sparks flying from the home team as the kept the frame close but the Italians put on a spurt of speed in the end that secured them the second set as well.
The loss of the first two sets built up the confidence of the Italians while it decreased the confidence of the home side which resulted in the third set going to the Italians as well.
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