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Milan wins comfortably against Civitanova, Otsuka does not play

October 9, 2024

On Sunday, October 6th local time, in the second round of the first half of the Italian Superlegaga, Milan, where Tatsunori Otsuka plays, played against Civitanova at home and won 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-22).

The match was played at Milan's pace for the most part. Milan's attacks were successful, and OP Regels (Belgium) and OH Kaziyski (Bulgaria) each had three service aces, for a total of eight service aces for the team, helping them to take control of the match.

Civitanova took the lead early in the third set thanks to the efforts of OH Bottolo (Italy) and OP Dirlic, who played for Milan last season and came in as a substitute, but Milan came back from behind after a challenge and a spike error. Milan continued to score points, mainly from OP Regels, and won in straight sets against Civitanova.

OP Regels, who was also selected as MVP, stood out in this match, but personally, I was happy with OH Kaziyski's performance. He is a veteran who turned 40 last month, but on this day, he looked sharp. He hasn't been able to perform as well as I would have liked due to injuries since the second half of last season, but seeing his play today, I felt relieved that he still has a lot to offer.

On the other hand, OH Otsuka was registered as a libero in this match as well as the previous match. I hope he will be on the court as a regular player in the next match.

Civitanova is a team with strong attackers, but they struggled with serve reception in this match. Also, it seemed like there were many instances where the 20-year-old setter Bonifante's sets did not match up with the attackers. However, time and experience will solve this.

Personally, I am also very happy to see the success of OH Bottolo, who has finally become a starter in his third season since the transfer, looks up to Ishikawa Yuki as his mentor and is also Takahashi Ai's best friend.

Milan
Starting line-up: S. Porro (2), OH Ruati (7), MB Schnitzer (5), OP Regels (18), OH Kaziyski (12), MB Kaneschi (6), L. Catania
Substitutes: S Zonta, OP Ballot, MB Piano, OH Gardini

Civitanova
Starting line-up: OH Bottolo (11), MB Gargiulo (9), OP Lagumjia (3), OH Polija (3), MB Sinenies (4), S Bonifante (1), L Balazo
Substitutes: OH Repki (4), S Orduna, OH Nikolov, OP Dirlic (6), MB Tenorio.

MVP: OP Regelus
18 points (3 serves, 1 block), attack efficiency rate 50.001 TP3T

L Tatsunobu Otsuka
Not participating

Detailed match stats here:
https://www.legavolley.it/match/38212

*Although the records show that Otsuka entered the court, he never actually took to the court.

Next match: October 13th (Sun) 26:00~ vs Trento

Broadcast: VBTV, FOD (Perugia match only)

Photo: legavolley.it

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