In the 5th round of the Italian Men's Volleyball League, Milan, which Ishikawa Yuki plays for, played against Trentino on Wednesday, November 15th (local time) and lost 1-3 (22-25, 25-21, 19-25, 16-25). Ishikawa Yuki started the game and scored 16 points.
First set starting lineup
Milan
OH: Kaziyski (Bulgaria), Ishikawa
MB: Rosell (Argentina), piano (Italy)
OP: Regels (Belgium)
S: Porro (Italy)
L: Catania (Italy)
Trentino
OH: Micheletto (Italy), Lavia (Italy)
MB: Kozamelnik (Slovenia), Podrascanin (Serbia)
OP: Lihiritzki (Luxembourg)
S: Sbertori (Italy)
L: Laurenzano (Italy)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
Match Report
In the first set, Milano took the lead with a block from OH Ishikawa. From there, Milano scored with OP Regels and Trentino with OH Micheletto, and the match continued with a close score of 13-13. From there, Trentino took the lead with a spike from OH Lavia and other points, but Milano also succeeded in breaking with a service ace from OH Ishikawa and tied the score at 19-19. However, in the final stages, OH Ishikawa was caught in a block, and Trentino took the lead at 21-24, taking the set point first, and finally OH Micheletto's spike was successful, giving Trentino a 22-25 victory.
In the second set, Milano continued to score points mainly through OH Kaziyski, but just like in the first set, the score remained the same and the score continued to be 9-9. From there, a service ace from OH Ishikawa put Milano ahead by two points at 11-9, but a block from MB Kozamelnik quickly tied the score at 14-14. However, with consecutive spikes from OH Ishikawa and blocks from OP Regels, Milano took the lead at 19-15. Milano continued to maintain the score lead, and finally OP Regels scored a spike to win the set 25-21.
In the third set, the game was close again in the beginning, but OH Ravia's spikes and service aces gave Trentino an 8-11 lead. After that, OH Micheletto's service aces and spikes gave Trentino a 15-19 lead. In the final stages, Milan's substitute OH Melgarejo (Cuba) scored a spike, but in the end, OH Ravia's block was successful and Trentino won the set 19-25.
In the fourth set, OP Lihilicki's blocks and spikes were successful from the start, putting Trentino ahead 1-4. After that, Trentino broke the lead with blocks from MB Podrascanin and other efforts, widening the gap to 4-10. Milano closed the gap to two points at 9-11 with spikes and blocks from OH Melgarejo, but was soon pushed back to 9-13 with spikes from OH Ravia and other efforts. Trentino then widened the gap to 11-18 with a service ace from MB Kozamelnik and other efforts. Milano continued to make serve errors after that and was unable to break, and in the end, Trentino took the set with a spike from MB Kozamelnik making it 16-25.
As a result, Milan lost to Trentino 1-3.
MVP: OH Alessandro Micheletto 20 points (2 serves, 1 block), attack efficiency rate 55.171 TP 3T
Ishikawa scored 16 points (2 on serves and 1 on blocks) for an attack effectiveness rate of 27.59%.
Milan now sits in provisional 10th place with a record of 1 win, 4 losses and 4 points.
Their next match will be against Catania, ranked 11th, on Monday, November 20th at 2:00am Japan time.
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Toshiki's Tweets
Trentino was strong.
Except for the second set, in which Milano managed to take the set, they were unable to attack with their serves, and instead struggled with their opponents' serves and blocks, allowing Trentino to take the lead in the match.
Kaziyski was targeted by Torentino's serve, which caused Milano's serve reception to be greatly disrupted. As for blocking, Milano's quick attacks, in particular, seemed to be struggling as they were tightly marked by Torentino.
I don't think Ishikawa's overall numbers were that bad individually, but he got blocked at crucial moments, made a serve error towards the end of the set, and made a mistake in the fake set, so it felt like he wasn't able to continue performing at his best when it mattered.
MVP Micheletto's performance was superb. Although there were some parts where the serve reception was disrupted, he hit long shots from high hitting points and mixed in soft shots, making it difficult for Milano to respond. I think there were many scenes where he was hit from above the block.
This was Milan's fourth defeat and they can no longer afford to lose if they want to finish in 8th place or higher at the end of the first half of the season, which is the requirement for qualifying for the Coppa Italia.
The team has reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia for the last two seasons in a row, and I think they are aiming to reach the final this year, so I hope they can win all of their games in the first half of the season and secure a ticket to the Coppa Italia.
Our next opponent, Catania, is a club participating in the Superlega for the first time this season and is currently lower than Milan in the rankings, so we'll be looking to get a win in our next game to get us going!
Forza Milano!!
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