In the fifth round of the second half of the Italian Men's Volleyball League, Milan, where Ishikawa Yuki plays, played against Trentino on Wednesday, January 24th (local time) and lost 0-3 (21-25, 19-25, 21-25). Ishikawa Yuki started and scored 12 points.
First set starting lineup
Milan
OH: Melgarejo (Cuba), Ishikawa
MB: Vitelli (Italy), Rosell (Argentina)
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, OP Lihilicki's block and Milano's mistake gave Trentino a 2-6 lead from the beginning. Milano narrowed the gap to 8-11 with OP Regels' spikes, but Trentino widened the gap to 11-18 with OH Micheletto's spikes, blocks, and service aces. Milano scored consecutive points with OH Melgarejo's spikes in the final stages to make it 18-21, but a Milano serve error made it 21-25, and Trentino took the set.
In the second set, Trentino took the lead 1-4 with OP Lihiricki's spikes from the beginning. After that, Trentino continued to break with blocks from MB Podrascanin and took a large lead of 9-15. Furthermore, OP Lihiricki and MB Kozamelnik's spikes made it 12-20, and at the end, OH Micheletto scored a spike to cut it off and Trentino took the set 19-25.
In the third set, Milano took the lead at 3-2 with a service ace from MB Rosell at the beginning, but OP Lihilicki and OH Micheletto's spikes and service aces allowed Trentino to turn the game around at 6-9. Milano then took the lead again at 16-15 with a spike from OH Ishikawa and a block and service ace from MB Piano (Italy), who came in as a substitute, but Trentino quickly turned the game around again at 17-18 with a service ace from MB Podrascanin. Trentino then broke the game with a spike from OH Micheletto and won the set at 21-25.
As a result, Milan lost to Trentino 0-3.
MVP: OP Kamil Lichlicki 12 points (1 serve, 1 block) Attack efficiency rate 37.50%
OH Yuki Ishikawa 12 points (including 1 block) Attack efficiency rate 29.63%
Milan now has a total record of 8 wins, 8 losses and 26 points, maintaining their 5th place position.
The next match will be against Perugia in the Coppa Italia semi-final at 1:30am on Saturday, January 27th (Japan time).
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Toshiki's comment
It was a spectacular defeat...
Trentino's serve and block were extremely powerful, leaving Milan with very little room to do what they wanted.
In particular, Trentino's powerful serves effectively blocked quick and pipe attacks from the center, forcing Milan into a difficult situation.
On the other hand, Trentino's serve reception was solid and Milano was unable to attack with their serves. The only one who dropped the serve reception was L Laurenzano of Trentino, but the problem was solved by replacing him with L Domenico, who was on the sidelines, and he did a good job.
It's great that the reserve liberos are also at a high level. Especially Milan's reserve libero Colombo is at a very tough level...
Ishikawa's performance as an individual wasn't that great, but I think it was good to see him smiling during the game.
Although we lost, we can only take a positive view that the fact that the game finished in straight sets meant that fatigue was kept to a minimum ahead of this weekend's Coppa Italia.
The Coppa Italia semi-finals are finally here. I'm excited to see if third time's a charm for the club and for Ishikawa personally, and if they can make it to the finals for the first time!
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