Tatsunobu Otsuka's Milan team suffers second defeat after losing 1-3 to Trento

On Sunday, October 13th local time, in the third round of the first half of the Italian Superlegga, Milan, where Tatsunori Otsuka plays, faced Trento and lost 1-3 (29-31, 27-29, 25-22, 18-25).

In the first and second sets, Milan accumulated points with spikes from OP Regels (Belgium) and other players, and led until the middle of both sets, but then OH Micheletto (Italy) and others helped them catch up, and both sets ended in close matches at deuce.

In the third set, Milano's serves were strong and OH Ruati (France) and others scored spikes to help Milan take the set, but in the fourth set, OH Micheletto scored a lot of spikes and Trento's blocks and defense worked well to help Milano take the set without any trouble and win the match.

Milan had many scenes where OP Regels was the only decisive player, and in the fourth set, Regels was also defeated and had no way to hit. Milan's challenge is that the performance of the outside hitter is not stable, as in the first match. OH Otsuka was registered as a libero again that day and did not play in the match. Otsuka, everyone is waiting for you.

However, Milan's reserve OP Barot (Italy) played well, so if they find themselves in a similar situation without Otsuka next time, it would be a good idea to use OP Barot with Regels on the outside. But please come to the court soon, Otsuka.

As expected, the winning team, Trento, has a lineup of players who can perform well when it matters. OH Micheletto in particular is really amazing. He often hits service aces at crucial moments and spikes during breaks. However, on the other hand, I think they may have relied too much on OH Micheletto, so there is no doubt that defeating OH Micheletto will be the key to defeating Trento.

Milan
Starting lineup: MB Kaneschi (8), S Pollo (3), OH Ruati (11), MB Schnitzer (6), OP Regers (19), OH Kaziyski (11), L Catania
Substitutes: OP Ballot (3), S Zonta, OH Gardini

Torrent
Starting line-up: OH Ravia (13), MB Kozamelnik (7), OP Garcia (18), OH Micheletto (23), MB Flavio (11), S Sbertoli (1), L Laurenzano
Substitutes: OP Lihiritsuki (1), S Aqualone

MVP: OH Alessandro Micheletto
23 points (3 on serve, 2 on block), attack efficiency rate 37.501 TP3T

OH Tatsunobu Otsuka
Not participating

Detailed match stats here:
https://www.legavolley.it/match/38217

Next match: October 20th (Sun) 26:00~ vs Monza

Broadcast: VBTV, FOD (Perugia match only)

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