Oleh Plotnytskyi's MRI shows a lesion of the quadriceps femoris on his left thigh. So he will sit out until the end of this month. Without Oleh, it's gonna be a tough battle for Monza to play against Padova tomorrow.
Italy- Superlega 2018/2019
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Padova 3:1 Monza
Padova played awfully in the first 2 sets with shaky reception. Travica also set up some bad balls for pos 4.
But Padova's been back to normal since set 3. Torres should be the MVP with his good attacking and serving. Without Oleh, Monza struggled with offense and serve. Dzavoronok is not stable too.
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I think Milano's setter is quite good. Has he been good all season long?
He's better than Spirito in my opinion.
Travica's settings were a nightmare yesterday. I cant believe he set all his hitters into the block.
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Trentino seem to know what Juantorena is going to do before he does it... It seems every swing he makes they get a touch on it somehow
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Trentino's attacking system heavily relies on the solid reception. Once their reception is shaky, they don't have strong OHs or OPP to finish. Lube played well so far. Bruno is the key.
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Yes, Bruno has been very good in this match. His serving and defence are generally good anyway. He is very focused today
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Lube 3:1 Trentino
The set 3 and 4 had no drama. Trentino struggled with their poor reception through the whole game, and their serves were not online as well. Bruno outplayed Giannelli in this game. A solid win for Lube.
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Lube did to Trentino what they did to them in the world club champs - it was all about the serve reception. Good for Lube I guess to get the revenge and get their confidence back, especially after the bad Perugia match last week.
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Lube has a real coach now. Did you hear Bruninho after the match? They're working a lot on they technical skills and they can see big improvements already.
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My guess is Milano vs Modena may have a drama.
The other three games are all on top dogs' favour.
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Modena plays home and PalaPanini still can win a match by itself. We can see a swept, it's all on Modena and its players' shape.
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Trentino's attacking system heavily relies on the solid reception. Once their reception is shaky, they don't have strong OHs or OPP to finish. Lube played well so far. Bruno is the key.
I'm confused by this part considering Russell-Kovacevic are pretty well-versed out of system attackers in Superlega.
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Trentino played a good game. Giannelli outplayed Spirito. Verona's poor reception is also a loophole.
Perugia played good too. Lanza still struggled with his serves, but he had a good serve run in set 4.
Leon still played very well even with his finger injury.
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I'm confused by this part considering Russell-Kovacevic are pretty well-versed out of system attackers in Superlega.
Both Aaron and Uros are fast-attacking players. Their attacking has a demanding of a fast set up to pos 4. They are not the type of OHs like Leon, Kliuka or NGapeth.
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Trentino's current style is more like the style of USA NT. They have the good reception to guarantee a 4-spot attacking - pos 2,3,4 and back-row attacking. But if their reception is shaky, they have trouble. See how they lost to Lube last week.
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Both Aaron and Uros are fast-attacking players. Their attacking has a demanding of a fast set up to pos 4. They are not the type of OHs like Leon, Kliuka or NGapeth.
Well, Giannelli sets up fast and the height overcomes the need for jump sets. It's true Russell and Kovacevic are fast OHs but they don't require a fast ball in front or the need for an even lethal opposite should've been of higher priority for Trentino than another high ball attacking OH which they desperately needed last season . They probably need most of that speedier setting from the backrow though as both players are trained to kill BIC sets than pipes but in front. I just have to disagree with your post.
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Trentino's current style is more like the style of USA NT. They have the good reception to guarantee a 4-spot attacking - pos 2,3,4 and back-row attacking. But if their reception is shaky, they have trouble. See how they lost to Lube last week.
Trento's reception is overrated. Probably why Scarpetta hates the statisticians upgrading Grebennikov's numbers to something legendary.
One thing you failed to notice is Lube's improvement and they are even a more complete team than Trentino on paper even the bench is better for Lube. Trento play without an opposite. Lube plays with Sokolov. If Lube plays like they do on paper, Trentino's going to have a harder time even with better reception on their side as Vettori's best day just can't beat Sokolov on even his normal days.
