Alessandro Michieletto stays at home
The Itas Trentino men’s team will face Sunday’s trip to Perugia for the challenge with Sir Susa Scai (eighteenth round of SuperLega) without Alessandro Michieletto, who has been suffering from a lumbar strain in the last few hours.
In agreement with the medical staff, the Gialloblù setter will remain in Trento to carry out a differentiated program to bring him in the best possible condition for the many important matches awaiting the team in February.
A few days ago the first leg of Pool A of 2026 CEV Champions League ended with a setback in Turkey for Trentino Itas. In fact, on Wednesday night the Italian champions succumbed in three sets on the court of Ziraat Bankkart Ankara in the top clash between the only two still unbeaten teams in the grouping. A result that was all too severe for what was seen in the second and third frames of the game, which developed constantly on the edge of balance.
After a difficult first set, in which the hosts managed to bring all their physicality to bear in serve and attack, the contest in fact became tight, offering a long point-to-point between the two formations, with Michieletto (12 points with 52% at the net, best scorer for the yellow-blues) and Ramon (11 with 48%) on one side and former Abdel-Aziz (best scorer and mvp of the match with 21 winning balls, 63% offensive, two walls and ace) and Fornal (12 with 67% and identical score between block and ace) on the other side to do the talking.
Mendez’s team’s regret is all in not being able to close the heated final of the second partial in their favor, in which at the advantages the Turks were able to cancel six set balls to the guests, before closing on 33-31 in their own favor, at the third chance. Identical fate in the third period, which was closed at a sprint thanks to a double invention by Clevenot (serve and pipe counterattack) after a back-and-forth match that lasted until 22-22. Trentino Itas is now in second place in its grouping, in the midst of the race to center access to the Play Offs, which will go through the next three matches within a month that will close the group stage.
