Itas Trentino – Sir Susa Scai Perugia 0-3 (19-25, 20-25, 20-25) – Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 0, Ramon 7, Resende Gualberto 3, Faure 11, Lavia 6, Torwie 3, Boschini (L), Bristot 4, Garcia Fernandez 0, Laurenzano (L), Bartha 3, Acquarone 0. N.E. Pesaresi, Sandu. Coach Mendez. Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 0, Plotnytskyi 17, Crosato 4, Ben Tara 21, Semeniuk 9, Russo 10, Ishikawa (L), Dzavoronok 0, Solé 1, Colaci (L). N.E. Argilagos, Cvanciger, Gaggini. Coach Lorenzetti. REFEREES: Goitre, Brunelli. NOTES – Set duration: 25′, 29′, 33′; total: 87′.
Sir Susa Scai Perugia is the first finalist in the 30th edition of the Del Monte® Supercoppa SuperLega: for the eighth time, the Umbrian club will have the chance to lift the trophy, having already won it six times. At the PalaTrieste, in the match that opened the Final Four, the Block Devils defeated Itas Trentino 3-0, managing to win the match despite the Dolomites’ attempts to come back.
Photo gallery of the semifinal between Trento and Perugia
Among the key players was Wassim Ben Tara, a standout for Perugia, with 21 points; Oleh Plotnytskyi (17) and Roberto Russo (10) also scored in double figures for the Umbrians. For Marcelo Mendez’s team, still without Michieletto, Faure’s 11 points, the top scorer in the Dolomites’ half, weren’t enough. The match between Cucine Lube Civitanova and Rana Verona will determine the second finalist: the teams are competing live on Rai Sport and VBTV.
Resende Flavio Gualberto (Itas Trentino): “I congratulate Perugia; they deserved the victory and the final. At times, we managed to put them under pressure. Now the playoffs and the Champions League arrive: we must look ahead to get back on track.”
Massimo Colaci (Sir Susa Scai Perugia): “I’m very demanding: we wasted a lot of counterattacks. There are many things we can do better, so it’s nice to have won. It would be a pleasure to win another Super Cup, but I’d obviously be very happy for the club and the fans. But it will be complicated.”
