Volleyball Italian Cup Trento-Monza 3-0

Itas Trentino is the first semifinalist of the Italian Volleyball Cup, with Mendez’s sextet beating Monza 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-19). Second full success for the Dolomites against the Lombards in the space of three days, after the one on Friday evening in the regular season of the championship. For Itas it is the 19th appearance in the Final 4 of the Italian Cup out of 24 overall participations. In Bologna, in the semi-final scheduled for 7 February 2026, Sbertoli and company against the winner of the Emilian derby between Piacenza and Modena will look for the tenth final of that Italian Cup which has finished three times so far (2010 and twice in 2012) in their showcase.

Trento-Monza, the match

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Against Vero Volley, Itas keeps the reins of the game firmly in hand, especially in the break phase, putting a lot of pressure on Monza’s ball exchange. Typical sextet at the start of the match with Eccheli spending his first discretionary time-out already at 4-1, but it is of little use because Trento immediately pushes on the accelerator (9-3) and a new guest time-out is called very early. The aces of Ramon and Bartha push the Dolomites (15-6), Monza struggles to fuel up in both phases of the game and the partial (21-9 with a block by Gabi Garcia) soon becomes a catwalk for Itas. In the second set Monza manages to stay in the Trentino’s wake (7-6) at the start, but by taking advantage of serve and block they first go to 9-6 with a new guest time-out and then manage to keep their distance (14-11). Sbertoli on serve, Ramon and Flavio attack and Vero Volley thus breaks away (20-15) and Trento escapes towards the end of the set. The match returns to balance at the start of the third set (10-10), with Bartha serving who first maintains parity and then allows Itas to reach 14-13. Both sextets focus a lot on serving in this phase (15 all), with Ramon’s ace putting his team ahead 17-15 which becomes 18-15 with yet another error at the net by the Brianza players. Flavio’s block, the fifth of his own in this match, allows Trento to maintain their lead (19-16), continuing a very good job in the break phase, the hosts keep the margin (21-16). An advantage that allows the home team to sail without too many problems towards the final success in three partials.