Spotlights on a Palaverde that for the seventh time in the season will be sold out, for game 3 of the play-off semi-final against Igor Novara, scheduled for Sunday at 15.20. In game-2 in Piedmont, Igor got the better of him, ending the Panthers’ streak of 50 victories in a row. The Scudetto semifinal is played in the best of five challenges, the series is now 1-1 after the Panthers won 3-0 at home in game 1, the same result as last Saturday at the PalaIgor in Novara, which will also host game 4 on Wednesday 9 at 20:30. Possible fifth challenge at Palaverde.
MEDIA: The match will be broadcast live on free-to-air TV on Rai 2 and streamed on DAZN and Volleyballworld.tv. Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s Instagram, Facebook and YouTube channels
PREVIOUS AND EX: There are 58 previous matches in the challenge, on 44 occasions the Panthers have won, on another 14 Novara. The two teams face each other for the sixth time in the season after the two matches in the Regular Season, the semi-final of the Coppa Italia and the first two matches of the series, Wolosz and her teammates have won five times. The libero Eleonora Fersino and the central Federica Squarcini will return to the Palaverde as opponents, while she will face Novara as former Cristina Chirichella, a pillar of Igor for 10 seasons.
REFEREES: Piana and Curto
TICKET OFFICE: there are no seats available, cash desks closed at the Palaverde which will still be “sold out” on Sunday.
KE joins the “team” of sponsors of Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley – New challenges at the top in national and world women’s volleyball – On Sunday the sponsor day will be dedicated to a new partner of Imoco Volley, KE-Protezioni Solari. In this close-knit and capable group, a mix of planetary superstars and young rampants, KE finds a set of values that unite the modus operandi of the brand: winning results, the constant drive for improvement and national and international recognition. The partnership begins at the same time as the project to enhance the new Imoco Center/Padel Club X4 in Villorba, an important project, created by Imoco Volley with an investment aimed at involving the territory in another successful sporting adventure, this time dedicated to Padel. KE has placed one of its iconic pergola awnings in the refreshment area: Kedry. Not a simple sponsorship, a sharing of values and objectives has been established between KE and IMOCO: belonging to a territory, passion, teamwork, constant preparation and seriousness.
Day dedicated to IOV, the Veneto Oncology Institute – to raise public awareness of the donation of the 5xmille to the Veneto Oncology Institute, the yellow-blue club has made Sunday’s match available to the IOV where information material will be distributed and messages on the meritorious and fundamental activity of the institution will be conveyed. The Veneto Oncology Institute (IOV) is the first and only institute in the Veneto region specifically dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tumors and cancer research. Commissioned by the Veneto Region in 2005, the IOV has established itself as a highly specialized hospital and health research center of national and international importance.
Sarah Fahr Panther of the Month By Ros Green – Da Ros Green rewards the Panther chosen by the public as MVP of the month, for March the blue central Sarah Fahr had the upper hand in the online votes of the fans who will be awarded in the pre-match by Antonello Da Ros with a beautiful Da Ros Green product.
COACH SANTARELLI STATEMENTS
“The atmosphere during the week was a bit different than usual, we lost the first game of the season, a moment that can be part of such an intense year. It was to be expected that it could happen in the playoffs where all the teams are competitive and where all our opponents have given and will give 100% playing at their best. Novara is a strong team, I said it and we saw it once again on Sunday. It has been a long week, useful to prepare well and work to improve what did not go well in game 2, perhaps it would have been better to play immediately because the desire for redemption is great, but I am sure that we have strong energy and motivation for Sunday and that the work done during the week will be useful to get back on track. On Sunday in Novara we didn’t express ourselves as we know, we lacked aggression, in too many situations we were too wait-and-see and we didn’t give continuity to the game. On Sunday I want a different, aggressive team, capable of imposing its game, we will have the boost of the full Palaverde that will help us with the usual heat, the rest we will have to do “.
NEXT COMMITMENT
The Panthers will travel to Novara for game 4 of the Scudetto semifinal, appointment on Wednesday 9 April at 20.30 at PalaIgor.