Piedmontese tour this week for Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano which will leave after today’s training for the double Monviso-Novara trip. Tomorrow evening the Panthers will play at the Pala Bus Company in Villafranca di Piemonte against the Wash4green Monviso Volley, with the start set at 20.00, it is the anticipation of the 13th day of the first round of the A1 Regular Season (due to the participation of the Panthers in December at the Club World Cup). After tomorrow evening’s match, the team will stay in Piedmont to prepare for the match on Saturday 25 October at the Pala Igor against Novara, valid for the 5th day of the A1 Regular Season.
Coach Santarelli has a full team, with the exception of Zhu Ting, who has left for China where he will be involved in November in the China National Games.
THE OPPONENTS: Coach Michele Marchiaro’s team stops in 12th place in the standings with 3 points, the result of 1 victory (obtained at Macerata 3-0) and 3 defeats.
HISTORY: There are 6 previous matches against the Piedmontese team, on all occasions the Panthers have had the better of them
AVERAGE: The match will be broadcast live at 20.00 on Dazn and streamed on Volleyballworld.tv (subscription required). Live updates, photos and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social profiles
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“Monviso is another tough opponent, it’s never easy to play for them. They have a new team, renewed compared to the past. They are playing a good championship, they are a fearsome and respectable opponent, like everyone, in A1 every game is really complicated. They have good potential in attack, they are balanced and, despite the absence of the setter, they are playing good volleyball at the beginning of the season. After the Super Cup we will have to start again with momentum, trying to be much more aggressive in attack, varying the shots, but above all we will need to be ready in defense, an aspect that is too important in volleyball that counts and fundamental for our game system. These two fundamentals cannot be ignored if we want to win games. It will be a difficult week, after the Super Cup we want to make up for it immediately, after Monviso we will have a good challenge in Novara, there are two important tests for our team. Zhu’s absence? It was expected, we have a large and quality squad, it will be a good opportunity to prove it.”
CHIERI
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