The first quarter of the Regular Season will go to the archives tomorrow evening: the Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano meets Bergamo on the occasion of the 7th round of A1. The Panthers are first in the league with 17 points, the same as Savino del Bene Scandicci, which has one more game. The hosts occupy 13th place with 5 points, it is played in the brand new Choruslife Arena in Bergamo, inaugurated last March on the occasion of the play-off challenge between coach Daniele Santarelli’s team and the orobics. It is a challenge with the scent of history, between two of the most successful teams in Italian volleyball in Italy, Europe and the world.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: There are 31 previous meetings between the two teams, on 27 occasions the Panthers have won. For Bergamo, setter Roberta Carraro played with the yellow-blue jersey in the 2022-23 season, while Chidera Eze grew up in the yellow-blue youth sector of Imoco Next Gen, approaching the first team during the 2019-20 season.
AVERAGE: The match will be broadcast live on free-to-air TV on Rai Sport (channel 58 of the digital terrestrial) and in streaming on Volleyballworld.tv (subscription required)
REFEREES: Cavalieri and Giglio
COACH SANTARELLI STATEMENTS
“After playing two high-level games, I can say that the team is growing, but we still have some ups and downs to correct from tomorrow’s game. On Wednesday night I saw the right spirit when there was a need to fight and recover difficult balls in defence, in times of need. We play every three days and we have little time to study the opponents well, it takes a great spirit of adaptation and the girls are good at attacking and pulling the plug quickly. Playing at this pace is the right time to give the right space to the whole squad, to get all the players up to speed in view of the next seasonal goal, the Club World Cup in December in Brazil. Now another stimulating test awaits us against a team like Bergamo, they are experiencing some ups and downs and they will certainly want to do well at home, for our part we want to continue this streak by bringing home the 3 points “.
NEXT MATCH
The Panthers will return to play on Wednesday 5 November at the Palaverde against Numia Vero Volley Milano, kick-off at 20:30, for the recovery of the 4th day of the A1 Regular Season. A few more tickets available in advance.
VALLEFOGLIA
PRESALEThe pre-sale for the match on Sunday 9 November at the Palaverde between Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano and Megabox Ondulati del Savio Vallefoglia is active from today at 12 noon. Kick-off at 16 pm, info and tickets on Vivaticket.com.