Sunday first official match at Palaverde for the start of the Tigotà 2024/25 Serie A1.
After the triumph in Rome in the Supercup, it’s the turn of the championship and the return “home” to the Palaverde after 5 months of absence for the new Prosecco DOC Imoco Volleyball champions of Italy and Europe.
At 6 p.m. the Panthers will face Eurotek UYBA Busto Arsizio in the first day, with live coverage on Rai Sport HD and streaming on Volleyballworld.tv (subscription required).
Full team for coach Santarelli except for Chinese Zhu Ting who will arrive in Conegliano next week.
Young Arici (second libero) will take her place.
REBITTERS: Brunelli and Goitre BACKGROUND AND EX – Asia Wolosz, the captain of Prosecco DOC Imoco, wore Busto’s jersey for two years from 2013 to 2015.
Giorgia Frosini, Busto’s opposite, wore the yellow-blue jersey in 2021/22 after her youth in San Donà.
There are 41 previous matches with 30 wins by Conegliano and 11 by UYBA.
OLYMPIC AWARDS WITH PROSECCO DOC – In the pre-match dutiful “Olympic” moment, with the “naming sponsors” Prosecco DOC with DG Luca Giavi and Antonio Carraro with President Maurizio Maschio who will award the three Olympic champions who triumphed in Paris and the Brazilian Gabi who won bronze.
SANTARELLI AND ECKL AWARDS – In the preview, space will also be given to the awarding of individual Women’s Volleyball League awards for the past season: LVF Board Member Giuseppe Pirola will award with the “golden ball” coach Daniele Santarelli who won the “Sergio Guerra Award” as Best Coach of the 23/24 season and followed by young center Katja Eckl who will receive the Arnaldo Eynard Award as Best Under 21 of the Tigotà 23/24 A2 Series.
ANIMATION – Roberto Blue with his hip hop dance and dance crew Blu Royals will enliven the Palaverde intervals on Sunday as well.
FINAL PARTY WITH THE PANTHERS FOR THE “POKER!”
– At the end of the match the show does not end!
After the match at the Palaverde party with an emotional video on the big screen and, in addition to the tour of the court with the newly won Super Cup, the presentation parade of the four banners that will stand on the ceiling of the Palaverde in memory of last year’s “poker” of trophies.
TICKETS – Still available a few hundred tickets, here are the ways to purchase: at www.imocovolley.it, ticketing section or at www.vivaticket.com, Vivaticket outlets.
Sunday starting at 4:30 p.m., at the Palaverde’s outdoor ticket counters.
MEDIA – Rai Sport HD unencrypted television broadcast from 6 p.m., live streaming on www.volleyballword.tv, post-match updates and interviews on the Youtube channel and on Imoco Volley’s Facebook page.
AFTER THE MATCH THE PARTY CONTINUES AT IMOCO BISTROT WITH “L’ORO ITALIANO,” DJ SET In the post-match in the adjacent Imoco Bistrot, the party continues with Tommy De Sica’s DJ Set that will enliven the evening to dine or toast together after watching the match at Palaverde.
STATEMENTS COACH SANTARELLI “There is so much desire on our part to return to play at Palaverde in front of our fans, we have missed playing in our home and now there is great anticipation and enthusiasm in the team for this debut.
The team’s morale is high after winning the Super Cup and is ready for the start of the championship.
Some game situations in the Super Cup on Saturday I didn’t like, we analyzed with the team what didn’t work and we worked a lot for an overall growth in the game and in automatisms, what is important though is that the girls never gave up and always reacted to difficulties as it is in the DNA of this team and this club, and in the end we brought home the first trophy of the season.
We analyzed our ups and downs and the way to solve them, I want from the team a different approach from the beginning of the game, it takes continuity and attention to details, to small things, even simple things, but they are the things that make the difference in the end.
Busto is a team with a good roster with young and also new players to discover for the Italian league, a young team, but fearsome because they have many alternatives and can put anyone in trouble. I expect a combative and unscrupulous team, we will have to play a game of attention and be focused to start the season well and give the first satisfaction to our wonderful public.”