After 48 hours the Panthers return to the Palaverde tomorrow night: last night the clear 3-0 victory against Dresden in the Champions League, tomorrow, Saturday the Panthers return to the Palaverde for the championship. At 20.30 Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco Volley against Bergamo, a match valid for the 7th day of the return of the Serie A1 Tigotà Regular Season. Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano is first in the championship with 51 points thanks to 18 victories in 19 days and is back from the away victory in the fifth set in the big match against Chieri; coach Cervellin’s Orobic occupy 7th place with 22 points. It is the third appointment of the season between the two teams between the first leg of the championship and the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa at Palaverde, on both occasions coach Santarelli’s team won 3-1.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: There are 33 previous meetings between the two teams, on 29 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.
REFEREES: Vagni and Manzoni
MEDIA: The race will be broadcast live on X and VolleyballWorld.tv (by subscription). Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social networks TICKETS: very close to sold out for tomorrow’s match, last tickets on sale online on Vivaticket today and tomorrow.
OLD WILD WEST, THE COWBOY SHOOTS THE T-SHIRTS AT HALFTIME – The Palaverde crowd this year has a new attraction, in the intervals of the sets the Old Wild West cowboy will “shoot” the OWW personalized t-shirts for the Panthers fans in the stands. This season, with the discount found on the digital ticket and subscription, the Palaverde public will be able to enjoy a 15% discount throughout the season in the Old Wild West restaurants.
OUR FAMILY AT PALAVERDE – the charity association protagonist of tomorrow’s match will be La Nostra Famiglia which will dress the match, will take the field for a photo with the Panthers, will have its affiliates in the stands, will take a group photo with the Panthers and will raise awareness of its meritorious activity over ten years that has helped and continues to help many families in our area.
The Association “La Nostra Famiglia” has been taking care of children with disabilities for more than 70 years. As its founder, Blessed Luigi Monza, maintains: science and technology at the service of charity. Starting from this message, the mission of the association is to protect the dignity and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities through rehabilitation. He takes charge of both the disability, but also the personal and family suffering present in these situations. The institution aims to make its contribution to the development of research and scientific knowledge in the field of developmental pathologies.
The Veneto offices of the Association (Vicenza, Padua, Treviso, Conegliano, Mareno di Piave, Oderzo, Pieve di Soligo, San Donà di Piave) welcome about 8,000 people with difficulties in an outpatient, day and continuous cycle, while 1,700 children, teenagers and young adults have been hospitalized at the Conegliano and Pieve di Soligo Campus.
SPONSOR DAY FRATELLI MORO – Sponsor of the day is the company Fratelli Moro, a company of excellence in the production of reinforced concrete drainage channels, which will award the MVP of the match at the end of the match and will be present in force at the Palaverde.
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“I had already said it and I repeat it, it is an incredibly stimulating January: tomorrow we host Bergamo and three days later we will be in Pesaro to face Vallefoglia, two very fearsome opponents, especially at this time of the season where the end of the Regular Season is approaching and every point weighs double. Bergamo is a strong team, compared to the game we played against Dresden we have to move up a level and make much fewer mistakes, the most important games of the season are coming and we cannot afford to give less than 100%. The rotations will continue, I have 14 level players who can give me a great contribution: regardless of who I decide to put on the field together with my staff, however, I want to see the best from anyone. Tomorrow’s match will be one of the last tests before the Final Four of the Coppa Italia, we play it at home and there will be a lot of people, I thank those who followed us in the midweek Champions League and those who will come against us against Bergamo, the crowd when we play at home always leaves us speechless and is a very important extra stimulus for us “.
NEXT COMMITMENT
Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano will play on Tuesday 20 January at 20.30 against Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia at the Pala Megabox in Pesaro, a match valid for the 8th day of the return of the Regular Season of the Serie A1 Tigotà.
MACERATA AND LKS LODZ
PRESALEThe pre-sale for the next two home matches of the Panthers will start on Monday 19 January, at 12 noon: on Sunday 1 February at 17 the Palaverde will open its doors for the match against Macerata (9th day of the second round of the Regular Season of Serie A1 Tigotà), while on Wednesday 4 February, at 20.30, the CEV Zeren Group Champions League returns for the match against LKS Lodz.