The 9th return to the league, the sell-out in the home of the Panthers, the party for the Italian Cup won in Turin. It will be a goosebumps day on Sunday at the Palaverde: the Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano hosts the Cbf Balducci Hr Macerata for the twenty-second match of the Regular Season of the Serie A1 Tigotà, at the Palaverde there will not be a free place, in the fifth sold out of the season. The Panthers, first in the standings with 57 points with 20 victories, host the newly promoted orange and black in full play-off fight in 10th place with 21 points, -3 from the top 8. With 5 games to go in the Regular Season, Prosecco DOC is looking for the points necessary to finish in the lead and have the home factor in all the post-season games. Squadra al completo per coach Santarelli.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: There are 3 precedents of the challenge, the first two date back to the 2022-23 season Regular Season, while the last refers to the first leg, when the Panthers imposed themselves at the Fontescodella by winning 3-0. Coach Valerio Lionetti leads the Marche group, in coach Daniele Santarelli’s yellow-blue staff from 2017 to 2024, who will be honored with a magnum Prosecco DOC before the match.
REFEREES: Lentini and Giardini
MEDIA: The match will be streamed live on VolleyballWorld.tv (by subscription). Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s
social profiles TICKET OFFICE: Sunday’s match is sold out, therefore the Palaverde cash desks will remain closed.
OLD WILD WEST, THE COWBOY SHOOTS THE T-SHIRTS DURING THE INTERVALS BETWEEN SETS ACCOMPANIED BY THE BLUE CREW ROYALS- The Palaverde audience this year has a new attraction, during the intervals between 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. The OWW cowboy will be “escorted” by the breakdancing rhythm of Roberto “Blue” Baseggio’s Blu Royals dance crew.
PARTY FOR THE COPPA ITALIA, THE PANTHERS PARADE WITH THE TROPHY AFTER THE MATCH – At the end of the match, the yellow-blue fans are invited to keep their seats. On the weekend of 24 and 25 January, at the Inalpi Arena in Turin, Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano played the Final Four of the Frecciarossa Italian Cup, winning its eighth Italian Cup in Sunday’s final against Savino del Bene Scandicci. After the match against Macerata, the evocative emotional video will be projected on the screens of the Palaverde that will retrace the triumph, which coincides with the 30th title of the yellow-blue showcase. Afterwards, captain Asia Wolosz and her teammates will parade with the trophy in front of the public to celebrate the victory of the first title of the season in an atmosphere not to be missed.
SPONSOR DAY DEBBYLINE- The Sponsor Day of the day for Sunday’s race will be Debby Line, a reality from Paese (TV) that has been alongside Prosecco DOC for years. An efficient, transparent, flexible partner, able to store your goods and make them reach their destination on time and in the established ways, relieving your organization of any task. All this is DebbyLine: a strategic support in the field of integrated logistics, which since 1994 has been providing collaboration to companies that aim to manage every detail of the distribution process. At the end of the match, the owner Luca Pavin will award the best player of the match by giving her a gift, while the approximately 20 employees of the company who will attend as guests will join the Panthers for a souvenir photo of the day at the Palaverde after the match.
AVIS DAY – As per tradition, the Dono&Sport Day returns to the Palaverde in collaboration with the Provincial Avis of Treviso which will customize the match by attending with over 300 donors and the “Goccia” mascots. The objective is primary and concerns everyone: to raise awareness for blood donation. Before the match, a symbolic exchange of jerseys between Paolo Zanatta, provincial president of Avis, and Piero Garbellotto, president of Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Volley.
MERIT ADIGWE PROTAGONIST OF A COMIC BOOK – On Sunday the Palaverde will host the One Health project of Ulss2, a digital communication and comics campaign that aims to promote health among the youngest. For the occasion, a dedicated comic book starring the Panther Merit Adigwe has been created. The goal is to raise awareness of the importance of healthy sports practice. The comic will be distributed to all spectators and projected on the screens of the arena.
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“We spent two days off, from Friday we returned to the gym to work together. We needed to break away from volleyball after a crazy tour de force, the girls deserved some fun after demonstrating their level on the court, not only for having obtained two splendid victories. In the end we were all tired and dazed after two long trips, but we have the awareness and joy inside us of having done something beautiful. This is really the right path, we are working in the best way with all the staff. Now Sunday’s match against Macerata awaits us, a team that, like all the others in the championship during the Coppa Italia weekend, had time to catch their breath and prepare properly. They are fighting for salvation, but they are playing a great Regular Season: I am very happy for my friend Valerio who is showing all his value in his debut season in A1. Macerata is a fresh, new, young team that wants to do well and that will come to the Palaverde to play it without fear. The Coppa Italia and the passage to the quarter-finals of the Champions League are only the first seasonal pieces in our projects, now we are looking for further confidence and continuity. It will be a match with a special flavor, we will do everything to get the result: we want to stay at the top of the standings and give further joy to our fans. I am sweetly surprised to see that we will still sell out, I expect a beautiful day of volleyball on the court, then we will proudly show the Turin cup to our fans “.
PRESALE LKS LODZ, PERUGIA AND MONVISO
Last of the Champions League pool in sight at the Palaverde: the Antonio Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano hosts LKS Lodz on Wednesday at 20.30 within the friendly walls. Info and tickets available on Vivaticket.com. Furthermore, on the same site, starting from Monday 2 February at 12 noon, online pre-sales will start for the championship matches at the Palaverde against Perugia (Sunday 15 February at 4 pm) and Monviso (Saturday 21 February at 8.30 pm).