After Florence, Florence again. Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano remains in the Tuscan capital to prepare for tomorrow night’s match against Il Bisonte Firenze, a match valid for the 11th return day of the Regular Season of Serie A1 Tigotà (kick-off at 7 pm). In the event of a full victory, the Panthers would secure first place in the standings and would arrive at the play-offs as top seeds. But the one against Il Bisonte is a probing test for coach Santarelli’s team, fresh from the 3-0 success against Scandicci at the Pala BigMat, which will be the scene of tomorrow’s match. By winning against Busto Arsizio yesterday, Florence achieved the seasonal goal of mathematical salvation with 3 games to go; it currently occupies the eighth position with 27 points, in full fight for a place in the play-offs. Coach Chiavegatti’s girls are playing for a place in the post-season with Busto Arsizio and Bergamo among others, Orobic ahead of 1 point in the standings. Coach Santarelli works with the full group for the second match in three days, the Panthers prepare for the match by training in Scandicci.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: The yellow-blues have crossed Il Bisonte on 32 occasions in their history, winning the stakes 28 times. Among the former players of the Conegliano side challenge are the spiker Nika Daalderop, who landed in Italy at the Bisonte as a teenager in 2018, and the middle blocker Sarah Fahr, who played in Florence in her first year of A1.
REFEREES: Alessandro Cerra and Giovanni Ciaccio
MEDIA: The match will be streamed live on Volleyballworld.tv (by subscription). Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social profiles
STATEMENTS BY COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI”
There is awareness of having done something very positive, having beaten Scandicci like this has brought us serenity and good humor. The performance we produced is a symptom that the team is doing well and growing, we are on the right path in our work and for this there is great satisfaction in the team group. We are still in the Regular Season, we have to face tomorrow’s game with the right spirit. Florence is a good team that comes to this match strong from a good result won in Busto Arsizio, I congratulate them for the goal achieved after a good season. They certainly won’t want to stop, even more so in front of their own fans: they have a chance to enter the play-offs and every point can be decisive to hit one placement or another. They are a well-trained team, with strong attacking ends, we have to face the match in the best possible way. Having so many close matches should not be an alibi for us, we are used to living at this pace and after half a day of rest we will return to the gym more charged than before ”.
PRE-SALE PERUGIA AND MONVISO
Pre-sales are already active for the last two matches of the Regular Season of the championship, which will both be played at the Palaverde: Sunday 15 February at 4 pm Prosecco DOC receives Perugia, while Saturday 21 February at 8.30 pm the match against Monviso Volley begins. Info and tickets online on the Vivaticket.com website