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TOMORROW GAME 4 OF THE SCUDETTO FINAL, PANTHERS AHEAD 2-1 (h 20.30, live RAI SPORT and DAZN) – THE STATEMENTS OF COACH SANTARELLI AND THE PRESIDENTS

21/04/2026
TOMORROW GAME 4 OF THE SCUDETTO FINAL, PANTHERS AHEAD 2-1 (h 20.30, live RAI SPORT and DAZN) – THE STATEMENTS OF COACH SANTARELLI AND THE PRESIDENTS

The Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano resumes its route to Milan: tomorrow at 20.30 at the Allianz Cloud Game 4 of the Serie A1 Tigotà Scudetto Final will be played against Numia Vero Volley Milano. The series is 2-1 in favor of the Panthers, it is played in the best of five challenges; any Game 5 will be played on Saturday 25 April at 17.45. After the two yellow-blue victories in the first acts, Milan made Game 3 its own at the Palaverde on Sunday, canceling the first championship matchball to the Panthers. Total balance in the seasonal comparisons, with 3 victories each in the 6 matches between Conegliano and Milan. A complete team for coach Santarelli, the Panthers leave for Milan this afternoon after training at the Palaverde.

PREVIOUS AND FORMER: It will be the 53rd meeting between Conegliano and Milan, the yellow-blues have had the better of 44 times. The middle blocker Anna Danesi, the spikers Emma Cagnin and Khalia Lanier, the opposite Paola Egonu and the libero Eleonora Fersino played at the Palaverde for Prosecco DOC. At Conegliano Nika Daalderop is fresh from the match, she has played in the last two seasons at Vero Volley.
MEDIA: The match will be broadcast live on free-to-air TV on Rai Sport (channel 58 digital terrestrial), and in streaming on DAZN and Volleyballworld.tv (by subscription). Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social profiles

DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“Game 4 will be totally different from any challenge played so far in the Scudetto Finals series. Rewinding the tape, Game 1 saw two teams with the unknown of returning to the field after a two-week break, in Game 2 Milan after a few days suffered us, while Game 3 was a totally different game for the game expressed by the two teams: for our part we were not able to interpret it well due to tension and nervousness, with an approach not suitable for such a match. We didn’t show our game, we performed below our level, but the team now wants to turn the page immediately . Milan played a great game on Sunday, but their qualities cannot and must not surprise us, it is a complicated team to face that has already often put us in difficulty this year. Tomorrow there will be completely new motivations at stake: now the series is 2-1, Numia will play at home with the desire to postpone the games for the championship to Game 5 at the Palaverde. It would be great if the series ended tomorrow, but we absolutely must not make the mistake of thinking too much and flying high with the imagination, on the contrary, never before has every game been a story in itself. For this reason, the concentration goes exclusively on the court, we of the staff and the girls will have to compact to show off our best volleyball and win the match. The atmosphere in Milan will be very hot, but I am sure that at the Allianz Cloud we will also feel the support of our fantastic fans: it will be an exciting event and we want to do everything to offer a show worthy of a final of this caliber”.

STATEMENTS BY THE PRESIDENTS PIERO GARBELLOTTO and PIETRO MASCHIO
“When on the eve of the presentation phase we said that it would be a long and uncertain final, they were not clichés, but the awareness deriving from the quality of our opponents and the experience of many finals played. Milan is an indigestible team for us, before the final they were the only one to have beaten us twice this season and on Sunday at the Palaverde we saw once again their value, now we are 3-3 in the seasonal challenges, it means that the two teams are equal. In a series of finals like this you all have to think one game at a time, without making predictions or flights of fancy. We need prudence and respect for the opponents, the club is aware that we cannot always win and we hope that our fans understand it too, nothing is due and nothing is taken for granted at this level. There will be a lot of fighting to do, Milan was good at reopening the series, let’s see how it goes tomorrow. The differences between the finalists are really minimal, whoever is better and maybe even luckier will have the upper hand, the important thing will be to give their best as always.”