Tour de force Panthers, the last match before the Final Four of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa at the Inalpi Arena in Turin is the one at the Pala Megabox in Pesaro, where tomorrow evening at 20.30 the Megabox Ondulati del Savio Vallefoglia hosts the Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano. Wolosz and her teammates left today for the Marche, where they will find a team in 6th place in the Serie A1 Tigotà standings, in the play-off zone, while the yellow-blues occupy 1st place with 54 points in the standings and come from 6 victories in a row in all competitions. The challenge is valid for the 8th day of the second round of the Regular Season.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: There are 10 previous matches of the challenge in all competitions, Prosecco DOC has always managed to get the better of it, in the first leg of the Palaverde the Panthers won 3-1. Alice Feduzzi, U18 Italian champion with Cortina Express Imoco San Donà, and Chiara De Bortoli, a product of Imoco Next Gen who played in the first team in the 2015-16 season, that of the first yellow-blue Scudetto, played in yellow-blue; the central Bozana Butigan, on the other hand, was Pantera from 2020 to 2022. The sporting director of the tigers, Alessio Simone, was assistant coach of the yellow-blue from 2017 to 2020.
REFEREES: Brancati and Stellato
MEDIA: The match will be streamed live on DAZN and Volleyballworld.tv (by subscription). Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social profiles
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“Doing the championship cards on the eve of the season I had put Vallefoglia just below the big names, so their season is going. They had a tortuous start, due to several changes compared to last season, but now they have found the square and are expressing a really good volleyball. They have put many opponents in difficulty in the championship, in the first leg they played an excellent match at the Palaverde snatching a set, but it is at home where they express themselves at their best: for this reason tomorrow’s test promises to be complicated, the best Prosecco DOC will be needed to overcome the Megabox. They have excellent attackers and a proven wall and defense system, they are aggressive and hard to die sportingly speaking. For our part, we arrive at tomorrow’s match after a great test against Bergamo, but we know that we have to grow and improve. We have to be patient, file our flaws that this season have not allowed us to always be at the top. Winning against Vallefoglia would also mean starting with the right mood towards Turin, it would be a valuable step. There are very few training sessions now, we take advantage of the moments we have available to improve, this morning we worked well and we are ready for tomorrow’s away game”.
MACERATA AND LKS LODZ
PRE-SALE The pre-sale for the Palaverde matches against Macerata (Sunday 1 February at 17 pm, championship) and LKS Lodz (Wednesday 4 February at 20.30, Champions League) began today at 12 noon. Info and tickets online on the Vivaticket.com website.