In the De Giorgio memorial played yesterday, Castellana Grotte was defeated 3-0 by Matera in its first outing of the season (22-25, 21-25, 21-25)

“I am rather satisfied with what I have seen in this first friendly game – said coach Vincenzo Fanizza – Our opponents had already played several games while this was our first encounter. But credit to them, they have a well-organised squad, which was built with different ambitions than ours”.