In spite of the tie-break defeat in the friendly against Ortona, coach Mastrangelo was satisfied with the good level of play seen in the first three sets: “What mattered to me was seeing some progress after the last friendly against the Materdomini – explained the head coach – Ortona was more prepared than the other teams met so far, they had quality players like Galliani (top scorer with Luis Fernando, 18 points), and despite the fact Cetrullo was missing it was a good test. I am satisfied with the first part of the game. I could not keep Krolis on court, we have to get him back to full fitness bit by bit”.