Pre-season begins Monday

On Monday it will be time for the Trentino players and coaching staff to get back in the gym to prepare for the new season. Birarelli and co will face two challenges, the SuperLega and the CEV Cup, while they will try to qualify for the Italian Cup too by finishing among the top 8 at the halfway point of the regular season. More than half of the squad (7 of 13) will be available for coach Stoytchev, while the other six will be on international duty. Among the players present on Monday there will be Kaziyski and Zygadlo, who are back at the club, Burgsthaler, Thei, new outside hitter Nemec and youngster Nelli, who was promoted from the youth department to the first team. The others are on international duty.