The Padova setter Francesco Zoppellari is off to Bulgaria will the Italian national team Under 20 for the European Championships : « We’re all extremely excited, we will definitely aim to go far. I’m not going to say anymore, I don’t want to bring us bad luck but we will definitely not go there just ‘to take part’. We’re all united, this is our strength, we get along outside the court. We played some friendly games against Russia and France and we could see we’re a team that has what it takes to obtain excellent results. It’s all up to us ».

Meanwhile, new spiker Filip Sestan will also be on International duty with the Croatian national team in the second round of qualification for the European Championships 2017.