Volleyball World Cup kicks off on Friday. In which both players and members of the technical and physiotherapy staff of the Emma Villas Aubay Siena take part. A part of the biancoblu team will therefore be present at the highest international volleyball event. All with ambitions and hopes of doing well.

Meanwhile, there will be the opposite Giulio Pinali. The 25-year-old former Trento and former Modena player will compose the opposite slot together with another old acquaintance of Emma Villas Aubay Siena, namely Yuri Romanò, who in the Tuscan team played for two seasons in Serie A2 before the big jump in Super League. They were the two opposites of the Italian national team in last year’s adventure that culminated with the gold medal at the European championships. Pinali then did not take part in the final part of the Volley Nations League which was held in Casalecchio di Reno. international competition. Now Pinali has returned to the squad and will therefore be part of the Italian expedition. The Azzurri will try to make a good impression and dream of winning a medal (world gold has been missing since 1998), aware that various other national teams still start with the underdogs.

At the World Cup there will be two other players from Emma Villas Aubay Siena. 35-year-old spiker Nemanja Petric will play against Serbia, while 34-year-old spiker Maarten Van Garderen will play against the Netherlands. Among other things, the orange faced the Azzurri a few weeks ago: the Netherlands in fact faced Italy in the match valid for the quarter-finals of the Volley Nations League which was played in Casalecchio di Reno.