Bergamo to “restore” the field-factor, Porto Viro to “extend” the “beautiful”. The Rossoblù 3-1 in Veneto gives Agnelli Tipiesse the first chance to break through to the play-off semi-final. Tomorrow evening at the PalaIntred (8.30 pm – coupons for 1 euro also available on MidaTicket. Ticket office open from 7 pm) Daniele Morato’s boys – five wins in six matches with the coach at the helm – also rely enormously on the support of an always warm crowd when the matches that count start. And this weighs a lot, a lot. After the exemplary performance in race 1, Cominetti and his teammates want to reiterate the concept against an opponent driven by the unpredictability of the ex Fefè Garnica who, for his part, knows he can’t go wrong. The first real confrontation from inside or outside, with premises for entertainment and emotions as befits when on the taraflex, on both sides, there are players accustomed to this kind of stake. Like Antonio Cargioli who, with Bergamo, chases the fifth semi-final in six seasons (excluding 2020 thanks to the stoppage due to the pandemic): “The match in Porto Viro – explains the centre-back – gave us beautiful emotions: winning in a fiery arena, where few came out unscathed, we ourselves had remedied a dry 0-3 in the league, it was nice and it charged us. But now another challenge awaits us that we will have to be able to interpret by playing with determination, concentration and patience: keeping the level of our block defense high, pushing from nine meters trying to limit mistakes. I think they are the weapons that helped us win on Sunday, with which we must and can make a difference even in the second leg. Above all, also counting on the warmth of our arena that we would like to see full of fans: we need their decisive push to be able to continue on the path “.
Agnelli Tipiesse will take the field with Jovanovic as director, Padura Diaz in place 2, Cargioli and Copelli in the centre, Cominetti and Held in 4 and Toscani as libero.
REFEREES – Giuliano Venturi from Turin and Paolo Scotti from Cremona; video check: Giuseppe Fichera; scorer: Antonio Moscardi
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FOR JULIA – As last weekend, the Italian Volleyball Federation arranged a minute’s silence, in memory of Julia Ituma, a spiker from Novara who tragically died.
