Good impressions for Allianz Milano in the very first joint training of the 2023/24 Superlega Credem Banca season, which saw the Milanese host the Moyashi Garlasco A3 series team coached by the Milanese coach Vittorio Bertini inside the Powervolley Academy in Piazzale Lotto.
Still absent due to international commitments are the coach Roberto Piazza, the wingers Ishikawa and Mergarejo, the central player Loser and the opposite player Reggers, Nicola Daldello deployed a 6+1 in the first set made up of Porro diagonal with Dirlic, Kaziyski and the young ” Diavolo” Tommaso Ichino (interesting class of 2004) in place four, captain Piano and Vitelli in the center and Catania Libero.
From the third set, the second setter Nicola Zonta and the second Diavolo, the opposite player Iliyan Prespov, Bulgarian from Gamma Chimica Brugherio, also entered the court, followed by coach Davide Delmati on the bench – invaluable technical help for Allianz Milano in these first sets weeks of work – in the fourth the central defender Innocenzi. The aforementioned Ichino instead alternated with the other very young Diavolo, Daniele Carpita (2005) in the second and fourth sets.
In front of almost one hundred spectators and all the corporate staff of Allianz Milano, starting with the president Lucio Fusaro, Piano and his teammates got the better of their opponents as widely expected by 4 sets to 0, with scores of 25-14 25-14 25-15 and 26 -24.
For Allianz Milano it was the very first outing, but it is clear that some mechanisms are already working well, such as the understanding between Porro and Vitelli, which led to the central defender scoring 17 points several times in blue, second best scorer of the test match, behind only on the opposite Dirlic with 19. Also in double figures are Matey Kaziyski with 11 balls put on the ground, followed by Ichino with 9. Allianz Milano did well with a block with 13 points, Catania was already decidedly reactive, leaving the public speechless with a couple of diving recoveries from his team.
