Another step, the umpteenth, of a race that sees Grottazzolina proceed with the wind in her sails in an increasingly compelling final rush. Four matches at the end, the first and last between the walls of the PalaGrotta against Porto Viro and Cantù, in between the away matches in Cuneo and Ravenna. These are the final stages of the journey of Vecchi and his companions who will open the dance in the presence of a healthy opponent, galvanized by the significant victory over Castellana Grotte. The net 3-0 of last week allowed coach Battocchio’s group to redeem the previous stop suffered by Vibo Valentia (the leaders, in fact, are playing in a separate championship) and to keep the fifth place in the ranking, in the heart of the playoff area.
An orchestra conductor of the caliber of Fernando Garnica and an arsenal that responds to the names of Bartosz Krzysiek and Marco Pierotti. The Polish opposite with 339 points, 22 of which from nine meters, leads the Veneto attack while the spiker originally from Fano, ex from Bergamo with two years in the Superlega between Modena and Vibo Valentia, follows at 265 with 17 aces to his credit . In the center Matteo Sperandio is the most formidable man with 58 seasonal winning blocks and 145 points overall, well assisted by Rocco Barone and Alex Erati. In short, a square and compact roster that coach Massimiliano Ortenzi presents as follows: “We will face a team built to stay in the upper areas of the standings and which is experiencing good form so a very complicated match awaits us. We will have to be good at managing it by accepting to measure ourselves against moments of difficulty, we are aware that at home we can express a certain type of game and we want to do so by also counting on some factors that are giving us so much in this period.”
A period marked by three consecutive victories, essential for reviving a path that now places Vecchi and his companions in a suggestive “limbo” between the safety zone and the playoff zone: 7 points ahead of the third from last (should they become 9 at the end of this day, the Videx Yuasa would be arithmetically safe) and an eighth place shared with Cuneo and Ravenna, both next direct opponents of the Marches).
