Tomorrow facing Bologna

Tomorrow evening at 8.30pm at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Salsomaggiore Terme, WiMORE Salsomaggiore Terme returns immediately to the field to face Geetit Bologna in the first matchday of the third day of the White Group of the national Serie A3 Credem Banca championship. An Emilian derby that will pit the only two teams still without victories in the first two rounds against each other: the yellow-blues, who at their debut had only won one point with the current leaders San Donà after having been ahead by two sets and having wasted a match ball, they surrendered clearly on Sunday at the home of the newly promoted CUS Cagliari, denoting great difficulties, above all, in attack and little incisiveness on serve, for the rossoblù, in their third participation in the category, two defeats in as many tie-breaks in the presence of of Brugherio and Motta, in both cases easily winning the opening partial before the opponents’ reaction. And it was precisely the tie-break that characterized three of the four direct clashes in the previous seasons, which recorded a perfectly equal balance with two successes each: in 2020/2021 it was the Bolognese who prevailed in both the first leg and the second leg in the first round of the Promotion Play Offs in Serie B but the ducals were able to take revenge last year on their debut in A3, triumphing in the fifth set in the two Regular Season matches, curiously always set on the third day. Then, at the start of the championship, it came in the wake of two, in some ways, unexpected victories against Garlasco and Macerata, now the situation is diametrically reversed in an extremely short and balanced ranking, in which Leoni and his teammates occupy the last lonely place at quota one. Marzola’s team of the former Giampietri and Maletti, revolutionized in the summer by the acquisitions of the Lithuanian opposite player Listanskis, the setter Sitti, the spikers Baciocco and Sacripanti and the central defenders Aprile and Omaggi, find themselves ahead by a point and, still looking for the first seasonal joy between friendlies and official matches, he needs to reverse course so as not to miss the Play Off train. But also the WiMORE Salsomaggiore coach, Alberto Raho, wants to make up for the disappointing performance on Sardinian soil. “We come from two decidedly different situations: they lost two tie-breaks that they could have taken home and absolutely already be protagonists of the championship as they want to be while we, after an excellent debut with San Donà lost in the tie-break, had a scorching defeat this last Sunday. We certainly both have a great desire to show our values ​​because so far, in one way or another, we have not been able to show them.