Road trip in Lazio for the Vero Volley Monza, expected tomorrow, Saturday 11 February, at 18.00, from Top Volley Cisterna, (live on Rai Sport+HD and volleyballworld.tv), at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Cisterna, for the nineteenth day in anticipation of SuperLega Credem Banca 2022-23, eighth of the second round. Four rounds from the end of the regular season, the Monzese aim to consolidate a place among the top eight of the standings and keep their opponents from Lazio at a distance, ninth with one point less. The two consecutive defeats against Trento and Verona after four precious smiles in a row motivate Beretta and teammates to give their all to win again despite the absence of the team’s best scorer and ace Vlad Davyskiba. The Belarusian, who went out against Verona with an ankle sprain, will not be in the match, with Eccheli who, however, will be able to count on the return of the opposite Georg Grozer (MVP of the first leg match won by Monza in the tie-break) and the Brazilian setter Fernando Kreling , albeit still in the phase of complete recovery from the long break due to the knee injury. After Cisterna, Vero Volley will have three key matches in the final rush which will give away the pass for the final act of the season: Padua, on February 19th at home, Modena, in Emilia on March 5th and Siena, again at the Arena on March 12th.
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Top Volley Cisterna is ninth in the standings with a balance of 7 victories and 11 defeats: at home they won 5 matches, losing 4. After closing the year with a 3-1 victory over Milan, the Lazio team also overcame Trento in the tie break losing the last 1-3 from Modena; comes from three consecutive defeats having also lost in Siena and Civitanova for 3-1. In the summer market, coach Fabio Soli and only three athletes confirmed: Zingel, Dirlic and Baranowicz. The Croatian Marko Sedlacek from Galatasaray Istanbul (Tur), the Turkish Efe Bayram from Halkbank Ankara (Tur), the Cuban Josè Miguel Gutierrez from Silvano Prandi’s Chaumont (Fra), the German Denys Kaliberda from Netzhoppers (Ger), the Argentinian Javier Martinez from Modica, Damiano Catania from Piacenza, Michael Zanni from San Giovanni Marigliano, Matteo Staforini from Milan, the “returning” Andrea Mattei and Andrea Rossi from Siena. In the last match lost in Civitanova 3-1, Soli lined up Baranowicz as the dribbler and Dirlic as opposite, Zingel and Rossi as central players, Bayram and Sedlacek as backup players, Catania as free.
