The march towards its second Serie A3 Credem Banca championship continues for Gabbiano Farmamed. In the test with the Philippine national team, coached by the Italian coach Angiolino Frigoni, in Italy in preparation for the World Cup which will be held in the Asian country next year, the blue and white team of coach Simone Serafini won in four sets, 3-1, after almost two hours of gameplay.
The final score, witness to a very balanced match, reads 25-23, 26-24. 23-25, 25-20. Three sets were resolved to the wire and only in the fourth set did Gabbiano take off. The two coaches fielded the entire rosters, drawing useful information from the training test. For Gabbiano it was an unprecedented international challenge.
Coach Serafini was unable to use the hammer Parolari, struggling with a physical problem, and initially deployed Depalma in the control room with the opposite Baldazzi diagonally, Pinali and Scaltriti in hand, Ferrari and Tauletta central and Marini libero. Space on the bench during the match.
Having said the balance of the match, the defensive predisposition of the Asians, the attacking performances of Baldazzi and Pinali for the locals and the blocking performance of Ferrari should be underlined. Philippine coach Frigoni, while underlining that his team still makes too many mistakes, especially at the end of sets, said he was confident for the next World Cup. Seagull
