On Sunday 17 November 2024, with kick-off at 4.00 pm, the lights of the PalaFrancescucci will be turned back on for the Campi Reali Cantù. Coach Alessandro Mattiroli’s boys will challenge Abba Pineto. The Abruzzo team are also coming off two consecutive defeats, the last of which 3-1 at home against Tinet Prata of Pordenone.
Coach Alessandro Mattiroli presents the challenge like this: “Sunday’s match will be very important for us. We return to the friendly walls of the PalaFrancescucci, and the desire to redeem ourselves after the last performance is certainly there. In the gym we are ‘damning our souls’ to give our best. Pineto is a team that has excellent individuality, and we will try to do everything to compete for it, and to make our fans proud of all the efforts we make to give our best every day and every week. I see the boys working with great concentration to reach the goal of playing their best in every match. We hope to offer a good performance, and I am convinced that the boys are making the most of it in the gym, trying to find answers from work.”
THE OPPONENTS
Coach Simone Di Tommaso is indeed having his first experience as head coach in Serie A, but he has been Federal Beach Volleyball Coach for years, and in this role he participated in the last Olympics (Paris 2024). Mattia Catone is in the control room, a product of the Pineta nursery who “returned to base” after the championships played in Bergamo and Motta di Livenza. Opposite is the Finnish Samuli Kaislasalo, in his first year in Italy after playing in Belgium, Germany, Greece and Holland.
