At home at Cucine Lube Civitanova it’s time for returns to base and new arrivals. Of the six players who have yet to begin their athletic training, the first to reach the Eurosuole Forum will be the spiker Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh, who will land in Italy today and tomorrow, Thursday 22 August, will make his first visit to the arena.
Team manager Matteo Carancini has drawn up a staggered insertion program for the Nationals who have yet to join the red and white group. In addition to the Iranian star, the list is also missing: the Olympic champion Barthelemy Chinenyeze, a transalpine central defender who has just won his second consecutive Olympics, the libero Fabio Balaso and the spiker Mattia Bottolo, fresh from fourth place at the Paris Games wearing the Iranian shirt. ‘Italy, the spiker Eric Loeppky, who was unable to celebrate placings in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower with his Canada, but still stood out for his individual numbers, and finally, the opposite player Adis Lagumdzija, the last cook to return to the Adriatic coast because he is busy with his Turkey chasing a place at the 2026 European Championships.
Matteo Carancini (red and white team manager): “During the day we will welcome “Terminator” Poriya as expected, who will meet with the group at the Palas tomorrow. Monday 26 August, however, will be Eric Loeppky’s turn in Italy. In the following days we will wait for the two Italians Balaso and Bottolo, but also the Olympic gold medalist Chinenyeze. Still busy with Turkey to win the continental pass, Lagumdzija will complete the squad with his return to base, but he certainly won’t be among us before the beginning of September.”
