After one hundred days from the last official release and with eight weeks to go until the first match of the new season set for the weekend of 21 and 22 September with the Italian Super Cup, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza met today at PalabancaSport for the delivery of the material , medical checks and some tests.
Six players will begin the actual preparation from tomorrow, Saturday 3 August, under the orders of Andrea Anastasi and his staff: Robertlandy Simon, Robbert Andringa, Leonardo Scanferla, Fabio Ricci as well as the new Nicola Salsi and Moussé Gueye. All the other players are busy either to participate with their national teams in the Paris Olympics (Uros Kovacevic, Antoine Brizard, Stephen Maar, Gianluca Galassi, Yuri Romanò, Alessandro Bovolenta) or to support dedicated collegiate teams with the national selections (Luca Loreti).
A double work session is scheduled for tomorrow: in the morning weights and practice, in the afternoon I work on the taraflex at PalabancaSport as well as meeting with fans and journalists.
After the day of rest, from Monday 5 August four days with double training between weight room, practice and technique, beach volleyball and swimming pool. Friday 9 August training session only in the morning and then break ranks for Saturday and Sunday free.
The technical staff that will assist Andrea Anastasi is already complete: present are the assistant coach Roberto Rotari, the assistant coach Matteo Bologna, the Scout Man Antonio Mariano, the Athletic Trainer Davide Grigoletto, the Physiotherapist Riccardo Anfosso.