The transfer market for the 2024/2025 Serie A2 Credem Banca season will officially close at 6.30pm today, Wednesday 17 July 2024. And at the starting line of the second national series there will also be Campi Reali Cantù for the thirteenth time, the twelfth in a row. The team has been greatly renewed compared to the 2023/2024 championship starting from the bench, where Coach Alessandro Mattiroli took the place of Coach Francesco Denora Caporusso. The new coach will always be supported by Alessio Zingoni.
For a flag that has been lowered (at the end of the 2023/2024 season Dario Monguzzi hung up his knee pads after 19 years in the Cantù jersey), another continues to fly high: Luca Butti will play his sixteenth year in Cantù. He will be joined by three confirmations: the spikers Andrea Galliani and Andrea Bacco, and the opposite Francesco Quagliozzi. A welcome return is that of spiker Nicola Tiozzo (formerly at Campi Reali in 2015/2016), while new entry Elio Cormio completes the department. New faces in the control room: Francesco Cottarelli and debutant Luca Martinelli arrive, as opposite Marco Novello will taste Serie A2 Credem Banca for the first time. The central department is also completely new: Nicola Candeli’s experience in the category contrasts with the “first time” of Marco Bragatto and Manuel Marzorati. Finally, the second libero will be Leonardo Caletti.
“We are happy with what we managed to do – says Coach Alessandro Mattiroli –. We tried to create a team that could meet as much as possible both my needs and those of the company in terms of human as well as technical qualities. When you have to rebuild a team from scratch, it is important for me to look not only at the technical and physical aspects, but also and above all at the human ones, and this becomes a very important aspect. When you have to rebuild a team from scratch, it is important to find people who have a certain work ethic, who want to get involved, train and give everything, especially during the week. We looked at this a lot, and we’re happy with what we did.”
Here is the complete roster of Pool Libertas Cantù for the 2024/2025 season
Setters: Francesco Cottarelli, Luca Martinelli
Opposites: Marco Novello, Francesco Quagliozzi
Spikers: Andrea Galliani, Nicola Tiozzo, Andrea Bacco, Elio Giuseppe Cormio
Centrals: Nicola Candeli, Marco Bragatto, Manuel Marzorati
Free: Luca Butti, Leonardo Caletti
