The calendar marks the sixth first leg, which is also the third match in seven days and with ten sets already in the legs for Consoli, victorious in the fifth over both Siena and Prata. The guest on duty is the Smartsystem Essence Hotels of Fano, newly promoted in the category and determined to assert a highly respectable roster that starts from the technical guidance of coach Mastrangelo and continues with the direction of Coscione. The central pawns are Mengozzi, Acuti and Compagnoni, while on the band we find Merlo, Roberti and Klobucar; Marks is the opposite and the libero is Raffa.
Fano was able to tame Cuneo and Macerata (which still didn’t have Klapwijk among its ranks) and comes from the defeat in Pineto where it lost a set 38-36, confirming itself as anything but submissive. Oreste Cavuto warns: “We expect a tough match: at home Fano has shown that it knows how to compete against a great team like Cuneo and also comes from a defeat, which is always a great stimulus for the following match. Looking at our half of the pitch, I hope we will be able to bring the same energy expressed with Prata to the net. We need to gather our strength after the two close tie-breaks and maintain that level of play, and then I believe the results will come.”
Brescia has always been on points so far and is growing in group understanding, after having found captain Tiberti again: “No match should be taken lightly this season. We are still in the process of running in, we play with inverted center backs and spikers and we are creating our harmony, but we are growing.”
