Four key matches in ten days and we stop at four, knowing full well that everyone’s dream would be to play the fifth match as well, which would mean the Final of the Del Monte Coppa Italia on Sunday 28 January. It’s a calendar that would make any receiver’s wrists tremble, that of Allianz Milan from Thursday onwards. The team is more compact and focused than ever. The many market rumors that are blowing, like every year in recent weeks, coincidentally all about key people in the current Allianz Milano project, are only testimony to how much the team and club have achieved a position of absolute importance in the national and international volleyball panorama. . An expert and charismatic opponent of the caliber of Massimo Colaci said it well in a recent Rai interview.
But let’s get back to the facts. The first obstacle for coach Roberto Piazza’s team arrives on Thursday evening at 8pm at the Allianz Cloud with the return play-offs of the Cev Cup. There is a match to be won with a three-point result (3-0 or 3-1) against Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie to bring the competition to an exciting and at the same time dramatic golden set. Then, two championship matches against as many big names from the SuperLega Credem Banca, the away match in Civitanova Marche against Lube, today tied in Milan on 25 points for fourth and fifth place, beaten in the first leg 3-0 in a match that marked the start of the Milanese run-up. A Civitanova battered by Perugia in the last round, but also and above all for this reason thirsty for revenge. Wednesday 24th, the second away match, at the home of league leaders Itas Trentino with Kaziyski returning as a former player to his Trento, then on Saturday, in Bologna the Final Four of the Del Monte Coppa Italia against Perugia. Whoever wins stays in Bologna to play for the trophy the next day. The show is served, in short, buy the tickets and don’t get too comfortable.
