Consoli returned to work already on New Year’s Eve to prepare for the match that will see her protagonist on Saturday at the PalaBigi against coach Fanuli’s Conad. In the first leg it was 3-1 for the Toucans, but the path of the Emilian sextet in the meantime was marked by 5 victories over Aversa, Cuneo, Macerata, Porto Viro and Cantù. The 12 points collected so far determine the need for the hosts to get out of the hot zone of the ranking as soon as possible and the technical qualities of the individuals are known to the Brescians who saw them fight point for point against Prata in the boxing day event.
Alex Erati knows this well, as he ends 2024 looking down on his teammates with 43 blocks under his belt, crowning him among the specialists in that fundamental.
“We have a challenging away match ahead of us: playing in Reggio is never easy because they are an excellent team, very motivated to score points and who will make the most of the field factor. We come from a home defeat and we must be good at forgetting the defeat to redeem ourselves immediately. It’s a tough period, with close matches where staying focused and above all maintaining a constant high level is not easy. We are ready to fight and give everything to immediately return to victory on Saturday evening, trying to maintain our quality of play, especially on serve and in attack, which are the phases in which we sinned last Sunday.”
In the starting six of the Volley Tricolore, Porro-Gasparini, Guerrini-Gottardo as a band, Barone-Bonola in the center with De Angelis libero should be deployed. The reinforcement artillery is that of Partenio on the dribble and Stabrawa, Suraci, Sighinolfi in attack.
