While Bologna prepares to welcome the Final Four Del Monte® Coppa Italia, with the Unipol Arena welcoming teams and fans on the weekend of 25 and 26 January, the four teams that will participate in the final act of the event, the one that will award the 47th edition of the tournament, are getting ever closer to Saturday’s event. The two Semi-finals will be broadcast live on Rai Sport, with a starting time of 4.15pm for the one between Sir Susa Vim Perugia and Rana Verona, while Itas Trentino and Cucine Lube Civitanova will take to the field starting from 6.30pm for the second Semi-final. The Final, however, will enjoy television coverage on Rai 2 for the occasion. Furthermore, all matches will be broadcast live on VBTV.
Radostin Stoytchev (coach Rana Verona): “For us it is a historic event to participate in the Del Monte® Coppa Italia Final Four: it is a Semi-final that the team deserved thanks to a positive first part of the season and after a very complicated match against Piacenza but where we achieved an important result. Perugia is the strongest team of the last three, four years, the numbers say it. They are the best in Italy in the two fundamentals of serving, where they do 32% damage, and receiving, on which they are good at not taking aces. It is very difficult to put them in difficulty on serve and when it happens they resolve with a high ball attack, preventing their opponents from entering the series. It’s a team that is number one between receiving and serving and everything is built from here. We will do everything we can to put them in difficulty, aware of who we are playing against. We are working, we have everyone available, so we can train well. We must prepare the match well and take advantage of our chances.”
Rok Mozic (captain Rana Verona): “This is certainly a special week which takes us to the Final Four of the Italian Cup. We had never achieved such an important result since I arrived in Verona. I have always dreamed of playing these matches and we will have to give our best. It won’t be easy, Perugia is stronger, but sometimes even those who believe in it the most win. We won’t have to leave anything on the pitch and I’m looking at this match very positively. They will be under a bit of pressure because they have suffered two defeats, but I am sure they will react in the right way. We must face the challenge loosely, with a free mind and believe in ourselves and what we can do.”
Final Four Del Monte® Coppa Italia SuperLega
Unipol Arena di Bologna
Semifinal 1
Sabato 25 gennaio 2025, ore 16.15
Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Rana Verona
Diretta Rai Sport
Diretta VBTV
Semifinal 2
Sabato 25 gennaio 2025, ore 18.30
Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova
Diretta Rai Sport
Diretta VBTV
Final
Domenica 26 gennaio 2025, ore 15.15
Vincente Semifinale 1 – Vincente Semifinale 2
Diretta Rai 2
Diretta VBTV
