Following the Treviso game, Verona is now heading south for its second away game of the season. Indeed, Rob Bontje and co will face Martina Franca, who beat Pineto away 3-2 in the last round. As for Verona, it went to the tie-break in each of its first three encounters. It won the first two against Treviso and Trento before surrendering against Modena.
“Martina Franca is a new team with very strong players – said Bontje, best middleblocker of the league with 44 overall points with 8 aces and 17 blocks – Granvorka can do a great job in attack and on the serve, Cernic too is a top spiker, but the most important thing is how we will play. If we play like in the first three games, we have a chance to gather some points”.