In the first outing of the season anything can be pardoned. Beaten in three sets in Roma, the young Mantova team kept alternating the good and the bad for 90 minutes. Besides, Roma was not the easiest opener you could wish for.
“We can’t compete with a strong team like Rome – said chairman Fattori – Hardly three years ago, Poey was the best outside hitter on the planet and he would make a top level A1 team happy. Portuondo and Yosifov are also out of this league. Zaytsev is the only young player of the group and he never cease to improve”.
