For Farmitalia Saturnia it’s time for a new away match, the last of the first round of the 2023/24 Credem Banca SuperLega Championship, a match from which the blue and whites must and want to emerge victorious. On December 26th at 6pm, on Boxing Day, the players of Gioiella Prisma Taranto, a direct competitor in the race for salvation, will be waiting for Orduna and his teammates.
Eleventh against twelfth, the one that will be played at PalaMazzola will be a challenge that promises to be high intensity, with the certainty that both teams will give their all to take home the full spoils. Taranto collected six points along the way, without ever obtaining a victory, but managing to add point after point to its piggy bank, reaching six tie-breaks, the last in the match against Allianz Milano. Reinforced at the end of November with the arrival of the Serbian coach Ljubo Travica, it counts on the attacks of the Italian opposite Lorenzo Sala and the spiker Giacomo Raffaelli, and again two American guns, Kyle Russell and center Jeffery Jendrik, to whom Cuban Miguel Gutièrrez is added, the group is led by the expert Spanish setter Angel Trinidad De Haro.
The blue and white are coming off a near victory against Valsa Group Modena, which brought out all the potential of a team that wants to have its say in the top flight championship. The players returned to the gym and on the pitch at the beginning of the week, with non-stop training sessions that will continue until the morning of the 26th. We will also work tomorrow morning at PalaCatania and a training session is scheduled for Christmas Day at PalaMazzola, after arriving in Taranto, on the eve of the match.
“We took important references from last Saturday’s good performance against Modena, both in terms of attitude and the technical aspect. – says coach Cezar Douglas Silva – Now it is necessary to make that leap in quality that allows us not only to win sets, but the match, regardless of who we are up against. This championship doesn’t give anything away, every challenge is different and Taranto has always shown that it doesn’t give up. We will be clear-headed and will arrive on the field with all the credentials to face them. Training on day 25 will be another point in our favor because it will give the boys greater familiarity with the arena.”
