High pace at the PalaBarton for Sir Susa Vim Perugia.
The Block Devils are working at full capacity under the vaults of the Pian di Massiano facility to prepare with care and attention for the next scheduled match, Sunday’s home match against Rana Verona valid for the seventh return leg of the Super League.
There is a desire to return to success at Juventus after last Sunday’s stop in Piacenza. There is a desire to get back on track and give a smile to the public and fans who will flock to PalaBarton on Sunday to support the team.
There is also the awareness that at the end of the regular season the last five days are now missing, the ones that will decide the starting grid in the playoffs and which therefore offer increasingly significant points up for grabs for all the teams involved.
Finally, there is the certainty that one of the fittest teams in the entire Super League will arrive in Perugia on Sunday.
Coach Stoytchev’s Rana Verona is in fact the current sixth strength in the championship, one point from fifth place in Milan and four from Civitanova who is currently fourth. But above all, after the defeat against Piacenza last December 3, it has strung together an extraordinary series of eight victories in the last nine matches with excellent scalps such as Milan, Civitanova, Modena and Monza and the only defeat in four sets at the home of league leaders Trento.
Series which, in addition to many points in the standings, gave enthusiasm and certainty to the La Scala team which, with the return of some players initially to the pits, found a stable tactical structure and a well-defined game system.
Set up with the Spirito flag as director (now in his eighth season in Verona) who has grown a lot during the year and is a very insidious setter even when blocking and serving. Diagonally, the Malian born in 2001 Keita, who returned after an injury and was immediately decisive thanks to his incredible athletic skills, should have taken over the starting position. Without forgetting the Iranian left-handed Amin available. In the centre, the Bulgarian Grozdanov and Cortesia are finding more and more space and also in this case there are also the blue Mosca and the expert Australian Zingel on the bench ready for use. In place four are two cornerstones of Rana Verona, the Slovenian Mozic and the Czech former Monza Dzavoronok, two athletes who know how to alternate physicality, power and height with shots instead of pure technique and are therefore difficult to read against the block. The libero D’Amico (ex Lube) is also growing and knows how to exalt himself and his teammates in defence.
Focus centered on the wall on Sunday because the top two in the championship will face each other in the fundamental (2.61 points per set for Perugia, 2.50 for Verona).
