Midweek round of the SuperLega championship Credem Banca and for Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza away to Veneto: Wednesday 14 February (8.30 pm live Volleyballworld.tv, Radio Sound and Sportpiacenza.it) at the Pala Agsm AMI in Verona the red and whites will face Rana Verona.
After the home misstep with Monza, Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza wants to resume the championship race to consolidate third place in the standings now threatened by Cucine Lube Civitanova.
Andrea Anastasi: (coach Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza): “Verona is certainly the physically strongest team in the championship, they play excellent volleyball and are strong in every fundamental. It’s a young team that has grown a lot over the course of the season and we know that a very difficult match awaits us. We are working to be at our best in the crucial moments of the season, in Verona we will have to fight for every ball, we are aware of this.”
The opponent Rana Verona
On the other side of the net there is Rana Verona who, after a quiet start and the 3-0 defeat in the first leg against Piacenza, has racked up nine victories in the last ten matches, pacing only with Trento. On the last day of the championship he stormed the Perugia pitch, winning in the tie break. In the ranking it occupies fifth position with 30 points resulting from eleven victories and seven defeats exactly like Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza which however boasts 36 points in the ranking. The Veronese team is also entrusted this season to the experience of Radostin Stoytchev. Mozic and Keita confirmed, the band was joined by Dzavoronok, reigning Italian champion and the young Sani. The management keys are still in the hands of Spirito, with Jovovic at his side, returning to the SuperLega after his experiences abroad. Amin, protagonist with Iran this summer, has arrived in place two. Everyone confirmed in the center of the net: from Mosca and Cortesia to Grozdanov and Zanotti. They were joined by the expert Zingel, an old acquaintance of Veronese volleyball. The libero D’Amico who joined Bonisoli completed the second line.
Radostin Stoytchev (coach Rana Verona): “From week to week, the championship becomes more and more difficult. This match is very important in a different way than the others: now we have reached the phase in which every point is decisive for the Play Offs. The next two or three matches can change many things, we can go up or down, so maximum attention is needed .
