The second joint training session of the preseason for the Cucine Lube Civitanova is on the launching pad at the Eurosuole Forum, with the starting whistle scheduled for 5.45pm tomorrow, Wednesday 4 September. Another regional derby, this time with the visit of Vincenzo Mastrangelo’s Smartsystem Essence Hotels Fano, newly promoted to A2 who want to test their form just like the red and white giants. It will be the first match since the investiture of Fabio Balaso, appointed as the new captain of the team by coach Giampaolo Medei. This week, Lube will face another training test match, but away (pitch to be defined), with the first meeting at 5pm on Friday 6 September against Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina, who have already met on Saturday.
The complete roster of the Fano team
Manuel Coscione (P), Pietro Merlo (S), Federico Roberti (S), Mattia Raffa (L), Tommaso Mandolini (P), Jan Klobucar (S), Davide Magnanelli (C), Giacomo Sorcinelli (S), Matteo Coccia (O), Alessandro Acuti (C), Christoph Marks (O), Federico Compagnoni (C), Stefano Mengozzi (C).
Curiosity
The spiker Federico Roberti raised the 2018 Boy League to the skies as a reinforcement of the Volley Lube Academy.
Romano Giannini (second coach Cucine Lube Civitanova):
“The first test of the season was useful, it is likely that the coach also wants to focus on a classic match with Fano to study the game situations. Chinenyeze and Lagumdzija? Our central defender has already done several training sessions and is ready, just as the opposite is already in good shape because he comes from the work done with Turkey. There will be room for them! Opposite us we will have a rival from the Marche region newly promoted to A2 with a very respectable diagonal, interesting players and a couple of bets. I wouldn’t dwell on the analysis of the opponents, this appointment is used to see where we are at and evaluate the attitude. The result doesn’t matter, we are interested in carrying out all the phases we work on every day. We sensed curiosity around the renewed team, on Saturday many wanted to attend the practice match. Maybe there will be people in the next face-to-face too. One of the primary objectives at the moment is to form a group and gradually grow as a collective. The sensations are good, stop! We have a lot to work on!”.
