Sunday’s victory was nicer than the others for one simple reason: there were over 2.300 fans to support the team despite the fact the game was live on television. This proves how effective the initiatives from the club turned out to be. One of the main actors of this victory was Marco Pagni, who arrived in Padova this summer and gained minutes following Cricca’s injury.

“I’m sorry for Cricca – he said – Hopefully he will be back very soon and give us a hand. Me and Matteo Burgsthaler are doing extra work right now and sometimes this leads us to make the wrong decisions at the net. Despite the good help from Lorenzo Busi in training as third middle blocker, we can’t wait to Manu to come back”.