Cisterna Volley is preparing to close the first round by facing Vero Volley Monza, a team that the Pontine collective will meet for the third time in its history. The Brianza team currently occupies eleventh position in the Credem Banca Super League, five points behind Cisterna, with one victory less than the team coached by coach Falasca.
THE TEAM – Monza confirmed several elements compared to last season, focusing on the proven diagonal formed by Kreling and Szwarc. In the centre, in addition to the confirmed Beretta and Di Martino, Averill, Olympic bronze medalist with the USA national team, and the blue Mosca have been added. Among the main innovations of the Brianza team is the spiker department, which has seen the arrival of four players: Rohrs and Lee complete the department in their first year in the Credem Banca Super League. In progress, to make up for the absence of the other new face of this season, the expert Osmany Juantorena, Ivan Zaytsev arrived and immediately took on a leading role with the colors of Monza. The Finnish Marttila closes the hammer battery.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP – Up to this point, Vero Volley Monza has encountered difficulties in finding continuity of results, however achieving three victories. At their seasonal debut, coach Eccheli’s team won on a tie-break against Grottazzolina. Four consecutive defeats against Piacenza, Civitanova, Milan and Modena followed. Subsequently, two home successes against Taranto (3-2) and Verona (3-1) gave new impetus to the Lombard team’s ranking ambitions.
