Coach Cichello will have to delay his arrival in Molfetta as he made it through the first qualification phase for the World League by defeating Egypt. On the other hand, Andrea Mattei will begin his new challenge at Molfetta after coming off a winner’s medal at the European Championships Juniors with Italy. “We were not favourite – he said – we had not gathered especially good results in the Pre-Juniors but we played with determination, one game at a time, without thinking too much ahead”.

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