In its last friendly game before the playoffs, Kovac’s boys had the better of ortona in four sets. The usual Petric stood out and German Schwarz had an excellent performance too. Next is Piacenza in five days in the playoff quarter-finals game 2.

“The team was much better compared to our performance against Città di Castello three days ago – said sport director Bino Rizzuto – We know the series against Piacenza will be extremely tough for us. But we all want to keep this excellent season going. We will do our best and who knows if the dream can go on”.