In its second friendly game, Padova was defeated by Motta at the tie-break. Padova was without the Argentine spiker Gonzalo Quiroga and the youngsters Fabio Balaso and Sebastiano Milan, who have just begun to train with the rest of the team. Aguillard will be cautiously rested as he felt some muscular pain. As for the game itself, Padova was in charge in the first set (25-18) but led by Cetrullo Motta fought back (21-25 and 17-25). Padova reacted in the fourth (25-17) only to surrender by the minimum margin in the tie-break (14-16).
“This is not the time to look at the result but to check the progress as we approach the league debut– said sport director Stefano Santuz – Today we faced a good team, which proved to be worth more than the B1 division”. Brescia and Ravenna next.
