Last working day of the year for the Verona players who keep preparing the coming game against the Italian champs of Treia, to be played on home soil on Saturday 3.

“It’s been a positive year – said Gasparini – For me that was a happy summer because I renewed my contract with Verona. We began the new season with a strong team and ended the year with an excellent fifth place. The club is getting better, everything has stepped up a level this season in the club. New faces have joined in and they brought us to new heights. Now our first target for 2015 will be to qualify for the Italian Cup final four, but to do so we’ll need our best volleyball to beat the strong team of Perugia on the road”.