Verona welcomed former captain of the Italian national team, Cristian Savani. The spiker will train with the group and travel to Lausanne next week. He will start the pre-season with Verona before flying out to China where he will play for Shanghai volleyball.
Meanwhile, the winningest coach in the history of the Italian national team, Velasco, is in Verona. The Verona managerial and coaching staff had lunch with the current coach of the Argentine national team.
Finally, Luca Spirito made it to the semi-finals of the World Championships Under 23 with Italy. The new Verona setter, who’s the captain of the Under 23, helped the team earn qualification with a game to spare thanks to a 3-1 win over Iran, which was the fourth consecutive victory. Luca scored 5 points, two blocks and 3 spikes.
