Due to the International competitions, only three players (Djuric, Mazzone and De Angelis) have begun the pre-season under the orders of coach Stoytchev. “It’s nice to know that most of our players have the chance to play top level volleyball with their national teams – said the Bulgarian head coach – It’s true that training with so few players does not work to our advantage but we accept it hoping that everyone will come back in good shape. In the league, we’ll start off from a similar situation from last season, maybe even more difficult because the team is even younger and our opponents have gotten stronger. We’ll have to work really hard to understand how far we can go”.