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Aleksandar Nikolov to VolleyVeek: It's time to win the Super Cup! I hope the third final will be lucky

Николай Варадинов

Николай Варадинов

November 15, 2026 at 10:10

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Aleksandar Nikolov to VolleyVeek: It's time to win the Super Cup! I hope the third final will be lucky

- For the third time, you will play in the Italian Super Cup final. The first two times you failed to win the trophy. I attended both finals, including the semi-final in Trieste, which you lost. It's time for you to win!
- Well, you said it! It's time. We hope this third time will be lucky.
- Especially since your brother is here now.
- Absolutely!
- And your mother, and your father. Even your sister!
- Even my sister? I didn't know! Well, great, even better! Even better!
- What do you need to improve in your game to be able to defeat Perugia in the final?
- From today's match? Nothing. We haven't played against the serious teams in the championship this year, like Piacenza, Trento, and Perugia. Verona is generally one of the strong teams, but they are currently missing many players. So tomorrow we will see how we perform against a truly serious opponent.
- Serve, serve, serve! Will that be the most important thing?
- We are good at serving, yes.
- That's evident. It's striking that you execute a very strong and risky serve, but at the same time, you make relatively few errors.
- The serve is a very important part of our game. We all take risks, and so far it's working out for us. We make relatively few errors given the risk we take, and this allows us to put even more pressure on the opponent.
- What else are you missing in terms of teamwork between you and your brother Simeon? After all, you are not in the national team here.
- Yes, we are not in the national team. I don't know. I'll repeat again - I want us to play a match against a truly serious opponent first, and then I'll be able to answer that question.