A tense match awaits MINT Vero Volley Monza on the fateful Friday, December 13, at 9:00 PM.Then Beretta, Zaytsev and his teammates will host Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina, where national player Georgi Tatarov plays, for the first time at Opikquad Arena in Monza.The goal is clear - to start the second half of the Credem Banca SuperLega season successfully. Friday's match will be the second encounter between the two teams, linked by a common player: Francesco Comparoni, a young middle blocker who played for Monza last year and is now part of Grottazzolina. In the first meeting, which opened the season, Monza won after a tie-break.
For both teams, the match is crucial. Monza and Grottazzolina occupy the last two places in the standings and are determined to win valuable points for their revival. MINT wants to make amends after the loss to Cisterna at the end of the first half of the season, while Yuasa is still looking for its first victory in the elite division.
Many new additions, but also established players for the team from the Marche region, which is debuting in the elite. On the coaching bench remains Massimiliano Ortenzi - the youngest coach in the SuperLega, who will turn 44 on Saturday.
The setter Marchiani, the libero Marchisio, the middle blockers Mattei and Cubito, the outside hitter Fedrizzi, and captain Vecchi have been retained. There are eight new additions for the first season in the elite: the Croatian Zukovski, the Serbian opposite Petkovic, the young Croatian Cvanciger, the outside hitters Antonov (134 national team caps and son of Yaroslav, who played for Grottazzolina from 1996 to 1998),Georgi Tatarovand Schalk, the middle blockers Comparoni and Canadian national Demyanenko.
Massimo Eccheli, coach of MINT Vero Volley Monza: "We have a decisive survival match ahead of us, which requires full concentration and determination. We must take to the court with full awareness of the importance of this encounter and with the right attitude that such matches demand. Every detail will be crucial for the final outcome, and we will give our best to achieve our goal."
