On Sunday 21 April, at 6.00 pm, Kemas Lamipel S. Croce will be on stage at the Pala Francescucci in Casnate con Bernate (Co), the “home” of Pool Libertas Cantù. Menu of the day: match 2 of the Del Monte Italian Cup. The hosts will look for victory to close the series and move directly to the semi-finals, avoiding the “match” scheduled for Sunday 28 April. A program that the Wolves will try to counter, achieving success, with any score, and taking the match to game 3. Thrilling stakes for the Wolves, who if they don’t succeed in their aim would effectively end their season.
As always, the pitch will tell whether coach Bulleri’s team will have the head and strength to withstand the tensions of the match and overcome the lapses in attention and the insecurities that emerged in the second part of game 1. The match played at the Pala Parenti saw a great Kemas Lamipel for the first two sets, but what was rewarded was Cantù’s greater regularity, apparently “lighter” on a mental level.
In the first leg coach Denora dispensed with the expert Ottaviani, inserting Magliano, born in 2005, in the starting six. The spiker, after the first two fractions, was replaced by Bacco, another young Vero Volley school, who withstood the test well and therefore could also be considered for a place in the “6+1” on Sunday afternoon. Bacco played diagonally with an at times sumptuous Galliani (14 points, 48% receiving), while in the center both Aguenier (3 blocks) and Monguzzi (4 blocks) carried out their tasks admirably. What makes the difference, as almost always in Cantù’s case, is the setter-opposite diagonal: Pedron’s fast game, and Gamba’s scoring ability (29 points, MVP). Denora will inevitably focus on these athletes, obviously accompanied by Butti as the “seventh man”.
Note: the match will mark the last outing in front of the friendly public of central defender Dario Monguzzi, 14 seasons in a row between B (little) and A (a lot) in the Cantù shirt, for a total of 311 matches reported in A2 Credem Banca.
On the eve of the match, head coach Michele Bulleri and libero Luca Loreti spoke for Kemas Lamipel S. Croce.
This is an excerpt from the statements:
Bulleri: “Our attention will be entirely focused on giving the best possible performance, because, as we said with the boys, we want to try to move forward as much as possible in the event. We have the chance. We will have to be good at seizing them and understanding the moments of the match, to bring it home and extend the series.”
Loreti: “As we have seen, Cantù is an excellent team, they are very good at serving and also in defence, however, in my opinion, we need to think about our game and go on the pitch for game 2, moving as we know how. We can beat them and go for it and bring the series back to our home.”
The full interview is available on the You Tube channel “Lupi Volley TV”, at:
Pool Libertas Cantù: 2 Magliano Lorenzo, 3 Monguzzi Dario, 4 Butti Luca, 5 Gianotti Francesco, 6 Ottaviani Giuseppe, 7 Aguenier Jonas Bastien Baptiste, 9 Pedron Matteo, 10 Quagliozzi Francesco, 11 Galliani Andrea, 16 Bacco Andrea, 17 Picchio Matteo, 23 Rossi Gianluca, 32 Gamba Kristian.
Kemas Lamipel S. Croce: 1 Gabbriellini Lorenzo, 2 Coscione Manuel, 3 Parodi Simone, 4 Brucini Nicolas, 5 Cargioli Antonio, 6 Russo Giacomo, 7 Colli Leonardo, 8 Matteini Alessio, 11 Peatti Nicholas, 13 Gatto Riccardo, 14 Giannini Francesco, 15 Loreti Luca, 16 Allik Karli, 17 Mati Pardo, 23 Lawrence Klistan.
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