VERONA- On Thursday 23 December at 19.00 the match between Verona Volley and Gas Sales Sinergy Piacenza, on the twelfth day of Superlega, which could not be played on 12 December due to the positivity of four players from the red and white team, will be resumed. The Emilians, stopped from the last match played on 8 December with Perugia, return to the field after the forced stop period and do so at the home of a Verona in search of precious points to get away from the relegation zone. Piacenza, currently in sixth position with 17 points, mathematically qualified for Del Monte’s quarters^® Coppa Italia, look for the best placement in the Cup grid knowing that he will still have to face the quarter-final round away. Strengthened by four victories out of five previous ones, Piacenza meets a Verona that in the last round managed to win a point against Monza, making it struggle. Stoytchev’s boys will take the field looking for a break away from a lower part of the standings, where they get to try the penultimate place with 17 points in the group that includes four teams in four points.

VERONA VOLLEY – BLUENERGY PIACENZA GAS SALE –

PREVIOUS: 5 (4 successes Sale Gas Bluenergy Piacenza, 1 success Verona Volley)
FORMER: Edoardo Caneschi in Verona in 2020/2021; Enrico Cester in Verona in 2019/2020; Maxwell Philip Holt in Verona in 2009/2010; Toncek Stern in Verona in 2016/2017, 2017/2018.
HUNTING FOR RECORDS:
Regular Season career: Thibault Rossard – 2 points to 500 (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza); Oleg Antonov – 4 winning blocks to 100 (Bluenergy Piacenza Gas Sale); Francesco Recine – 4 winning blocks to 100 (Bluenergy Piacenza Gas Sale).
In his career all 200 races: Aaron Russell – 1 in the games played, Thibault Rossard – 13 points to 600 (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza); Maxwell Philip Holt 5 winning beats at 300 (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza); Luca Spirito – 5 winning blocks at 200 (Verona Volley).

Radostin Stoytchev (Verona Volley Coach) – «After the match against Monza I told the boys that they did well because, despite a difficult start, they entered the field with the right determination. Especially after losing the third set like that, they managed to fight the balances and turn the tide. Too bad about the result, but the attitude was good. The match against Piacenza will be just as difficult, but this time also the thrust of our audience, which for a group of young players can make the difference. Playing close matches and recoveries? It can be more complicated for players with little experience, but I’m sure they will give their all to get back to winning in front of the Verona fans ».

Antoine Brizard (Bluenergy Piacenza Gas Seller) – « We worked very hard and with only ten players so it was difficult, but we trained well and we are very energized. We can’t wait to compete with Verona. It will be very important for us to be able to take home some precious points. We missed playing a lot and can’t wait to start over. We will try to give the best of our possibilities “.

RECOVERY OF THE 12th DAY OF THE OUTBOUND

Thursday 23 December 2021, 7.00 pm

Verona Volley – Bluenergy Gas Sale Piacenza Referees: Luciani, Piana