The girls from Cuneo and the A1 volleyball playoffs: all in one evening

All in one evening. In fact, it will be an inside or outside match that will see Bosca S. Bernardo Cuneo playing tonight at the Palazzetto di San Rocco Castagnaretta against Igor Gorgonzola Novara, in game 2 of the A1 volleyball playoff quarter-finals. It is played at 20.30, in a facility that will be able to accommodate 100 percent of the capacity. For Cuneo it will be a challenge without appeal: after the 3-0 suffered in game 1, only a red and white victory could bring the series in a draw, entrusting the response on the passage of the round to game 3, possibly scheduled again at PalaIgor. If Novara wins, however, the season of Signorile and companions would be over. The super favorite is obviously the team of captain Chirichella, who finished the regular season in second place and is aiming for the Scudetto, while the Cuneo inhabitants will have to try to make the most of the tranquility of those who are aware of having nothing to lose, strengthened by ‘excellent seventh place at the end of the regular season. The will, however, is also to redeem himself, at least in the performance, after a too compliant game 1 of the red and white, who started well, but soon crashed on the Novara wall, unable to find the ranks of their game. Coach Pistola on that occasion tried numerous grafts from the bench, but the evening appeared bewitched, with the Cuneo players who failed to be incisive even in the service, in which Bosca S. Bernardo often excels. «Last Saturday we were too tight – explains coach Pistola -: we were careful from a tactical point of view, but we didn’t have the courage to take risks. Tonight we will have to be aware that to be competitive against a team that is superior to us in terms of experience, physicality and from a technical point of view, a bit of unscrupulousness will be needed. In game 1 the four best-ranked teams won without major problems, showing that the difference in value is there and that to fill it you need to have something more in terms of mentality. Throughout the year the team has shown that it has character and a certain predisposition not to give up: I hope that the girls find the energy to make an important performance and reopen the series ». The Cuneo players returned to the field on Sunday, the day after the match in Novara, precisely to be found at their best in a match from inside or outside. To attend tonight’s match, which will also be broadcast live on RaiSport, the online presale is active on www.liveticket.it until 3.30 pm today and again in the Cuneo Granda Volley headquarters in via Bassignano this morning from 9.30 am at 12 and from 2.30pm to 4pm. Tickets for the match, included in the season ticket, can also be purchased at the cash desk at the Palazzetto from 7pm. At the entrance to the plant it will be possible to support the ASD Amici di San Rocco which promotes initiatives in favor of disabled people by purchasing Solidarity Easter with a minimum offer of 12 euros.