Changed the direction, fresh forces also for central and Maranesi attack: hard debut with Grottazzolina, beware of Brugherio
GARLASCO
In the end there are six new faces of Volley 2001 Garlasco which will face its first A3 series championship in October. Not a real revolution, but certainly a very different profile for the squad of coach Marco Maranesi, satisfied with the market conducted with the Lomellina management and with the new sporting director Savino Di Noia.
News in directing
«The biggest change concerns the control room which is completely renovated – explains Maranesi – Riccardo Regattieri and Sergio Petrone have arrived. Regattieri is a class of 2000 back from two seasons in A2 with Cantù and is an interesting prospect to try to give continuity to our project. In this sense, I was clear in terms of hierarchy and we focus on him, he will be the owner. It is a good bet, but I feel like playing it, so I prefer to other roads that were more expert, but also of lesser perspective. However, since Regattieri is young and must have his back covered, we have taken Sergio Petrone, class of ’97, who has returned from a year in A2 in Catania, with good skills and this will help us to have a high quality in training ». The other news concerned the central department and the attack. «In the role of opposite comes Alberto Magalini back from two good seasons in A3 with Bolzano and Trento. It is curious to note how initially it was thought to continue with Beltrami, but then the parties did not find it noticed and the situation then created the opportunity to sign a more important and experienced player in the role. In place four came Leonardo Puliti whom I already knew when I was doing the A2 series in Milan and he was playing in Monza at Vero Volley. He is Umbrian, born in 1991 and, after a few seasons in A2 and A1, he returned to Serie B in San Giustino, a club where he played on the opposite side. He is an important high-ball striker and, instead, he will play in place four ». The last two grafts are at the center: “Filippo Porcello is an expert player, born in 1987 who knows the category, Lorenzo Giampietri is a 1998 class, in the last season he did not play because his club, Lodi, as a result of Covid problems, has decided not to participate in the championship. With him the battery of power stations is completed ». The others will be Andrea Coali and Lorenzo Mellano who lead the large patrol of confirmed players after the splendid winning ride and promotion to A3. Then the free Mattia Taramelli and Filippo Resegotti, the forwards Michele Crusca, Riccardo Miglietta, Mirko Testagrossa and Federico Moro.
The competition
As for the level of the A3 championship, this is the opinion of Maranesi. «Grottazzolina, with whom we will make our debut in the championship, is a particularly equipped team and will immediately be an important test. As for the other teams, Fano and Pineto have structured themselves in a significant way, the Diavoli Rosa Brugherio made the final to go up to A2, but then they revolutionized the squad a lot by making several players of the team we have faced in series go up to the first team. We do not want to be the meteor of a season, it will be important to stay in A3 as soon as possible and it will not be at all obvious in our group which, compared to the other, has one more team and is one more strong team, but also one more relegation. A leap in quality and performance on the part of all of us is necessary and Pavia’s response to which we look forward to with hope and desire to do well will be important ». –
Fabio Babetto