Round trip between 12 and 15 May, Alto Canavese starts at home Volpianese’s opponent has been defined: it will be the Bra, first leg match away
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Alto Canavese in men’s Serie B and Volpianese in women’s B2 are preparing the second phase of the season in the best possible way, which will begin with the quarter-finals on Wednesday 12 May and which will see the top four teams in each group as protagonists.
L’Alto Canavese ended group B1 in third place and will face, in a round-trip match, the second classified of group B2, but still considering that some recoveries still have to be played, the opponent who will come to PalaCuorgnè on Wednesday 12 May is unknown. . By Sunday 2 May the fate of the group will be decided and at the moment to contend for the possibility of playing against the cuorgnatesi there are the Lavagna, the Npsg La Spezia, the Zephir La Spezia and the Colombo Genova.
To illustrate the situation the coach of the upper Canavese, Fabio Matteotti: «We are waiting to understand who we will face on Wednesday 12 May and therefore where we will go on Saturday 15 for the return – affirms Matteotti -. Whoever the opponent is, we will have to play with maximum concentration, because now it gets much more difficult. This and last week we carried out the canonical three workouts, on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday focusing a lot on the physical aspect, while from the next and for two weeks we will focus more on the technical aspect, especially on the serve and on the break phase, or that of the counterattack – says Matteotti -. Except for Crosasso injured, the rest of the team is skilled and enlisted and we hope to be able to count on all the staff both on Wednesday 12 and Saturday 15 May. We need everyone’s contribution, we will have to be able to play as a team without fear, but with the awareness that we can pass the round and go on, as far as possible ».
In home Volpianese (who finished in first place) instead the opponent of Wednesday 12 May is already there and is called Bra, fourth classified in the mini group A1 of B2 women’s, with the first leg of the quarters that will be played in Cuneo and the return , Saturday 15 May, at the Pala Unità d’Italia in Volpiano: “We are doing four training sessions a week – says the Volpianese band Federica Cane -, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, focusing above all on the physical aspect, because it will be very important arrive at the appointment in the best possible way – says Cane -. We know that it will not be easy at all, although we face a fourth classified by regulation: in two races we play everything and it will not be obvious to have the upper hand. The details both on the outward and return journeys will be very important. We do not feel any particular pressure and we are ready to face Bra in the double confrontation giving everything on the pitch, as we did in the first phase of the season. In addition to the physical aspect, however, we will also have to work on fundamentals such as serving, reception, masonry and attack – explains Cane – then in a few days we will study Bra in detail and we will begin to carry out more specific training according to the game ». –
Loris Ponsetto