Wolosz and the 200 times in the yellow and blue but before the party there is Cuneo

Prosecco Doc Imoco and the Polish director await Bosca San Bernardo Folie workaholic: «De Kruijf? He often had to “cover me”, I return the favor “

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For the third time, Cuneo crosses the path of Prosecco Doc Imoco at an important moment of the season. In the first leg in mid-November, the Panthers equalized the Guinness Book of Records winning streak with a tiring 3-2, which would be updated and increased in the following days. At the end of December, in the middle of the fourth wave of Covid, the quarter-final of the Italian Cup required the yellow and blue to make an effort to make a comeback to access the Final Four. Today we need points to stay in line with the schedule of the first place and we need a convincing game that confirms and improves the good performances against Busto and Police. The Piedmontese, who aim to enter the playoff grid, come from two clear defeats against Novara and Busto, after collecting points for ten consecutive games. «We paid for the physical and above all mental effort – explains the red and white director Gino Primasso – and I expect a reaction that is not only emotional, but reasoned. Conegliano is the usual battleship that we all know, but in the challenge with them it is not true that we have nothing to lose. We have a lot to lose because nobody liked losing like we did in Busto and it leaves some waste: we have to eliminate them and go back to being the same team as before, playing our game, which bothered everyone ».

Conegliano is also well aware of this and has often had to fight at high scores to stem the dynamism of Cuneo. The two power plants Fahr and De Kruijf (who announced his farewell to the Dutch national team) are still in the pits, who could see the field again from March. After a slight feverish episode, Lara Caravello is back, while captain Asia Wolosz will make her 200th appearance in the yellow and blue jersey today. After the excellent Champions League evening, Vuchkova and Folie should keep the same line-up in sextet, one far away and one close to the setter. «Hristina and I – says the Azzurri central – in this period due to the simultaneous injuries of Fahr and De Kruijf we are playing many games without being able to breathe, but things are going well and we are ready to give our contribution to the cause. Among other things, in recent years Robin has unfortunately had to do a lot of overwork to “cover” my absences due to injury, so let’s say I’m returning the favor ».

The three defeats suffered this year have always been followed by a period of good performance and today it will be necessary to continue along the same lines. “After losing against Monza two weeks ago, we recovered well by returning to push as we know and today’s match with Cuneo will serve us a lot to confirm our growth path to find our optimal pace in view of the commitments that will count later. “. Cuneo, seventh in the standings today, will not be an easy opponent. “La Bosca (which has Federica Squarcini, goal of the Imoco, ed) is a tough team, they defend a lot and have important players, we have already seen in the first leg how much we had to suffer to bring home the victory, so it will certainly be a probative commitment because they will come here to trip us up ».

Access to Palaverde will only be possible from the southern stretch of via Marconi, coming from Carità or Pontebbana, as some streets in the center of Catena are closed to traffic for the ecological Sunday. –