It all ended on the unusual scoreline of 4-0 in the first derby of the season between Castellana Grotte and Gioia del Colle. In their second friendly, Gallotta and co showed great progress. More good news arrived before the game from Turkey, where new signing Jiri Popelka proved to be the best player of his Czech Republic team despite the defeat against Italy in the European Championships.

BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte vs Nava Gioia del Colle 4 – 0
(25-19/25-12/25-22/25-18)
BCC-NEP: Vicini L, Jardel 9, Evandro 17, Mattera 1, Giosa 7, Gallotta 11, Matheus 5, Insalata 7, De Palma 1, Pagano 2, Guglilemi L, Castellano DNP.

NAVA Gioia del Colle: Cetrullo, 18, Hotulevs 7, De Giorgi 0, Rigoni 2, Tomasello 0, Antanovich 8, Pagotto L, Del Vecchio 0, Viva 1, Tomasetti 2, Niero 0, Panunzio L.