The Final Eight of the A1 cup starts tonight but Verona will get into play on Thursday at 6pm against Cuneo (Live on Sky Sport 2).

“Everyone is looking forward to play in the Italian Cup, it’s very exciting, we’re extremely motivated – said middleblocker Rob Bontje – We’ll try to win it and we’ll need everyone ready to give its contribution, starting with Dehne that could do well on the serve. We’ll have to limit Nikolov and Wijmans”.

Cuneo and Verona have already met twice this season in the league, taking one game apiece. Overall, the two teams faced each other ten times, with Cuneo leading 6 wins to 4. It will be their first ever meeting in the cup.