The next game is on January 2 in Modena, which has been coached by Prandi in the last two years. A tough one for Verona, which has lost its last game at home against the Italian Champs, Cuneo.

“We’ll be facing a team that finished fourth last season – explained GM Cottarelli – They have strengthened their squad with two excellent players: middle blocker Creus Larry and spiker Berezhko, one of the strongest players in the world. Whether Meoni will take part or not, which we’ll know in the next few hours, doesn’t matter, we really need to make a qualitative leap mentally in order to gain some points away from home”.