Gioia is preparing an important match up with Massa, another team that fights to stay up, and which has just appointed a new coach, Gheorge Cretu.

“The change of coach often gives a boost to the players who want to show their quality to the new coach – explained young spiker Francesco del Vecchio – This will be an additional threat for us. In the first meeting, Massa seemed to me to be a very complete team in every area of the court. It has good players such as outside hitter Rodriguez and middleblocker Ivanov”.