On Thursday, Macerata plays host to Monza but many road games are looming ahead between the league and the Challenge Cup. As it fights for second place, the group will travel to San Giustino on Sunday while the next destination will be Siberia to face Surgut in Europe.

“All the coming games will be important – said middle blocker Podrascanin – And they will surely be made harder than they already are by the fact we will travel miles and miles. We really want to bounce back from the Italian Cup defeat, there is great will to do well and a lot of adrenaline”.