The time has come for the Del Monte®Coppa Italia Final Four, the two days scheduled starting tomorrow at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome which awards the tricolor cockade!
Perugia-Piacenza and Trento-Milan the two semifinals on Saturday, two places up for grabs for the final on Sunday. The dances start tomorrow, with the kick-off at 15.30 and live TV on Raisport ch. 58, the black and whites of president Sirci, who qualified for the Final Four after the success in the quarterfinals with Cisterna, and the red and whites of president Curti, who obtained the pass after the away victory in the quarterfinals in Verona.
Coach Anastasi’s Block Devils left for the Capital this morning. In the afternoon, the finishing of the black and whites is scheduled in the splendid playing facility. Finishing that in all likelihood will be decisive for the technical staff to decide the formation that will initially take the field tomorrow afternoon. With all the squad available, Anastasi has various technical-tactical solutions to use, it is possible that at the kick-off Giannelli takes the field as director, Rychlicki as opposite, Russo and Flavio as central pair, Leon and Semeniuk as receivers and Colaci as libero .
Piacenza shows up in Rome with doubtful Leal. The strong Cuban spiker with a Brazilian passport suffered an ankle injury in the last championship match played last Sunday in Civitanova, having to leave the pitch prematurely. The Piacenza healthcare staff worked hard to recover the Caribbean hammer for the semifinal, but coach Botti will only decide at the last minute to use it with Recine ready in case of need. For the rest of the line-up announced with the French Brizard in the control room, the blue Romanò diagonally, the Cuban ace Simon and Caneschi in the center of the net, precisely one between Leal and Recine paired with the Brazilian Lucarelli in place four with Scanferla to lead the operations on the second line.
A great show is expected in the Eternal City with lots of people filling the stands of the Palazzetto dello Sport and lots of fans also coming from Perugia ready to push their favorites from the stands.