Lots of Cucine Lube Civitanova on the field in the first matches of the VNL 2025. The challenge between Chicco Blengini’s Bulgaria and Fefè De Giorgi’s Italy, both former coaches of the team from the Marche, did not disappoint expectations, with the Azzurri winning in four sets (16-25, 25-22, 19-25, 19-25), thanks to the 13 points each of the best scorers of the red and white group, the middle blocker Giovanni Gargiulo, making his debut with the national team in an official match, and the spiker Mattia Bottolo. With determination, the Azzurri managed to put some too many difficulties behind them, facilitated by the hot hand of the spiker Alex Nikolov, top scorer with 17 seals
On Wednesday evening, the spiker Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh, fresh from his contract renewal with Lube, could not avoid the defeat in three sets of his Iran against the Brazilian battleship (25-19, 25-16, 25-18)
The French spiker Noa Duflos-Rossi, a baby talent announced in recent days by Lube, watched from the bench the face-to-face between Argentina and France, won by the South Americans by 3-1 (25-22, 13-25, 25-22, 25-19).
Giovanni Gargiulo after his official debut as a starter: “This Italy started well! The match was beautiful to play…I hope also to watch. I am very happy with the result, with how we expressed ourselves, with the ability to always remain attached to the match even when we were behind in the score in the individual sets and we came out of it as a team.
