Filippo Lanza is the younger Captain of Trentino Volley
ph. Trabalza
Trento, November 25th 2016
The match on Sunday evening at PalaTrento against Gi Group Monza will very significant for Filippo Lanza. In that occasion, the match on November 27th, the second to last away game of SuperLega UnipolSai 2016/17, the team captain will play the 216th official match of his carrier in Trentino Volley, becoming the fifth player attending more than ever in the history of the Yellow-blue Club. Now the Veronese spiker, grown in the Youth sector of the Club in via Trener, has played 215 matches, the same as Dore Della Lunga between 2005 and 2012. This advantage compared to that of the player from Marche will give the opportunity to Pippo to be in this special ranking list only after Birarelli (leader with 345), Bari (339), Kaziyski (334) and Colaci (310 on Sunday). Lanza achieved this significant figure (is the youngest who has played more than 200 matches), playing 18 matches in the 2011/12 season, 46 in 2012/13, 45 in 2013/14, 47 in 2014/15, 42 in 2015/16, 17 during the current season and making 1,896 points (fifth spiker ever). According to statistics, on Sunday Diatec Trentino will play the 309th official match at PalaTrento of its history, the 209th home match of regular season and will try to win for the 473 time, to conquer the direct qualification to the quarter finals of the annual edition of Coppa Italia – in which enters uninterruptedly since nine seasons.
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