Civitanova Marche, 05 April 2018

Between Champions League and Play Off, Giannelli: “We need lucidity and enthusiasm"

Simone Giannelli, 21 years old (ph. Trabalza)

Tonight for Trentino Volley there will be the direct transfer towards Perugia. After the first round match of the Playoffs 6 of 2018 CEV Champions League against Cucine Lube,the yellow-blues has remained in Civitanova Marche in order to carry on the trip in Central Italy. Before leaving this afternoon the team had a training session with weight-ins at the Eurosuole Forum, starting the approaching program for the third challenge of the series of Semi-final Play Off Scudetto UnipolSai 2018, that will be played on Saturday 7th of April at 6.00 p.m. at the PalaEvangelisti. During the two days before the match that will be played in Sir Safety Conad’s field, the medical staff will evaluate Luca Vettori’s conditions, who won’t be available on Wednesday evening because a contracture of his back. “We must be able to move forward and change our perspective– explained Simone Giannelli–; it is not easy to face two important matches against two important teams such as Civitanova and Perugia in such a short time. This requires concentration also as regards the mental and tactics preparation of each match. Besides this and the opposing results of this last period, it is important that we live this moment with great enthusiasm because this is the best and the most significant part of the season. Some weeks ago we weren’t expected to be among the protagonists of both matches; each match represents an opportunity to grow and it must be lived with a positive spirit”. “We are aware of the strength of the opponents that we are facing these weeks- said the setter from Bolzano. We’re aware of the value of Lube and Sir Safety but at the same time we know that we didn’t come this far by chance. It was very hard for us to conquer the Playoffs 6 and the semi-finals Scudetto but now we have to recover by learning from what we’ve done. We want to better ourselves; the last two played matches told us that we need to keep calm and so to be alert during the crucial moments of every single set. I’m convinced that this is the key to step forward”.

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