Trento, 28 September 2018

Grebennikov and Van Garderen in Trento: “Already training in preparation for the Supercup"

Although we have to wait until the middle of next week to have the complete team at disposal for the first time, from today Itas Trentino can count on two more players in the roster. Earlier this afternoon indeed, the first players just back from the World Championship 2018 have arrived in town: the French libero Jenia Grebennikov and the Dutch wing spiker Maarten Van Garderen.
Starting from Saturday afternoon, when they are going to train with ball at BLM Group Arena in Trento closing the sixth week of preparation, the two players will open their second season together following the orders of Angelo Lorenzetti and his crew. Their previous one was in Germany, in the Vfb Friedrichshafen team, during the 2014/2015 championship.
“I am not satisfied with this World Championship: my desire was to play at least the Final Six in Turin, but it didn’t happen”, Grebennikov explained. “This means that now I want to do my best in this newly born reality, that is Itas Trentino. I am ready, in good shape and excited; restarting with the training will be good for me. The Final Four of Supercoppa 2018 is close, we really want to play well and, even if our opponent is a great team like Perugia, we will try to win.”
“The World Cup, on the other hand, of my homeland (the Netherlands), has beaten the wildest expectations – smiled Van Garderen - ; we didn’t think we could go so far but in the first phase we achieved very high results, including the outstanding victories against Brazil and France itself (Jenia’s homeland). I am glad to be already in Trento; I will definetely get over the tireness thanks to the positive energy given to me by the beginning of this new experience. Itas Trentino can be the surprise of the Final Four of the 2018 Italian Supercoppa.” 

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