Trento, 06 January 2019

First place in ranking 783 days after the last time. Vettori: “This is a stepping stone”

Itas Trentino passed the ultimate test. The big match of the sixteenth matchday of 2018/2019 SuperLega Credem Banca regular season took place on Saturday night in Trento against Italian Champion Sir Safety Conad Perugia and Yellow-blues brilliantly won for the tenth consecutive time at BLM Group Arena; moreover with the 3-0 win, now Trentino leads the rank with a two points gap on Perugia. The last time Trentino Volley was in the first place of the rank alone dates back to November 13th, 2016, 783 days ago, after having defeated Civitanova 3-1.
Main actor of the victory on Perugia was opposite spiker Luca Vettori, who scored 13 points with 68% in attack. “The win against Perugia and the resulting first place remind us that we’re playing well thanks to the hard work we did in the gym. These results are pure motivation to keep going in the path we started this season - explained the player after the match on Saturday - . Supercoppa Italiana and Club World Championship marked positively the first part of the season and gave us good energy, as well as trust in ourselves. We don’t know what happens in the future, we keep going without fear or anxiety, we want to keep being like we are right now. The lead in the rank is a great satisfaction but right now it doesn’t really count; there are many strong teams and nothing can be taken for granted, starting from the Coppa Italia quarter finals against Verona”.
“My good condition comes from the pre season preparation I did from August to October with Lorenzetti - said Vettori- . It’s been a very important moment where I was reintroduced to volleyball fundamentals, I worked on myself with time and attention. I rediscovered the “grammar” and the ABCs of this sport, it’s been an interesting and useful travel inside volleyball, especially for me since I always missed this part of the season last years due to the busy schedule”.
This week Itas Trentino is going to train without playing official matches; next match is scheduled on Sunday January 13th in Vibo Valentia against Tonno Callipo Calabria for the seventeenth match of regular season.

Trentino Volley Srl
Press Office