Trento, 09 November 2019

On Saturday at the BLM Group Arena the anticipation of the fourth turn of SuperLega

Is played during the imminent weekend the fourth turn of the regular season of 2019/2020 Credem Banca SuperLeague. The Trentino Volley will be the protagonist of the anticipation of Saturday: the 9th November at the BLM Group Arena the world champions will host the Calzedonia Verona in the traditional ‘’derby of the river Adige’’. Starting whistle expected at 6:00 PM: live on RAI Sport + and Radio Dolomiti.
ITAS TRENTINO the frantic rhythms imposed by the calendar of November do not grant breaks; just three days after the success for 3-1 against Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia, the team return immediately to the field to face the second home match of the seasons and to try to maintain the invincibility in the championship.
‘’Succeed will not be easy, because we will face an ambitious team as Verona that is definitely among those that can try to steal one of the first four positions to the teams that are used to fill them – warned the coach Angelo Lorenzetti by presenting the match -. The Calzedonia has already taken a strong footprint from its new coach, the team plays with efficacy and personality so it will surely give us trouble. For our part, we need also this kind of situation in order to improve and continue in our growth path; the start was very positive, but prove ourselves is never easy. It is true that from now on we’ll play always every three days, but is an obliges path for a team like ours who struggled during the past season to win a place in the Champions League. So, there is no need to complain, but to concentrate on every single match’’.
In view of the match of Saturday, the Trentino Volley won’t have particulars problems of squad and the coach will be able to chose freely which couple of spikers insert in the starting six. The team on this occasion will come down on the pitch for the 820 official match and will go hunting for the 573 absolute victory, possibly the 300 of all time in front of its public who will be able to admire his team live already on Wednesday 13 November in the home match against Piacenza.

THE OPPONENTS This new season for the Calzedonia Verona, that has brought back on the bleachers of the SuperLeague the Bulgarian coach Radostin Stoytchev (who as coach of Trentino Volley between the 2007 and 2016 has directed 389 matches, winning fifteen titles), started with two home victories and one defeat against Perugia. Calzedonia Verona immediately move its rankings, confirming of being the loose cannon of the tournament and to be able to aspire to a prestigious position in the Italian championship. For reaching one of the first four positions and then therefore also the qualification to the semifinal of the Play Off (goal never achieved before by the club), the society has operated in a targeted way on the market, confirming the ‘’valuable pieces’’ already on the shortlist, but it also has had to deal with a new serious injury of the American spiker Jaeschke, who will have to stop for many months because of a problem on his shoulder. To cope with his unavailability arrived the compatriot Muagututia, immediately under the spotlight in the success for 3-2 of the last Sunday against Piacenza. On the high balls should be followed also the French opposite hitter Boyer and the Bulgarian Asparuhov, while the diagonal on the position number 3 currently used is the one of the last championship of the Trentino Volley Solè-Birarelli, who, in the past, have totaled respectively 189 and 345 presence when they were playing in Trentino Volley. The roaster offers a lot of alternatives in all the roles, also taking into account the presence of Cester, Franciskovic, Marretta and Kluth.
ALL PREVIOUS What will be played on Saturday will be the 38th official match between the two societies; the so-called derby of the river Adige has almost always said good to the colours of Trento, winner in twenty-seven previous.
The most recent match has smiled at the Scaligeri, who won in the return match of the regular season at the Tie break in Veneto on February 18 last. The other two matches of last season were played at the BLM Group Arena, where Itas Trentino won in both cases 3-0 (November 18, 2018 and January 23, 2019, in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup). Verona has not won in Trento for two years (5 November 2017, success 3-1), but in the past has been able to do so in three other circumstances.

THE REFEREES The meeting will be directed by the Syracuse couple made of Alessandro Tanasi (from Noto, in highest series since 2002) and Gianluca Cappello (from Sortino, in Serie A since 2004). The last precedent with Trentino Volley for Tanasi dates back to game 2 of the quarter-finals of Play Off Scudetto 2019 (defeat 0-3 in Padua on April the 7th), while for Cappello is the last derby of the Adige played during the Championship (on February the 18th, home winning at the tie break in Verona).
TV, RADIO AND INTERNET The match will be a global media event with live coverage on tv, radio and Internet. It will be transmitted by RAI Sport + HD, a channel that you can find both on the terrestrial digital platform (number 57 in HD, 58 in sd) and on the satellite channel of Sky (number 277) with commentary made by Maurizio Colton and Andrea Luccchetta; photos will be shared on Internet in streaming video-audio through the application PaiPlay and will have a continental visibility (twelve connected nations) thanks to the live programmes programmed by Sportklub (Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro), Match TV (Russia), Polsat (Poland), BTV Bulgaria, DSmart (Turkey), as well as the main world betting sites served by the SportRadar agency.
The direct and integral chronicle is planned on the radio partner of Trentino Volley Radio Dolomiti starting from 6 pm as always. The frequencies in order to listen to the regional network are available on 
www.radiodolomiti.com, where it is also possible to listen to the running commentary in streaming through the section “On Air”.
The integral pre-recording of the match will be broadcasted at 10 pm on November the 11th on RTTR - tv partner of Trentino Volley.
On the internet, finally, point to point updates will be made by the website of the League Volleyball Serie A (
www.legavolley.it) and by the same www.trentinovolley.it and will always be active on the Social Network yellow and blue (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook  and www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).
TICKETS AND MERCHANDISING The pre-sale of tickets for the game with Verona is active until Saturday evening at 4 pm both at the Promoevent offices, in via Suffragio 10 in Trento, and on the Internet by clicking www.vivaticket.it/ita/event/itas-trentino-verona/141949. The coupons will also be available on Saturday at the cash desks of the BLM Group Arena, which will be active from 5 pm, the same time when the the building will be opened.
Inside, behind the long grandstand on the north side, fans will find the gialloblù merchandising point; they’ll find a wide range of Trentino Volley items on sale, including the new celebratory jerseys t-shirt.
"MENZ&GASSER DAY" The "Menz&Gasser Day" will be celebrated on the occasion of the second internal match of the season. Celebrating the gialloblù public the long-term partnership, Trentino Volley and Menz&Gasser - sponsors of the jersey for six seasons - have created a special initiative that will make the second home commitment of the season even more special: immediately after the greeting at the beginning of the match, the players of the two teams will throw a nice gadget signed Menz&Gasser towards the public. In the name of the Novaledo company also the match program, the hospitality area, the video wall and the prize of best player, which will be delivered directly by Michele Bernardi - marketing manager of the yellow and blue sponsor.

 

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