Trento, 18 August 2025

Tuesday marks the start of pre-season training for Itas Trentino italian champions

After the long Ferragosto weekend, Itas Trentino’s men’s team is set to begin its gym training activities. The gathering of the Italian Champions ahead of the 2025/26 season’s start is scheduled for 3:30 PM on Tuesday, August 19, when players not currently involved with their national teams, along with the full technical staff, except for head coach Marcelo Mendez (also busy with Argentina), will meet at the BTS Arena in Trento (formerly known as PalaTrento) to begin the first training sessions.
Assistant Coach Adriano Di Pinto, who will lead the initial phase of training, will have just five of the fourteen rostered athletes available, as finalized after the summer transfer market: Setter Acquarone, Outside hitter Bristot,  Liberos Laurenzano and Pesaresi, Middle blocker Sandu; Over the weekend, outside hitter Ramon, fresh off European qualifiers with Spain, will also join the group. The remaining players are already training with their respective national teams in preparation for the upcoming World Championship: Bartha with Romania, Faure with France, Flavio with Brazil, Gabi Garcia with the USA, Lavia, Michieletto, and Sbertoli with Italy, Torwie with Germany.
To round out the yellow-blue squad during this initial phase, Matey Kaziyski will participate in the full pre-season training, along with several promising talents from UniTrento Volley, Trentino Volley’s junior team, which will compete in the Serie B championship starting in October.

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