Paola Egonu returns to Piedmont

Paola Egonu in Piedmont

Allianz Vero Volley Milan ready to return to the court for the 11th round of Serie A1 Tigotà. The day after tomorrow, Sunday, December 10 at 17.00 (live TV Volleyballworld.it), the team coached by Marco Gaspari will challenge Honda Olivero S.Bernardo Cuneo.

For Orro and her teammates, coming off a string of five consecutive league victories against Novara, Pinerolo, Chieri, Roma and Casalmaggiore, it will be an opportunity to consolidate the second position in the standings, on 25 points, behind Conegliano. Twelfth confrontation in the history between the two teams, with the balance leaning clearly in favor of the Milanese thanks to 8 victories and only 3 defeats. Sonia Candi è the only ex of the match: the Vero Volley è central of Vero Volley has been a protagonist with the Piedmontese singlet for two seasons (2019/2020, 2020/2021).

Milan will find in front of ité will find the fierce Piedmontese team, currently in 10th place in the standings. Cuneo, in the’last round of the championship, suffered a defeat on the field of Rome 3-1. From a statistical point of view, Casalmaggiore è currently ranks fifth in the team standings for blocks made (89), led by center Amandha Sykves (author of 29 walls, second in the special ranking reserved for players behind only Gray of Chieri at 32). Allianz Vero Volley Milano, on the other hand, will be able to count on the strength of a group that has shown great character in recent weeks, as demonstrated during the match against Casalmaggiore, which saw Gaspari’s girls sprinting in the fifth and decisive set, which ended with a score of 15-2.

MVP of the match è was U.S. center Dana Rettke; Paola Egonu, on the other hand, è was the top scorer with 24 points, which allowed her to approach Akimova in the ranking of the best scorers of the championship, led precisely by the Russian with 230 points against Egonu’s 220.