Paola Egonu in Florence with Allianz Vero Volleyball Milan
Paola Egonu in Florence
L’Allianz Vero Volley Milan è is ready to return to the court for the 12th round of Serie A1 Tigotà. The day after tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. (live TV Volleyballworld.it), the team coached by Marco Gaspari will challengeà Il Bisonte Firenze, away at Palazzo Wanny.
For Orro and her teammates, returning from six consecutive league victories against Novara, Pinerolo, Chieri, Roma, Casalmaggiore and – last week – Cuneo, it will be an opportunity to consolidate the second position in the standings behind only Conegliano.It will be the 19th confrontation in the history between the two teams, with the balance leaning in favor of the Milanese thanks to 11 victories and only 7 defeats. As many as four – between players and technical staff – are the exes of the match. Among the ranks of Florence have played the central Sonia Candi (2018/2019) and the Dutch setter Nika Daalderop (2018/2019, 2019/2020); Milan, on the other hand, will see again Alessia Mazzarro and coach Carlo Parisi on the other side of the net.
Vero Volleyball will find in front of it the Tuscan team, currently in eighth place in the standings. Florence, in’the last round of the championship, suffered a defeat on the field of Vallefoglia with the score of 3-1. From a statistical point of view, the Florentine team bases its attack on its two female spikers: German Lina Alsmeier and Japanese Mayu Ishikawa, respectively in eighth and 11th place (with 173 and 162 points) in the special ranking of “best spikers” led by Paola Egonu, at 236. Also looking at the statistical percentages, two players of Allianz Vero Volley Milano among the “top receivers” of the league: French Helena Cazaute (second with 47.19%) and Dominican libero Brenda Castillo (46.38%), with the latter also fresh winner of the Tigotà Series A1 MVP of the month of November.
Total revolution for Florence last summer, with only the confirmations of Emma Graziani and coach Carlo Parisi compared to as many as 14 departures. The new additions are setters Battistoni and Agrifoglio, setters Alsmeier, Ishikawa and Lazic and powerhouses Mazzaro, Acciarri and Stivrins; also of note is the return to the court of Giulia Leonardi after maternity leave. Also new to the market is Ukrainian opposite Kraiduba. The’last piece to close the roster of Florence è the’arrival in place 4 of the Cuban setter Ailama Cesé Montalvo.
