The words of Fabio Soli

The return to Trento’s It quotidiano Arena, after two consecutive away matches, is fruitful for Itas Trentino. The European champions, in fact, appeared again in the presence of their own public, detaching without any particular problem the qualification to the round of 16 of the CEV Cup 2024, where they will challenge Benfica.

After the success in Romania in four sets seven days ago, the yellow-blue lineup did not give Arcada Galati a chance among their own walls, winning the match with a peremptory 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-16). Standing out most of all in this match was setter Giulio Magalini, who made good use of the opportunity given to him by coach Fabio Soli to show off and fully replace, even in the final scoreboard, Alessandro Michieletto. In fact, with 17 personal points, 65 percent in attack, a wall and an ace, the Scaliger hammer dragged his teammates towards the victory, taking the chestnuts out of the fire in the few balanced moments of the contest.

“We may not have looked particularly good, but we did everything we had set out to do on the eve of the match, which was to play a more concrete and convincing game than the one we played in Romania seven days ago. It was essential to impose our rhythm and we did that, we were good at every moment of the match, anticipating and solving the problems that could materialize. I am also very happy with the attitude proposed by the team in the last set, as the players who until now have not had much space went on the court and showed from the very first exchanges the right spirit, earning applause on such an important stage as that of the European cups,” these are the statements in the press conference of the coach of the Yellow-blue Fabio Soli.

With the European exertions over, Itas Trentino’s focus will return to the championship, where they will face Massimo Eccheli’s Vero Volley Milano on the next day of SuperLega Credem Banca.