Club World Cup, Trentino Itas and Lube Civitanova ready for derby

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All-Italian semifinal in Brazil

It's all set for the Italian derby between Trentino Itas and Lube Civitanova that will decide which of the two representatives of the Bel Paese will contend for the World Volleyball Club Championship to the winner of the other semifinal, which will see the Iranians of Foolad Sirjan and the Brazilians of Sada on the court, also in Uberlandia (Brazil).

In the immediate eve of the challenge, scheduled at 9 p.m. Italian time on Saturday, Fabio Soli, coach of Itas, explained: "I expect a good semifinal, between two teams that are healthy at this specific moment of the season. In particular, Civitanova has shown great growth and is full of energy and talent; the experience of the recent SuperLega match played against this team already makes us guess what will be waiting for us from the first action".

"We will have to be present and good at containing the service and physicality" of the opponents; as we promised ourselves to do before leaving for Brazil, we will try to express the best version of ourselves in order to have legitimate chances" to gain access to the Final" added Soli.

On the other hand, these are the statements of Mattia Bottolo, Lube’s setter: "We will try to play at the level of the last match of the round (won by Civitanova 3-1 over Al-Alhy) the match with Trento. It&#39s going to be indispensable because é so far Trento&#39s path here in Uberlandia è has been excellent".

"They demand a lot from us, we came here with the knowledge that we had faced Trent in key games. Capiterà in the Semifinals, we are ready to give battle" added the 24-year-old volleyball player, gold at world and European level with the national team, at Lube Civitanova from the 2022/2023 season.

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