Alessia Orro sets her next goal

Alessia Orro bets big on Italy Cup goal

An intense weekend is about to begin for Italian women’s volleyball: in fact, at the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno, the Final Four of the Italian Series A1 Cup will be held between Saturday and Sunday, with four teams in contention. In the first semifinal will face Conegliano and Novara, in the second Scandicci will tryà to topple Vero Volley Milano.

The girls led by coach Stefano Lavarini believe in it, starting with captain Alessia Orro: "We are definitely in a positive moment compared to the beginning of the season,” said the Olympic champion. “We come to this Italian Cup with important victories in the Champions League and in the championship, which give us further confidence. We know that against Scandicci it will be an intense battle, also because we know each other very well by now".

Orro è one of the fourteen players at coach Lavarini’s disposal: in addition to her, on the Numia Vero Volley Milano roster there are the other setter Kostantinidou, the middle hitters Danesi, Guidi, Heyrman and Kurtagic, the setters Sylla, Cazaute, Egonu, Daalderop, Pietrini and Smrek, and the frees Gelin and Fukudome.

Coaching Savino Del Bene Scandicci è however, a former player in this challenge, coach Marco Gaspari. The roster at his disposal è consists of the setters Ognjenovic and Gennari, the middlewomen Graziani, Nwakalor, Carol and Mancini, the setters Herbots, Ruddins, Kotikova, Bajema, Antropova and Mingardi, and finally the frees Castillo, Parrocchiale and Ribechi.