Italy Cup: Vero Volleyball Milan in hunt for Final Four in Novara

Numia Vero Volley Milano closes the year 2025 with another top match: on Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 8 p.m., the Milanese team will be on stage at Pala Igor in Novara for the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa. The match will see on the other side of the net the hosts of Igor Gorgonzola Novara, who, by virtue of the better placement obtained at the end of the first round (fourth place of the Piedmontese against the fifth of the meneghine), will have the court factor in their favor.

The last direct confrontation between the lineup of coach Stefano Lavarini and that of coach Lorenzo Bernardi, valid for the tenth day of Serie A1 Tigotà, dates back to last November 15, when in front of 12,667 spectators at the Unipol Forum in Assago Novara prevailed at the tie-break. Now Igor and Numia will come face to face for a decisive match: the team that emerges victorious will win passage to the Final Four, which will be played at the Inalpi Arena in Turin on the weekend of January 24 and 25, 2026.

“Against Novara it will be our last match of 2025: we are very happy and looking forward to this important challenge – said Hena Kurtagic, center of Numia Vero Volley Milano -We will try to do our best, playing as a team and keeping our concentration high, as we showed in the last match against Conegliano. We will take the court with the goal of doing the best possible result to bring home the qualification to the Semifinals of the competition”.

Egonu and her teammates arrive at the match strong from the splendid victory over Conegliano, in which the strength of the group and all the technical value of the Milan roster emerged; Novara, on the other hand, in the last round of the Regular Season won in the fifth set over Bergamo and, with a newfound Tolok, will try to snatch qualification to the final phase of the competition.

FINAL QUARTERFINAL PROGRAM COPPA ITALIA FRECCIAROSSA
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 7 pm
Savino Del Bene Scandicci – Megabox Ondulati del Savio Vallefoglia
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 8 p.m.
Prosecco Doc A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano – Bergamo
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 8 p.m.
Igor Gorgonzola Novara – Numia Vero Volley Milan
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri ’76 – Eurotek Laica Uyba