Emma Villas challenges Prata di Pordenone in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup series A2

Today Emma Villas will leave for Prata di Pordenone where tomorrow at 17,30:2 pm they will take to the field for the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia of Serie A3 against the home team. "A very difficult match awaits us - said opposite hitter Gabriele Nelli (in the photo) -. Prata di Pordenone has shown in the championship that it is an excellent team and in fact it finished the regular season in first place". Like the white and blues, the Friulians also went out in the playoff semifinals. "For us, the defeat against Brescia is still a wound that hurts, because in game 19 we were often ahead. But now we are thinking about the Coppa Italia: we want to win this quarter-final and move forward. The goal was to reach the final and then play for promotion: we didn't succeed but we want to end the season well and do better in the Cup". Adversary pitch and one-off match. It won't be easy for Graziosi's boys to bring home the qualification. "We are training well and I am convinced that we can compete. It will be a one-off match but like in the playoffs the opponent or the home field factor no longer matters. All the matches are tight and motivation is decisive. I expect a battle" concluded Nelli. In the meantime, the two return matches of the Under 19 and Junior League have been played. The Under 3 of Emma Villas gave the highly rated Invicta Grosseto team a hard time, losing 1-3. Vivi's boys played their best match of the season both from a technical and character point of view. The path of the white and blues therefore stops at the semifinal, confirming the brilliant result of last season. The same group of athletes also played the return match of the Junior League which saw them opposed to Erm Group Altotevere San Giustino. In Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena repeated the result of the first leg, winning the match, in just over an hour, with a clear 0-25 (17-25, 12-25, 19-XNUMX). The next obstacle towards the national final phase is represented by Romeo Sorrento, who in the first phase got the better of Castellana Grotte. In this case too, two matches will be played, the first of which will be on Campania soil.

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