Coppa Italia, waiting for Egonu the trophy on display in the center of Bologna

Waiting for the champions, meanwhile in Bologna the cup has arrived: the trophy of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa women's volleyball which will be awarded during the final four scheduled for the weekend at Unipol Arena of Casalecchio. Arrived by train at the central station of the Emilian capital, the official cup of the event was then taken towards the city centre, accompanied by two well-known faces of women's volleyball, namely the twins Rebeka and Tatijana Fucka, daughters of the Italian basketball player of Slovenian origin Gregor Fucka, very famous under the Two Towers for having worn the jersey of the Fortitudo Bologna between 1997 and 2002, conquering even a scudetto in the 99'-2000 season. The two volleyball players brought the trophy up to in the main square in the heart of Bologna at theInfopoint in Neptune Square, where it will be exhibited throughout the week thanks to the collaboration between the Bologna Welcome Foundation and the Municipality of Bologna before its transfer to the Unipol Arena for the races. The big favourite in the race for the title certainly remains Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano, who will chase the record of the sixth consecutive Italian Cup and the seventh total trophy, with the aim of overtake Teodora Ravenna and Foppapedretti Bergamo so far tied at six points. The trophy holders will face each other in the first semi-final at 15pm Saturday against Igor Gorgonzola Novara, so far with four trophies, who will try to break a fast that has lasted since 2019, when the Piedmontese obtained their last Italian Cup one year after the start of the record streak of five consecutive victories opened by the Venetian team. If on one side of the scoreboard they are hunting for confirmation, on the other they are looking for the first success in history. In the second semi-final scheduled for 18pm on Saturday, the teams will face each other Numia True Volley Milan , Savino del Bene Scandicci, who currently represent the second and third strongest teams in the Serie A1 volleyball championship, with the Milanese team led by the Italian volleyball players Myriam Sylla and Paola Egonu in search of their first final. Speaking of the Italian national team, the final four scheduled for this weekend will also be an opportunity for the national coach Julio Velasco, who will be able to closely observe the most interesting profiles in view of future call-ups and in particular the next world championships scheduled to start next August 25th; in fact the same coach will hold a training camp on Sunday morning at the sports hall of Cauldron where you will be able to closely observe fifteen young Serie A2 players who can be launched in the future, which will see Allaoui, Caruso (Macerata), Amoruso, Omonigho Atamah, Sassolini (Lecco), Blasi (Olbia), Esposito (Fratte), Ferrarini (Sebino), Meli (Brescia), Monza (Futura) Munarini (Esperia), Adji Ndoye (Altino), Tanase (Melendugno), Tellone (Offanengo) and Viscioni, (Mondovi) as protagonists. Returning to the Italian Cup, all the matches will be visible live on Rai Sport and VbTv, while for those who want to watch all the challenges live, some tickets are still available for purchase on the Vivaticket website.