In the "Bulgarian" derby in the Italian Serie A2 between Sorrento and Cantù, national team player Preslav Petkov emerged victorious. His team Romeo Sorrento won 3:1 (25:21, 25:21, 23:25, 25:22) as guests against Campi Reali Cantù, thus recording their tenth success for the season.

Bulgarian middle blocker Preslav Petkov started for Sorrento and finished with 6 points, including 2 blocks, achieving 50% attack efficiency.

On the other side, Nikolay Ivanov came into play on rotation in the first, third, and fourth sets, but failed to score any points.

The success kept the chances of Serie A2 newcomer Sorrento to stay for a second season in the championship alive, while the defeat proved very heavy for Cantù ", after 13 consecutive seasons in the second Italian division, coach Alessio Zingoni's team has now mathematically been relegated to Serie A3.
Romeo Sorrento climbed to 9th position with 30 points after 22 matches played in the Serie A2 regular season.
In the next round, Sorrento hosts Essence Hotels Fano.

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