A few minutes after the exciting success with the maximum difference of Cucine Lube Civitanova against the Transalpine Club of Tours at the Eurosuole Forum, a feat that served to consolidate the leadership in Pool C with an en plein of four victories in the CEV Champions League, the French sport he made up for it in football with the qualification of the star Mbappé’s cockerels to the World Cup Final with a showdown scheduled for the weekend against Messi’s Argentina.
At home Lube Volley the derby immediately ignited between the red and white captain Luciano De Cecco, of Argentine blood with an overwhelming passion for sport that borders on basketball and football, and the French central cooker Barthelemy ‘Babar’ Chinenyeze, who as a boy wore studded boots as a defender and professes himself optimistic about the victory of the defending champions.
“For an entire nation, the possibility of winning another World Cup is something of legend – reveals De Cecco – In Argentina, the country stops when the Albiceleste selection plays”. An eloquent testimony of how football is an authentic religion in South America. “I’m not talking about a simple interest – continues the setter and cook -, as far as possible people stop working and follow the game. I confess that I suffer a lot when I train or take the field at the same time as Messi and his teammates, but of the matches in Qatar I only lost the one against Poland. Being represented in the final by this selection and by one of the best players in the world is a source of great pride, especially for people like me who live abroad and see the bond with their homeland strengthen during events like this. Here in Italy there is great love for football, but volleyball also has a large following, in Argentina the approach is different. I know some South American footballers because I may have come across them on some TV show, but we are talking about very distant universes. What can I say to Babar ahead of this special derby? May the best national team win!”.
