Sometimes a novelist’s pen would be needed to describe the emotions that volleyball can give. On Sunday 10 December, at around 7pm, the Yuasa Battery was really one step away from its first stop in the championship, two sets down and with the starting diagonal (Marchiani – Breuning) out.
Yet, in the Grotese sports hall, silence never fell, because the incessant cheering of the supporters of coach Ortenzi’s team, despite being aware of the moment of great difficulty experienced by the boys on the pitch, never stopped encouraging.
An exceptional journey, which brings us closer to Christmas with a Yuasa Battery above all expectations, with eleven consecutive victories regardless of the difficulties encountered along the way. “These are great satisfactions. We don’t look at the rankings but it’s nice to be there, I would challenge anyone to do what we managed to do tonight against an excellent Pineto, with these guys we can do it because there is the spirit of those who don’t he never wants to please and is ready at the right time. We are approaching Christmas in the best way, this week has been really difficult, we need to recover some energy for Santa Croce, another important match. Thanks to everyone who follows us to continue to follow us and support us, thank you all.”
And from the clear emotion of the helmsman’s words, the microphone dutifully passes to the great protagonist of the evening, Aleksandar Mitkov, who, taking over from the bench from the team’s main striker, literally astonished by providing an extremely over the top performance: “I’m very happy, it wasn’t easy to play without Ras (Breuning ed.) being ill. At the beginning we started badly, then we improved a lot but with these guys it’s easy to get into the game.”
A performance, that of the Bulgarian, which fueled the enthusiasm of the public in the sensational comeback that led Yuasa to win the victory. “He’s the seventh man, I’m very happy to have them here and always behind us, they follow us a lot. Personally I feel great, good experience, in training we reach a very high level and you can see the results, so I’m very happy and I’m waiting for my family maybe come and watch one of my games.”
When asked if there is a particular secret to finding the energy to react in this way to adversity Mitkov closes: “Our secret is team spirit, we believe in our possibilities and we train well, then in the match we do what we do in training. Now we rest and think about the next match. Thanks to the public, thank you!”
