With the point gained against Brescia, Emma Villas Siena reached 40 points in the championship. The Sienese team’s streak of seven consecutive championship victories was interrupted against the Lombards at PalaEstra, as they played a hard-fought match against Consoli Sferc. After losing the first set, the Sienese managed to turn the situation around taking the lead 2-1. But then they suffered a comeback from Brescia, who took the match to a tiebreak and finally won the match. Siena is now third in the standings, in front is Grottazzolina with 47, Cuneo has 40 points like the Tuscans and behind are Ravenna (Emma Villas’ next opponent, Sunday 11 February starting at 6pm) with 39, Prata di Pordenone with 37, Brescia with 33, Porto Viro with 32. The first team that would currently be excluded from the playoffs is Santa Croce, which has 25 points.
The President of Emma Villas Siena Giammarco Bisogno takes stock of the situation on the Siena team: “We must recognize the entire work team, from the staff to the doctors to the physiotherapists, for the great work they are doing and which can be seen in the results obtained by the team – they are his words. – We are playing a positive championship, I am very satisfied considering the various difficulties we faced at the beginning of the season starting from the problems related to the sports hall. The whole group managed that moment very well, now I’m also happy with the evolution that the team has had from a technical point of view. I see guys who play every match always giving their all. I’m proud of what they’re doing, even against Brescia they played a high-level match in my opinion, apart from the first set. The final defeat must absolutely not affect the championship we are playing. I congratulate the whole group, the boys who take to the pitch and also those boys who play less but who have the right spirit in the daily routine of training.”
“Now on the calendar – continues President Giammarco Bisogno – we have some complicated matches, we will go to play in Ravenna (Sunday 11 February starting at 6pm, ed.) and then we will have other difficult commitments. We will have to face these matches with the right spirit, knowing that we are a team that if we fight and give everything we can win and can compete against any opponent. We must immediately reset this defeat, which still brought us a point in the standings. Brescia is a very strong team and certainly not to be underestimated.”
