There is also a returning horse among the many young people that the Delta Group Porto Viro is recruiting for next season: it is Matteo Bellia, a 200 centimeter tall opposite number from Treviso, born in 2000, already in black and fuchsia in 2020/2021.
Bellia had arrived in Porto Viro for the first time after having stood out in the Serie B championship with the gold and gray shirt of Volley Treviso, the team in which he grew up as a volleyball player. In Polesine he immediately obtained promotion from Serie A3 to Serie A2, then, in 2021/2022, he moved to Montecchio, also in A3. The following season he was hired by Vibo Valentia in A2, but in December he terminated his contract with the Calabrians and moved to Silvolley Trebaseleghe in Serie B, the club and category in which he also played last season. In the Serie A championships he boasts a score of 505 points in 67 matches played.
“I honestly didn’t expect to return to Porto Viro – admits Bellia during his presentation – When I learned of the club’s interest I was really very happy, also because everyone spoke well to me about coach Morato and all the technical staff, which is why I enthusiastically accepted this proposal. I return to the Delta even more recharged and confident than three years ago, with the desire to show off in a new championship”.
Already from these words it is clear that it is a new Bellia, different from that of the first Portovira experience: “I feel like a more mature player and also more aware of my means. I don’t consider this year and a half of Serie B to be ‘purgatory’, on the contrary, thanks to the people I worked with, coach, staff and teammates, I managed to improve from a technical point of view, but above all in character.”
After the brief passage to Vibo, seasoned with just one appearance, the opposite player from Treviso is looking for his “place in the sun” in Serie A2 Credem Banca: “I want to demonstrate that all the sacrifices I make to be able to continue playing have served to something and that I deserve to be in this category. I will be part of a group with a very young average age and we will certainly only be able to improve during the year. We will have to play every match as if it were our last because the A2 teams don’t give you anything. In my experience, the fundamental ingredient for having a good season will be to create a good group from the first weeks, all rowing together towards the same goals.”
