Semi-finals on the horizon for Belluno Volleyball: after overcoming the Acqui Terme obstacle in the round of 16 and Palmi in the quarterfinals, the rhinos are called to face Smartsystem Fano. And, for the first time, in these Serie A3 playoffs Credem Banca will not have the home advantage in the series. So much so that on Sunday 28 April (7pm) the first act with the Marche players will be staged at the Palasport Allende.
SELF-ESTEEM – Fano has just eliminated Senini Motta from Livenza, at the end of a duel full of a thousand emotions. Suffice it to say that, in the second and decisive chapter in Treviso, the red and whites canceled out something like 11 match balls against their opponents. In any case, the president of the rhinos, Sandro Da Rold, looks at the match through the lenses of trust: «We face game 1 with the utmost serenity. The boys have great self-esteem, they are prepared from a technical and competitive point of view. motivational. And they don’t fear any opponent: even when they find themselves behind in the score, they have shown that they can make up for it and close the gap. Even away from home, despite the environmental factor.”
SPIRIT – The double success against the team that won the Italian Cup and the A3 Super Cup has the contours of a masterpiece: «The group must interpret the challenge in the Marche with the spirit with which it faced Palmi – continues the top manager -. And with the same determination shown last Sunday: it is necessary to push on serve and in attack. And keep your concentration high. In Calabria? I expected a very hard-fought match, certainly not to come out victorious in an hour and twenty minutes of play: OmiFer was annihilated by our actions and by a strategy that gave the desired results. We were ready on the block, in defense and in every fundamental.”
BLITZ – On the road, the blue and whites haven’t lost since January 14th, in Mirandola. But now another blitz will be needed: «Until three months ago, I believed that the pitch factor was decisive – Sandro Da Rold continues -. Now I no longer consider him as such, also in light of his latest performances in the playoffs. Far from friendly walls, we have learned to react and get out of complicated situations: with pride and technical and tactical skills.”
MOVEMENT – Preparations are already underway in the Dolomites for race 2, scheduled for May 1st: Labor Day. And, for the occasion, also of volleyball: «We have created a movement that goes beyond any expectations – concludes the president -. I receive words of support from entrepreneurs, and the general public, that I never would have imagined.
