Leaving the court with a smile even after a defeat doesn’t happen every day, but there is no doubt that Allianz Milano is experiencing a real “magic moment” this winter. Last night only one point came from the marathon at the PalaBanca Sport in Piacenza, but in your mouth you can still taste the sweet taste of last Wednesday’s victory, again with the Emilians, which earned them their third consecutive participation in the Final Four of the Del Monte Coppa Italia .
“Yes, it’s a really good moment for us – comments the president of Allianz Milano, Lucio Fusaro – winning the Cup Final Four was one of the objectives of the season and we achieved it by fighting against a great team, at their home. After three days, we played against Gas Sales Bluenergy again, resting three protagonists from the previous match, and we reached the tie-break again. I believe that once again coach Piazza has amazed everyone and demonstrated that we are above all a team and that we can play against any opponent until the end.”
On Monday night, Captain Piano and the others will leave for Poland, because there is already the CEV Cup with the battleship Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie filled with many national teams.
“This is the match that many would have predicted would be the CEV final, but instead we find ourselves faced with this obstacle now in the play offs. It’s a shame, but these challenges of the highest international level are welcome to test the qualities of the team even better. When I return to Milan, at the Allianz Cloud, I expect a great response from the public, worthy of a final.”
However, you, the president, will not be in Poland, you are taking a flight to Brazil. At a time when everyone is already thinking about the squads for the next championship, there are those who have seen in their journey a race towards some Brazilian player. Lucarelli, for example, a name that had already been added to Milan in January 2019.
“I wish mine were a trip to Brazil just for pleasure or for volleyball reasons – smiles Fusaro – In reality it is a flight planned for some time for work reasons. I also have to follow my Brazilian companies, if for every intercontinental or European trip I make I had to buy a player, I think that every year I would have two or three teams available, all multinationals.”
