For the first time since 2018, since it was born, Pallavolo San Giustino faces an Italian Cup match, the Serie A3 match by Del Monte. Not only that: second place in the Blue group at the end of the first leg gave ErmGroup the right to play the quarter-final match at home, which is worth access to the final four. Moreover, this was one of the club’s great objectives, which has been achieved and now there is the possibility of giving a very special weekend to the fans in the venue (yet to be determined) that will host the four title hopefuls. At 8.30pm on Wednesday 10 January, on the taraflex of the sports hall in via Anconetana, Smartsystem Fano, beaten 3-1 on the afternoon of Boxing Day, will return after just over two weeks. And he will return with the fresh news of the last hour: the victories against AurispaDelcar Lecce at home and QuantWare Napoli away were not enough for Paolo Tofoli to remain on the Marche bench and therefore the new coach Vincenzo Mastrangelo will make his debut in San Giustino, who until mid-November he was in the SuperLega, leading Gioiella Prisma Taranto. The Cup challenge could prove to be even more difficult than the championship one, given that there is an immediate goal within reach and it is also normal that there is a desire for redemption on the Fano side. But the San Giustino environment is also equally charged after the clear 3-1 at Rinascita Lagonegro and with the recovery of Stanislaw Wawrzynczyk, one of the big absentees in the match against the Lucanians. “Matches like last Sunday’s make all the work done so far special – says manager Valdemaro Gustinelli – and it has been yet another complex week for us, not easy to manage. As usual, the boys responded admirably: we faced the second of the class without our starting opposite and our foreigner, with a debutant in place 4, with the third spiker and with Cappelletti who is just in his fourth match in the opposite role. I would say that this is enough to demonstrate the moral value and human depth of a group, which – believe me – is a lot! What fills the heart and makes the work of the boys special is the spirit of sacrifice, together with the ability to work together during the week and to overcome all the difficulties in organizing the weekly microcycle, to then get to the match and know how to help those who play less, those who play out of role, or even – as in the case of Cozzolino – those who have never played.
