Many serves, including aces, defensive interventions and assists in attack over the past season, but last Sunday in Ancona against The Begin Volley – on the first day of the Serie A3 Credem Banca championship, White group – was the first time as a starter in the ErmGroup Altotevere for the setter Tommaso Troiani. “It was a special day – declared the 29-year-old player from Terni, in his second year with the blue and white – and I was very happy with this opportunity, even if it happened due to the injury suffered by Biffi; in fact, we hope that Jacopo returns to the pitch as soon as possible. For me it was a particular emotion, also thinking back to the journey I took to be present at the match. It’s a shame about the final result: we still brought home a point that I consider valuable and with the awareness of having given everything; we must therefore start again from the good performance shown.” Did you feel a bit of tension on the eve of the responsibilities that would suddenly fall on you, in a role as fundamental as that of director? “I don’t deny that at the beginning I felt something inside: I then tried to manage the technical and psychological components as best as possible, but when I took to the pitch I immediately found myself at ease.” Bitterness for the 2-3 comeback? “We were ahead twice and in the second and fourth sets we were there, then they won them in the sprint. We clearly lost the tie-break, also because we had used up a lot of energy and there was a decline both physically and mentally; Unfortunately, some of us are not yet at our best.
