The clear success against Milan, a team which will remember Taranto for a long time for having taken 6 points out of 6 from them winning 6 sets to 0, for Patriarca it has a double reason: “It is the result of a growth we had in terms of quality of our training and the possibility to have more time to be all together as a group, but I think that it is aslo the awareness, after playing well against big clubs, scoring a few points, that we would have scored important points against teams on our level like Milan”.
Patriarca is aware that the championship is still long and hard: “Everyone is needed from now to the end of the season. We need to put the group ahead of everything. And if it is tru that we can lose against anyone, it is also true that we can beat anyone. Our next two opponents (Corigliano and Padova) have the same spirit we had against Milan last week.
On sunday there is a direct challenge worth double because if we win we hwill have three points more and they will have three points less. It is not going to be easy but they need to know that we are able to go and win in front of their supporters”.
Coach Lattari knows the team lives off specific balances and he has to keep them motivated and tight as much as he can: “Volleyball is not football or basketball where the individual’s exploit wins a match. The whole group is needed to contribute. That is why I am happy that in the last few occasions whoever has gone in from the bench has proved to me and the supporters that we can rely on them.
The championship is still long and anything can happen. Look at us, after 11 defeats we came back to victory and pushed our direct opponents away”.
The match against Milan was broadcasted live on Sky Sport 2, Al Jazeera and Sport Klub (Serbia) plus the deferement on Espn Brasile. “This great media coverage coincided with a great victory and our sponsor was very happy about that. I have been trying to explain for a long time, that sponsoring us as a sport means investing safely and getting guaranteed results in terms of advertising” said pres. Antonio Bongiovanni.
