The President is the first Allianz Powervolley man to give energy and perspective to the great ambitions of his Milan. Close to the match against Perugia on Saturday 28 January, the president Lucio Fusaro opens in the interview given to the Gazzetta dello Sport, speaking, among other things, also of the highly anticipated big match that will take place on the stage of the Mediolanum Forum.
«Until Sunday we had sold 4500 tickets, but usually the bulk is done in the last few days. We won’t reach the 12 thousand of 2018, but I think we will make 8-10 thousand people. In numerical terms we are one of the clubs with the highest average number of spectators. Unfortunately there have been complicated seasons with reduced capacity sports halls. This is the first “full” year and people are coming: plus all work with ministry schools, CSI. In short, synergies have been activated with the territory. Of course, if we hadn’t lost against Verona on Sunday we would have arrived in a better position in the standings…».
It’s time to turn the page for Piano and his companions who will face Perugia, the first in their class, on Saturday afternoon: «We challenge the world champions, and we want to honor this appointment. If I had to dream, I’d call Anastasi, who I played against, and ask him to field not the second team, but the third… Seriously, I’m hoping for a great show like that famous time against Modena. When they came home with a 3-0 for us…”
CURRENT SEASON. “There was a difficult moment within the team. In December in the player-coach relationship, after the defeats against Cisterna and Monza, there were great tensions. And at that moment the quarter-final of the Italian Cup arrived in Civitanova. I thought it was right to join the team even though I was on a family holiday on the French Riviera. I spoke to the group, trying to defuse. A clamorous victory arrived in the evening and those tensions melted away».
And so the Milan project continues, declared on several occasions by the club and by the president himself: «In the immediate future I would like to gain a few positions in the standings, but I know that there are many clubs that have been disappointed so far. I’m in good company even with those who have spent much more than us to make the team. At the renewal of Allianz last year, we generously set ourselves the three-year goal. We have enough money for this championship, but we have to invest it well».
