David versus Goliath? Perhaps. But Bergamo everything is on the line. The second play-off final after that of 2019, the eighth in seven years considering all competitions: something to rub your eyes. For its part Vibo Valentia is the favourite, the one predicted since last summer, it is the winner of the regular season, the Italian Cup and the Super Cup and will have the potential advantage of playing (possibly) at the PalaMaiata three games out of five in the long series that will decide the team promoted to Super League. Agnelli Tipiesse will therefore immediately try to overturn the field factor tomorrow at 6 pm in Calabria, a feat already successful in the quarterfinals in Porto Viro and then in the “beautiful” match on Wednesday in Cantù with an extraordinary match. If captain Roberto Cominetti plays the third in a row, after the successes with Taranto and Reggio Emilia, for Tim Held it is the second, Copelli won it in Piacenza on the then Olimpia, Cargioli was there four years ago and is still there today while Jovanovic is back from success in the Spanish top flight. As if to say that rossoblù players know how to stay (and win) at high altitudes. Like Williams Padura Diaz, who in turn achieved promotion with Taranto in 2021. The Italian-Cuban opposite, devastating in game 2 and game 3 with Cantù, finished respectively with 70 and 71% in attack, demonstrates the usual flawless analyses.
“We arrived at the challenge after three rather positive days, physically and mentally. Focused on the goal and aware of how difficult Pool Libertas was, who had finished the regular season in second place and had overtaken us in game 1. We gave everything, putting ourselves in the ideal conditions to reach the last act in a splendid A2 and competitive like the current one. I’m very happy from a personal point of view and for the team, I didn’t expect to overwhelm the opponent at times. We were predominant in all the fundamentals showing what we are capable of even if such a clear 3-0 seemed frankly unthinkable especially with the partials of the second and third sets”.
