In Casagiove, home to the facility where Tim Montaggi Marcianise has always played its home matches until now, ErmGroup’s first 3-0 away win of the current season was achieved, which allowed the leap from fourth to second position in the group standings Blue from the Serie A3 Credem Banca championship, due to the defeats suffered by Rinascita Lagonegro and Smartsystem Fano. It couldn’t have gone better for the blue and white colours, especially if on the eve of the match an unexpected event prevented Lorenzo Panizzi from going to the bench, Leonardo Ricci from doing so with some signs of fever and Cappelletti from taking to the pitch debilitated, even if the His performance was excellent and decisive for winning the three points. A sudden emergency situation overcome with great character by a group now close to the season’s goal: qualification for the play-offs. A further note of merit? Let’s hear what libero and captain Davide Marra thinks. “This trip didn’t really start off in the best way – he says – but we were good at demonstrating concreteness and staying calm and calm in important moments. During the week we had prepared for a match like this – continues Marra – and we knew that in any case they would have put us in difficulty, especially in batting: it would have been, in other words, a match with a different rhythm. However, the important thing was to move the rankings: we succeeded and we are very happy about this.” In the first set a bit of everything happened: ErmGroup ahead 9-3 and in control of the situation until 19-14, then the sudden reversal that led Tim Montaggi Marcianise to lead 24-22. The great merit was therefore that of maintaining coolness and clarity, as also happened in the following half at 24-23 for the opponents? “Yes, during training our two coaches had told us that such an eventuality could not be ruled out: after all, they would have pushed to the maximum and therefore there could have been deviations of this kind in the score, but there was also the possibility to return, as long as we took advantage of the opportunities. That’s how it went: we had the ability not to let it slip away in important situations and to be concrete.” Was the joke more than ever your strong point this time, in particular with Cappelletti and Biffi? “It is known that, in today’s volleyball, if you beat by attacking then you win and I repeat that our merit was that of having made the most of the decisive opportunities that came our way when it counted.
