Chinenyeze and his teammates are going to attack the European pass for the Challenge Cup 2025. Today the Cucine Lube Civitanova trained at the Eurosuole Forum before leaving for Emilia Romagna, where tomorrow, Monday 22 April (8.30pm with live Volleyball TV and Radio Arancia) will take the field at the PalaBancaSport against the hosts of the Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza for the single-match Semi-final of the 5th Post Credem Banca Play Offs. Despite the excellent performance produced last Wednesday in the Piacenza den, the commitment presents notable pitfalls due to the value of the rival squad, the experience of the many former cooks and the push of the local fans. The transalpine center back wants to end the year on a high note and confirms that on the eve of the last two matches played the group had discussed changing course, thus renewing “the locker room pact” in view of the final rush of the season. A collective embrace that led to two brilliant successes with Cisterna and Piacenza under the guidance of coach Romano Giannini.
Barthelemy Chinenyeze: “We all looked each other in the eye and, despite not knowing with certainty the future of each individual teammate, despite the dream of the Scudetto having faded, we gave ourselves the diktat to return to the field with enthusiasm because we knew that by having fun in front of the net they would our game and results are also back. Thus two very positive matches have developed, now the objective is to achieve an exploit in Piacenza and play in the Final. The challenge with Gas Sales will be even tougher because we are talking about an inside or outside game. On Wednesday they were certain they would go through and perhaps unconsciously eased the tension. In the next challenge they won’t give up anything, but we will go there to fight too. We wear the Lube shirt, despite a few possible misses we always play to be protagonists. We will give it our all and we will sell our lives dearly!”.
