Fourth consecutive season with ErmGroup San Giustino for him too. Gian Marco Cioffi, born in 2000 and 175 centimeters tall, will continue to be one of the liberos of the blue and white team, even if coach Marco Bartolini has often not called him up for these tasks, sending him onto the pitch to serve and defend; a circumstance, this, which practically occurred in many sets. And he also had the satisfaction of scoring two aces in the Serie A3 Credem Banca championship: one in the first year and one in the last tournament, not forgetting that he started – as a libero – the home match of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. Monte against Smartsystem Fano. “If a club like Pallavolo San Giustino, which continues its growth path and which is increasingly talked about at a national level, has decided to keep me still – declared Cioffi – it means that evidently something has been recognized in me within the group. The fact that I have sometimes played the role of libero and sometimes that of a normal player, employed in batting, is proof of how the undersigned is always available for the team’s cause.” New year and new experience with department colleague Filippo Poconi? “Yes, also because I don’t know him personally, but his CV and facts speak volumes for him: he is a free player of such quality and experience that the club could not have better filled the void left by Davide Marra. For me too, his presence will be an additional stimulus.” From Cioffi the word passes to sporting director Valdemaro Gustinelli: “The confirmation of Gian Marco is another step towards continuity for ErmGroup. We spoke with him, because clearly the possibility of having a season as a protagonist could have been one of the hypotheses. Once we understood that there was a desire on both sides to continue the journey together, everything was simpler. Cioffi is a very advanced athlete from a mentality point of view, one of those from whom you don’t have to ask anything because he knows very well what to do at any time, both in organizing the weekly work and during the competition. Always useful and always reliable – continues Gustinelli – he has become to all intents and purposes a locker room man. For him, this time the role partner will change: after many years of chemistry with captain Davide Marra, Filippo Moltini will be there and we expect a lot from this combination.
