After the Nwanebu here is Giovanna, who has clear Italian origins and now plays Puerto Rico Coach Gazzotti enthusiastic: “She has technique, many strokes and great enthusiasm”
MARTIGNACCO. Itas Ceccarelli Group Martignacco drops the ace. The engagement of the American spiker Giovanna Milana has been made official, who has all the numbers to be one of the spearheads of Libertas 2021-2022. You say American spiker and Ebony Nwanebu immediately comes to mind, who two championships ago really sparked the ranks of the Friulian company, giving the team a championship full of satisfactions.
The hope is that Giovanna Milana, born in 1998 for 188 cm in height, will also be able to retrace the footsteps of her compatriot, who left some wonderful memories in Friuli. Milana has Italian origins; after being exposed to the Baylor University (Waco, Texas), began his professional career in the French Serie A with the shirt of Pays d’Aix Venelles. He is currently finishing the season in Puerto Rico and will arrive in Friuli in August immediately after the start of the pre-season preparation.
Milana is a high ball hitter, she is the fifth foreigner in the history of the company, but the first in the role of a gang. Coach Gazzotti, who strongly wanted the player, explains why. “This year I decided to focus on a foreigner in place 4 instead of an opposite one, as in previous seasons, because I wanted to give Aurora Rossetto the opportunity to express herself in the role of the opposite,” explains the coach. «Milana is a dynamic player, she has a great sporting culture, she has great desire and determination. He comes from a championship played in France in the season that has just ended; now, for two months, she went to play in the Puerto Rican La Liga. Receiver, she plays a push ball, she is a very technical player with many strokes. Not the classic bomber, but certainly a player who will be very useful on the field. She has Italian origins and is particularly attached to Italy; she was stimulated by the idea of learning our language and our culture and agreed to come for this too, giving up more advantageous economic situations. In addition, she is full of grit and sympathy. We have already talked to each other and I’m sure he can give a boost to the group also from a motivational point of view ».
At the moment the team’s roster is made up of Carraro and Ghibaudo as setters, Rossetto opposite, Mazzoleni and Modestino in the center, Pascucci and Milana in the band, Barbagallo free. Therefore, there are still few elements to complete the squad, with the starting sextet already outlined. They will certainly be young girls, in line with the philosophy of the company, always oriented towards the enhancement of talents. And, among the talents, there could be the reconfirmation of Sara Cortella, who has distinguished herself on several occasions last season. “Gio” Milana, meanwhile, has made it known that she is very happy and very impatient to arrive in Martignacco.