«No A2, but Vigevano from ten and praise» Spaccasassi enhances the season of the ducals

Vice-president Elachem: “Extraordinary team and fans, for the leap in quality, however, more support from the city is needed”

VIGEVANO

The day after the bitter epilogue of the final play off against Cividale, who at PalaGesteco wins match 5 82-63 and flies to Serie A2, after two failed attempts, the vice president of Elachem Vigevano Marino Spaccasassi is already thinking about the future. «I want to clarify – the number two of the ducal club immediately says to avoid misunderstandings – that what just ended was an extraordinary season. We have achieved a result that was unthinkable last summer. We can say that we really did a season of 10 and praise. Now we are off for a few days, but soon we will return to take care of the company, also because some changes are on the way “.

canceled a taboo

Vigevano finished the season by playing for the move to Lega2 with the over-favorite team for the final victory. And he did it by forcing Cividale to be “beautiful”, after clearing what until a few months ago was a taboo, that is the possible passage to Lega2, a category that has been missing under the Bramante tower since 2011. Even if the vice president on the subject brakes. Because the ifs are still many. «We will be able to afford Lega2 – explains Spaccasassi – only if cities and institutions are close to us and understand the importance of basketball for Vigevano. Once we were known throughout Italy for shoes, today the name of the city has circulated throughout the Peninsula thanks to basketball. We cannot say anything to the fans, on the contrary, in recent years they have followed us and fully understood us. As well as all the members and sponsors who have supported us during this season, from the smallest to the largest. But the group of entrepreneur-supporters should expand. We are not asking crazy figures from just one, but a small contribution from many. For a company it is not only a question of advertising return, but also of prestige, a way to make itself known outside the local borders, but also a way to help its community. The point is that to face a championship like that of A2 you need to be solid and structured, because we have always wanted to give life to a wide-ranging project that brings high-level basketball back to the city ».

The highest point

Rowing all in the same direction is already a starting point for the future. Until now, the management had always excluded the possibility of a promotion, because from the re-foundation onwards, when Vigevano left the First Division, the policy of small steps has always been chosen, of not rash choices, based on a solid corporate base and on a group of consolidated sponsors. After a pause of a few years, due to the non-registration of the previous club, Pallacanestro Vigevano has risen, starting from the lowest step of the pyramid, to arrive in a short time to regain Serie B, which is the championship in which historically he has always been a militant. Until 2021-22 of the miracle touched by hand, before it vanished in two torrid evenings that overturned the series in favor of Cividale. –