In a particular and singular season, the expected and well-deserved verdict could only arrive in an equally strange way. Thanks to the results gained in the midweek round, played on Wednesday evening, the Salerno Guiscards volleyball team, which observed the rest as scheduled, in fact arithmetically qualified for the final by promotion to B2 with two rounds early. The victory of Oplonti at the tie break on the field of Far Volley Napoli made the detachment of the two Neapolitan teams from the foxes unbridgeable. Second in the standings, with the Benevento Academy now certain of the first place, the team dear to the president Pino D’Andrea, therefore will meet the first classified of the Group on 26 and 29 June next, with a possible Race 3 scheduled for 3 July. B which, unlike Group A, has not yet issued any verdict with Villaricca, Arzano and Pontecagnano fighting to win the two places for the finals.
Meanwhile, for captain Troncone and teammates, however, there is the second phase to be finished in the best way with two games to be honored in the best way and to be faced also as preparation for the final. The first of these challenges is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, at 19:30, at the Senatore gym with the leaders Accademia Benevento. So far in the second phase the Samnite team has had a clear path with seven wins in as many games (the last of which Wednesday night at home against the Primavera) and in the whole season they have lost only one game, in the first phase on the field of ‘Oplonti. Of the seven successes obtained by the Giallorossi from Benevento, in which the Salerno players Grimaldi and Tenza play, one arrived in the first leg match against Salerno Guiscards. 3-0 the final result of that meeting with the foxes protagonists of the worst performance of the year. Now, albeit irrelevant for the purposes of the ranking, the goal will be to try to redeem that knockout, bearing in mind that the main mission is to get to the final in the best conditions. In this sense, it cannot be excluded that coach Tescione may make some changes to the initial line-up to give some breathing space to the protagonists of this ride or perhaps during the race to give space to those elements that have found less space up to now. Surely the blue-gold athletes will give their all to celebrate the achievement of the final promotion in the best way possible.
«It is a great satisfaction – declared the setter Maria Luisa Marra – to win the qualification for the final two days early, both for the result we have been craving since the beginning of the season and for the fact that this situation gives us peace of mind to prepare for Race 1 Playing against Benevento who is a great team without the worry of the result and without having to play for it, the qualification is certainly a positive fact and that will allow us to take the field with a different spirit ». So far the foxes season has been very positive with a total balance of twelve victories in fourteen races: «The best moment so far was the first victory against Pontecagnano when we really started to understand that we could believe it. The most difficult one after the defeat against Benevento, when maybe some of our difficulties emerged on which we went to work immediately. Now we have a great goal but against Benevento we want to offer an important performance and to try to obtain a different result compared to the first leg that would further charge us in view of the final ».
As usual, the match of the foxes at the Senator against the Benevento Academy will also be played behind closed doors but all fans and fans will be able to follow the match live on the Salerno Guiscards Facebook page, with connection starting at 19: 25.