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After a “Croatian” summer Daniele Santarelli is back at the helm of Imoco and in a few days he will have the whole team, excluding Folie and Fahr, engaged in their respective recovery paths. «The balance with Croatia is positive, with second place in the Golden League; at the European Championship we started very well until the match with Italy which for us was at an unattainable level; unfortunately in the eighth with France, a team similar to us, we surrendered to the tie break in the sprint ». The challenge with the blue was full of ideas. «For me it was a game full of meaning, my first time against the national team of my country, with Mazzanti on the bench and Monica on the pitch; with her in these 4 months we have only seen two days and finding ourselves as opponents in a European Championship was exciting and strange. The party was ruined by Sarah’s injury; she is a special girl and I really wish her all the best for her return to the field ». Her replacement for the next few months will be Bulgarian Hristina Vuchkova. «She is an experienced player, with charisma and a tough wall. I have seen it in good shape and it will be very useful because it is complete. I don’t see big problems for the sextets in the league, we will manage the choices while waiting for the return of first Folie and then of Fahr ». A small group of panthers has been at work for 4 weeks under the orders of deputy Lionetti and for Santarelli the return was a homecoming. «It was nice to meet up with someone who has been in Conegliano for several years; for now we are a heterogeneous group, with many young girls who will be used tomorrow in San Donà with Montecchio. The work is done with attention to the physical part to avoid injuries and ailments, personalizing the activity of each individual athlete ». Even more this year the opponents will be hunting for Conegliano, holder of all the trophies. «I am convinced that the Italian championship is to all intents and purposes the most beautiful, qualitative and difficult in the world, more than any other, including Turkey. I see Novara, Monza, Scandicci, even Busto as favorites, but let’s not forget Chieri or newly promoted as Vallefoglia, which we will face on the first day, which has already been full for some time. It will be a tough and exciting season, we hope to experience it with the public. I was in Belgrade cheering on Italy with 20,000 present: I hope we can increase the 35% limit on capacity, it would be a good sign for everyone ». –