A season that ends badly but has also given satisfaction
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Three hundred thirty-three days. This is how the Cortina Express season lasted. A very long, atypical, unusual, memorable season. The longest ever. Ended with the longest away match ever, since the Belluno women’s volleyball has existed: last night, in Volpiano, in Piedmont. Unfortunately, it ended badly.
The arrival of Garzaro
333 days have passed since that July 24 in which the Belluno Volleyball presented to the city Ilaria Garzaro, the former Italian champion, hit of the summer market. It was the clear signal that it was not going to be a season like any other. “But I’m Garza, I’m not the one from Serie A,” she said. The start of the preparation on 1st September. “Harmony in the locker room and respect for the rules” were the first requests of the sports director Casanova: perfectly respected. «Put our same passion into it», asked the vice president Sandro Cucco: and he was listened to by the Lupe.
The Lupe
Yes, the Lupe. But how did this name come about? “Just as the boys in B had a symbol, the rhinos, we also had to choose one for the uniforms. The idea of the wolves came out, “revealed Captain Fantinel,” an animal that has divided public opinion. But above all an animal that makes the herd, the group, its strength. So we had to do it ».
On the rides
Close in a few months, all the matches of the Cortina Express. Because the start has been postponed three times: 7 November, 21 November, 23 January. The knockout of Chiericati forces Garzaro (after 5 months of training from the opposite) to rediscover himself as central.
Finally the debut
3-2 for Conegliano at De Mas. Defeat was never more promising: for Conegliano it was the only “slowdown” of the season. For the Lupe, a difficult season begins. The first leg ends in descending. The return is a Rossini crescendo with a final ring in Venice and second place. Twists: second phase? No, immediately playoffs. But first 45 days off. Playoffs, therefore. First round, Trieste: double 3-0. Second round, Fusion, the eternal rival: 3-1 for the Lupe in Venice, 3-0 for the opponents at De Mas. Golden set: Belluno is the apotheosis. In the final Conegliano dominates and wins. But there is the “parachute” Turin. And Belluno tries once again. Despite the scorching heat of June. But that’s bad. –
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