48 hours before the start of the Serie A2 championship, the spotlight turns on, at least for once, on a key figure in the Bergamo staff. Nicola Gibellini, who grew up in the shadow of Roberto Benis, is the classic profile of Bergamo: an athletic trainer used to work and to work a lot while speaking little. Or rather, the right. An exciting summer spent with the Belgian men’s national team fresh off the European Championship, a return to base in Agnelli Tipiesse with a richer background in every respect.
“When you live for almost five months in a country that is not yours, speaking only English and you find yourself alone, whoever you meet on your path inevitably becomes your second family. I was very lucky because in Belgium I found kindness, hospitality and people who never made me miss anything. It is not easy to live in a similar context, as soon as you take the measures you discover how an adventure of this magnitude becomes an enormous gain from a professional point of view. And, on a professional level, it literally opens your mind. I recommend to everyone a few months outside the national borders. You can experience something exceptional ”.
“Every discussion has always had a constructive value. Being able to dialogue at any time with doctors, masseurs and massage therapists has fueled the harmony allowing us a constant comparison. With an almost perfect organization thanks to the federation, an incredible spirit of adaptation also develops. Also because the daily program can undergo continuous variations for various reasons. This is why you must always be ready to adapt and propose a profitable training according to the conditions. Such a path must be taken as a single block, with strengths and weaknesses. Including criticisms, reactions or arguments that started and ended immediately. Sometimes you also need the classic caress with players, they are not machines. I also learned a lot about this type of situation. All baggage that I intend to put at the service of Bergamo, as I have been doing from the first moment ”.
