Return day at the Eurosuole Forum. The captain of the Cucine Lube Civitanova and the other national teams who are still missing are joining the team group. Fresh from an intense summer with his Argentina, Luciano De Cecco showed up at the arena yesterday, Tuesday 10 October, to follow the technical session of his teammates, while today he is having his first training session. The Italian nationals Fabio Balaso and Mattia Bottolo also arrived in the gym, followed by the Turkey striker Adis Lagumdzija. In the afternoon, the Bulgarian spiker Alex Nikolov returned to the palas, while tomorrow, Thursday 12 October, it will be the turn of his teammate, the Cuban Marlon Yant.
We begin to feel the climate of great volleyball about ten days before the start of the Regular Season. The taraflex has been installed in the Civitanova facility, furthermore over the weekend Lube will participate with all the players in the Jesi Volley Cup, a quadrangular match at the PalaTriccoli with Olympiakos Piraeus, Rana Verona and Allianz Milano.
Luciano De Cecco: “I come from a long summer, full of matches and great results. A few days ago, with our Argentina teammates, we missed the first opportunity to go to the Olympics, but we are in a good position to continue fighting and play our remaining chances. There have been many commitments, the balance is positive. I came back yesterday and immediately came to the gym to see the boys. Their summer season was more ‘boring’, but they worked well in the gym even if few of them. We hope to capitalize on the time with the full team to reach a good level quickly, we will be ready. The rejuvenation of the team? What matters to me is playing volleyball well, ID cards come second. Conclusions will be drawn at the end of the season. Certainly the guys signed are here to exploit their chances. In the group there are mature athletes like me and young people like Alex, with everyone else in between. We have to make our own journey, train, give our best, build a good mentality and go our own way. A tough championship awaits us, there are very strong teams, but we are no different. We have to build something important to get to the top.”
