No illusions, not even when ErmGroup San Giustino won the first set at the Banca Macerata Forum against the leaders of the Blue group of the Serie A3 championship Credem Banca. The fact that Maurizio Castellano’s team, leaders not by chance and still suffering from the only defeat in the first leg against the blue and whites, could react and impose their supremacy was at least predictable, then they started the right gear and won the match 3-1 with fairly clear scores. The regret, if anything, for not being able to bring the match to a tie-break? We turn the question to Niccolò Cappelletti, the ErmGroup spiker who has been replacing him as opposite since Simone Marzolla was out due to injury. “We started the first set with a good overall game and in the end we deservedly won it; in the subsequent ones, however – declares Cappelletti – we unfortunately fell apart: the opponents grew and demonstrated their value, while we did not find enough continuity and solidity to be able to counter them. We were also a bit foul in general: this penalized us quite a bit and in the end this explains the result we achieved. Macerata has some excellent individuals, starting with the setter Marsili, who is probably the best in the entire championship, and continuing with the opposite player Casaro, who is formidable at bat: they are the soul of a complete team. We now set off again with the intention of doing well next Sunday and resuming our path.” For over a month you have been playing the opposite role; How do you find yourself in these new roles? “Every day is an adaptation, a sort of “work in progress”: I hadn’t had any type of experience in seat 2 so far and therefore for me it means discovering new sensations and finding new technical adjustments. At the same time, it’s a role not too far from my abilities as a striker, so I’m adapting quite well.” Behind the leaders Banca Macerata, for a few weeks now Rinascita Lagonegro, Smartsystem Fano and ErmGroup San Giustino have been alternating in positions from second to fourth, not forgetting OmiFer Palmi, which at the moment in which it seemed to have crowned the connection to your “train” suffered two defeats against the bottom of the class, Plus Volleyball Sabaudia and Tim Montaggi Marcianise; the demonstration of a return phase that will be even more difficult for everyone? “It means that in the second leg the teams still strengthened and that they found superior mechanisms compared to the first part of the championship, but this is also physiological.
