Lube’s middle blocker Jacopo Larizza can’t rest for missing the decisive match of the Quarter-finals in the Scudetto Play Offs due to a last minute ankle injury. Among the protagonists of the third and fourth rounds won by Cucine Lube Civitanova against Mint Vero Volley Monza thanks to his entries based on blocks and determination, the athlete from the kitchen had to watch from the outside the unfortunate exit of his teammates without being able to give his contribution to the team in the last match at the Eurosuole Forum. Bright eyes and a lot of anger in his body at the end of the match. The central defender from the Marche region, still dealing with a swollen ankle, is counting the days until he returns, but must be patient. On his part there is a willingness to return to help the group in training and in the 5th Place Play Off challenges. Guest on Radio Arancia’s 7×4 rotogravure on Friday, Larizza responded to the questions of the host Alessandro Ranieri clarifying that the Italian vice-champions will not pull the oars, but will fight to honor the shirt in respect of the Predators.
Jacopo Larizza: “In Game 5 of the Quarterfinals against Monza I was sitting on the edge of the pitch with crutches and an ankle out of action due to a bad sprain on the eve of the match, it was painful not to have been able to support my teammates except with typhus. I still have to get over the bitterness. I was convinced of our passage to the Semifinal at the end of a splendid comeback, but it didn’t go that way. Credit to Monza who had a more consistent game in the series. Now we have to look straight ahead. A complicated Fifth Place Play Off awaits us because we will encounter other good teams who want to redeem themselves and rivals who will give everything. We will have to remain clear-headed and do our best to get to the end and try to earn a pass to the Challenge Cup. Together with my teammates I wear the shirt of a club of excellence that always aims for the best and we must also be accountable to the fans who have always followed with passion, we will do our best not to disappoint them. I still don’t know when I’ll be able to return to the field, but my season isn’t over here.”
