The final credits are about to roll on the first half of the Serie A3 Credem Banca championship, but Belluno Volley already knows they’ll finish the first half of the regular season in third place. And they’ll face San Giustino in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals, a one-off match. Is everything written, then? On the contrary, so far only the appendix has been written for a season that’s now set to enter its full swing. Starting with tomorrow’s match (Sunday, December 28th, 4:00 PM) at the VHV Arena, where Monge Gerbaudo Savigliano will be playing.

But coach Vincenzo Mastrangelo, a seasoned sportsman, is now accustomed to spending the Santa Claus period in the gym: “We’ve tried to make this moment as normal as possible,” says the coach of Apulian origin, “keeping up almost all of our training sessions and doing what we had planned.” Meanwhile, Berger’s condition is improving: “Compared to the initial plans, the recovery process has accelerated. After the injury suffered in the match in Valenza against Acqui Terme, according to the medical staff, two or three days have been shaved off. Now we’ll see the evolution, step by step, to best define the timing for Alexander’s return to the field.