It’s the fifth set of game 1, in Sorrento: the playoff final. Alexander Berger has just landed after yet another winning attack. His gaze is cold, but lucid. Twenty-six points on the scoresheet, three aces, two blocks and a feeling that hovers in the air: «This guy is in another category».
Now comes the official confirmation: Berger will stay in Belluno also in the next season of Serie A3 Credem Banca. A classy move. A programmatic manifesto: under the vaults of the VHV Arena, they want to aim high. Austrian, born in 1988, he arrived in the province last March 10: «I immediately felt at home. The club is very rigorous and has important goals. Furthermore, Belluno is close to Austria and this will allow me to see my family more often»
Alex has found the environment he was looking for: serious, competitive, hungry. «In addition to the professional context, I was happily surprised by the good level of volleyball». It’s a shame about the epilogue and the promotion that slipped away in the fifth and decisive final match against Romeo Sorrento: «With a cool head, I can say that we played well, even if it wasn’t enough. But you learn a lot from defeats».
AMBITION – It’s worth getting back on track, then: towards a new goal to reach. And a new peak to conquer: «The club has ambitious goals, it wants to win the championship and, consequently, move up a category – concludes Berger -. Well, that’s my goal too»
