It’s not always easy to tell a separation. It’s not easy to find the right words. But sometimes even the most beautiful stories have to deal with it.

Rinascita Lagonegro and Rocco Panciocco part ways.

A story that began two seasons ago, in Serie A2: the talent of the Roman spiker was too great to let slip away. President Carlomagno and the managers were enchanted by him.

That year, however, things didn’t go so well: an unlucky championship, a bitter relegation, goodbyes and the not-so-hidden promise to hug each other again soon.

And so it was: a season (2023/2024) spent between Ravenna and Pineto in the second series and here’s the return to Basilicata, last summer.