He celebrated his 52nd birthday on Monday, February 23rd, but the players had given him a birthday present a few hours early, coming from behind to defeat Gabbiano Farmamed Mantova. And when you win a direct match by overturning a 0-2 deficit, it’s as if it were a complete victory, especially given the weight of the two points gained in the standings. Even though a few days have passed, we renew our birthday wishes to Marco Bartolini, head coach of ErmGroup Altotevere, who is already engaged in the decisive week to secure third place in the White Group standings of the Credem Banca Serie A3 championship. The possibility of having to wait until the final matchday (March 15th, when the white and blues will be resting) to see it confirmed, isn’t ruled out. The real gift the coach received was having the team back on track. “I’ll be honest: the boys have never had a bad attitude, in the sense that they take to the field to win every time,” Bartolini began, “so when I said something wasn’t working, I was referring to the lack of attention paid during training during the week, which then paid off with mistakes in the matches.
