The top scorer in last Sunday’s game with 28 points (26 offensively and 2 blocking), a true driving force for the team—especially in the most critical tiebreaker moments—and now hitting the ball more often from the front line, not just in the pipe. This is Matteo Alpini, spiker for ErmGroup Altotevere and MVP of the match against Gabbiano Farmamed Mantova; the “hammer” from Prato looked in dazzling form after missing Trebaseleghe due to the flu, and he will be needed at this stage of the season, which still has yet to determine the white-and-blues’ final placement in the White Group of the Credem Banca Serie A3 championship. Happy with the performance and especially the team’s result, even if… “We should have been more aggressive at the start,” he says, “and we actually did, but then we dropped our rhythm a bit. They did well in believing, we were less good at making mistakes at crucial moments, but once we were 0-2 down, our pride rose and we were angry in wanting to get the result.
