Four seasons at Lube, wearing the captain’s armband, winning the scudetto, taking the Marche club to the top, very high. Only the last season, for Luciano De Cecco, was a sore point, but this does not stain his militancy in the red and white which was interrupted yesterday, with an official statement which will probably be followed in the next few days by the official one from Modena Volley, which will hire for the next seasons.
“For me it is an honor to have been part of this club and to have worn the captain’s armband – says the Argentine director, who has also just been awarded the role of director in the All Star Team of the Champions League by the CEV –. I felt very comfortable right from the start. from the first moment in Civitanova. I thank all the teammates who have taken turns in these four years of sporting victories and suffering. I am happy to have contributed to integrating the club’s achievements. I am sorry for the missed opportunities, but they were growth experiences for the future of the team. Success is fundamental in sport, but we also need to build to create new winning cycles and we laid important building blocks by fighting until the end even if we could have won more titles in last year’s Final, lost in Game 5 against a great Itas Trentino, when no one would have bet on us, it was almost worth a title in the growth path of the emerging players. The real regret, this year, is not having reached the Champions League Final after a great journey”.
A final that cannot be pursued even next year, but De Cecco knows that Modena has invested a lot in him, giving up a future prospect like Mattia Boninfante (he will be paired with Santiago Orduna to replace him in Civitanova) and ultimately choosing the captain of the Argentine national team and not Cachopa in the ballot between the two setters who seemed to be closer to the Valsa Group in the winter, with the Brazilian who instead will remain where he is, in Monza. In Lube’s official press release, the last one dedicated to De Cecco, heartfelt thanks to the athlete: “AS Volley Lube thanks the athlete for honoring the shirt and wearing the armband, helping the Club to always fight to the end. Lucio’ best wishes for his professional future and life path.”
