AND the final is. All Sienese. Mens Sana And Rib they will compete in a best-of-5 series and only one will go to Serie B. It starts on Sunday 12th (6pm) at Palaorlandi, with a repeat on the 15th again at Montarioso (9pm). Then the stage will move to Viale Sclavo on Sunday 19 May for Game 3 (6pm), then the possible fourth act will again be at the Palaestra on the 22nd (8.45pm). If the match is necessary, it will be played in the Costoniana den on Saturday 25 May at 8.30pm.
The road to get to this long and fiery derby streak was different: Vismederi beat Agliana in the playoffs with the minimum wage (3-0), Note di Siena had to get to a boiling match 5 with San Vincenzo, uncertain until the bell sounded siren. The green and white president, Francesco Friarscommented on his boys’ season thus far: “Let me initially congratulate San Vincenzo. With the team, with the technical staff, with the organization and with their fans. I know that there have been moments of tension during this series, but these are the playoffs. And whether they play in the Euroleague, in Serie A, in Serie C or in the amateurs, these are always playoffs. San Vincenzo was a worthy opponent organized Honor to San Vincenzo: their value increases the richness of ours business. Because it’s a business. Not just, or not so much, having won this series and reached the final. But our entire season has been a memorable undertaking. Nobody, but absolutely nobody, would have bet on Mens Sana’s presence in the final. There are too many teams that are better equipped than us, more experienced than us, more talented than us. An all under 30 team, without any player with experience in a higher category. To build such a business you need human qualities, character resources and technical and organizational skills. We need, as our boys have done throughout the season, to play for each other, to love each other sweater, feeling part of a family. Learning from our inevitable mistakes and going back to the gym to correct them, and then making mistakes again and correcting ourselves again. The only way to grow. Because unitisicresce was our slogan at the beginning of the season and we respected it: we grew up united. We have fallen and risen again: throughout the entire season, during this last series and even within the same match. Among the many difficulties of this season, the boys on the pitch were, however, very fortunate: that of being accompanied by a public wonderful, from people of Mens Sana who never lacked support and encouragement, closeness and affection. One might say: Easy to win like this, with this fantastic crowd!! We started the season with the lights off. And as we groped we hit some corners. But we have always been able to get back on track, looking beyond the obstacles. Then, at Christmas, with the arrival of Gianluca and Note di Siena, with the consolidation of our group of commercial partners and with some key victories, a light came on that has never gone out and has become increasingly bright. The club has never set binding objectives for the team. We asked the boys to play for the shirt, and every now and then to glance up to see who wore it before them and what won us; we asked them to have fun in the gym and to entertain the people who came to see them. And they didn’t disappoint us. We didn’t want to get caught up in the fight not to be relegated, and we did it; we wanted to play the promotion poule match by match, and so we did; we wanted to try to give gifts to ours fans the playoffs, and we made it; we were curious to see what these guys would be able to do in a semi-final and they showed us that they were up to the task. That’s why the people of Siena he loves them. Now the final awaits us, against a strong, very strong team. For us a Everest to climb; but this season we have already climbed several 8000ers and it is nice to be here at the foot of the highest one to start the climb. It looks like one fable“.
