There is also a player from Pesaro on Avellino’s roster who has resumed Serie A after a long purgatory that lasted five years. Simone Giunta, born in 2000, a play-guard from Vuelle’s academy, was on the pitch for 17′ in game 5 which turned around a series that had started badly, with Montecatini ahead 2-0. “The crazy thing – says Simone, still in disbelief – is that we did it twice. We had started 0-2 down even with Pielle Livorno in the semi-final, then we hit at home by taking advantage of an old-time field factor, and won in the beautiful match against the Tuscans. I really didn’t think we would have the energy to do it again.” Followed by over 200 Irpinia fans who raised hell: “Yes, people had been waiting for this promotion for a long time, but during the championship the enthusiasm wasn’t exactly sky high, then with the start of the playoffs PalaDelMauro became a fort impregnable. And tomorrow evening there will be a party that will involve the whole city, then at the weekend I will return to Pesaro”.
His model is his older brother Federico, eight years older, whose footsteps he followed: “I remember his first year away from home, in Mantua, we went to see him and I thought to myself that I should do the same to mature I wasn’t wrong. After a first year in Senigallia, I took off: it’s not the same to live at home and go back and forth for training and matches or to actually move to Bisceglie and Sala Consilina, still in Serie B I learned my skills, then my agent Paolo Palucci, from Pesaro like me, found me this opportunity in a club with great tradition. With the change of coach I lost some playing time which I regained in the playoffs. Now it’s a satisfaction It’s huge to think about what we’ve done.”
A message also for the many kids who, upon leaving the various youth sectors, are looking for their path: “Believe in it completely, because work and sacrifices pay off: before this season I would never have thought of achieving a goal like this. I have to I would also like to thank my family who has always encouraged me not to give up in difficult times.” And now, who knows, he might have to meet Pesaro as an opponent: “It would be wonderful, it would mean being confirmed. Even if my dream, one day, is to play for Vuelle where I grew up and learned the fundamentals of this game thanks to the coaches I had. With those and the Pesaro ringworm you can get by anywhere.”
Elisabetta Ferri
