Regardless of the outcome, it will be a historic day for Grottazzolina with an incredible amount of fans ready to reach Siena. There were 300 tickets available for game 2 against Emma Villas (played at 7pm) but they had already been pulverized two days before. There will be many people from the Marche at PalaEstra in a match that could already be decisive for Yuasa against Siena, who will instead be called upon to impact the final series, but are already used to playing at the highest level. Grotta to close the accounts, Tuscans to postpone everything to match 3 on Sunday in Grotta. “The team arrives at the match with the awareness that we have given ourselves a first chance to get where we want – says coach Massimiliano Ortenzi with the right serenity – in their home and in a difficult field, in which they will do everything they can to postpone the verdict see you on Sunday. The fact of having so much following and adrenaline around will certainly be a way to ensure that the boys feel at home tomorrow too. I hope this can help us play with the right calm, because to win we need to do our best volleyball.”
Also leading the charge is Game1 MVP Rasmus Breuning who, in this final series, is also accompanied by his family who flew specifically to Grottazzolina from Glamsbjerg to follow him in one of the key moments of his volleyball career, “Winning Game1 was an extraordinary feeling, we entered the match well from the start and with the right approach, we put the right pressure on our opponents as soon as we took the field. I have good feelings for game 2, a lot will depend on whether we manage to take the field with the same hunger and mentality as in the first match: in that case it will be difficult for Siena to beat us. I want to thank the fans for coming en masse to support us, it’s really a pleasure to play for them, we can feel their support from the pitch and I hope they all come to play. Siena to support us. I know there will be many, it will certainly be magnificent, I can’t wait to play Game 2.”
Siena will be very different from the one seen in Grottazzolina, let’s remember that they were the only ones to conquer the Pala Grotta in the championship. Reset everything and start again in a match that will be directed by Maurizio Merli from Terni assisted by Luca Grassia from Lazio. Two teams who know each other perfectly and, undoubtedly, a few details will make the difference. However, it will certainly be a historic race.
Roberto Cruciani
