Minus five to the Champions League super final. The last act of the women’s volleyball club season. An all-Italian final, scheduled in Antalya (8pm, first at 5pm is the men’s match between Trento and the Polish side Jastrzebski), between the Allianz Vero Volley Milano and the Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano. Egonu and his teammates haven’t won anything so far, while Conegliano has taken everything. But the Milanese, in fact, have Paoletta. Who in the days preceding the great challenge is sharpening their weapons. In the gym? Certain. But not only.
Paola Egonu and Francesca Piccinini, relaxing with friends
Surprisingly Paoletta showed up on Instagram and revealed how she spent Sunday. “Sunday w / friends”, the caption of his post, containing a series of shots. And in the second who comes out? Francesca Piccinini, his great friend. Two icons of Italian volleyball, two legends at the net. Theater of the meeting? A famous lounge bar in Bergamo. Who knows if Francy, a popular TV commentator as well as a competitor in the latest edition of Beijing Express, has given Paoletta some advice in view of the upcoming events. On Instagram she limited herself to two smileys: a little red heart and a little kiss.
Isabelle Haak and the perfect season with Conegliano
Bella Haak on the other hand is giving interview after interview. The Swedish ‘Queen of the North’ was the great driving force behind Conegliano in the Scudetto final against Scandicci. Now he wants to win the Champions League. And at the Gazzettino he launched the challenge to Egonu: “In a single race you have to be aware that you need to give your best. It’s just one game, you can’t make mistakes because otherwise your chances of winning are slim, it’s stimulating from a mental point of view.” And again: “During this period we played a lot and with a very high level of competitiveness, but we have the positive energy of the championship, while Milan had more opportunity to rest, but at the same time they may have lost their match rhythm.”
Volleyball, Kate Antropova’s first Scudetto final
And speaking of the Scudetto final, Kate Antropova surprised (positively) everyone by celebrating her anyway, despite having lost her to Scandicci. “It seems absurd how such a small and symbolic object carries with it so much value,” his words on Instagram. “All the endless hours of training, forming a group from so many different personalities, sacrifices, tears, smiles, a billion ‘high fives’ given, hugs and so many moments shared with those specific people. The people who in 8 months become yours for better or for worse.”
And again, with reference to the League medal reserved for the losing team in the final, the one that many football stars are quick to remove from their necks and throw away: “This little metal square represents how much we have grown this season, how much we believed in it and what we demonstrated in the field. I can say that I am proud and proud of us. This first championship final will always remain with me.”
Volleyball, Scudetto in Russia for Elena Pietrini
Scudetto instead Elena Pietrini won in Russia, as the absolute protagonist of game 5 of the final who rewarded his Dinamo Ak-bars Kazan against Lokomotiv Kaliningrad. Twenty points for her in the decisive match, including the one that set the score at 25-18 in the third set (25-22 and 25-16 the scores of the previous ones), handing the title to the team led by the Serbian guru Zoran Terzic. For Pietrini, star of the Italian national team, also the inclusion in the ideal sextet of the final. A triumphant conclusion to his experience in Russia, awaiting his return to Italy: from next season he should wear the Milan shirt.
