Filippo Lanza in action during the derby of adige
Ph. Trabalza
Trento, December 9th, 2015
In the Adige derby, which was won for 3-2 by Diatec Trentino at the PalaOlimpia, Filippo Lanza has created 26 points, emerging as the best scorer and MVP of the match, but - contrary to what you might think - the captain of Trento held the nicest action of the evening for the post game, when after having accepted the award for best player he dedicated the victory to Elisa.
"Elisa is a young volleyball player of the USD San Giuseppe, who unfortunately has recently discovered a serious disease” - said Pippo. -”With this dedication I want to personally persuade her not to surrender, to fight because, as we learned from that game we played on Tuesday in Verona, even the most difficult situation can be solved by continuing to believe and fight till the end. Come on Elisa!”.
A thought that shows what a great man is Lanza even before a champion in sport; his performance from the sport point of view was essential to allow the Italian champions to regain the lone third place in the standings. "We cared to take back the placing just behind the leading pair, and we did it, although we suffered greatly” - he continued. - “For me, the satisfaction is double because in the past with Verona I always struggled to express myself well; so I really wanted to redeem myself and play well in my house (Lanza is originally from Zevio Veronese, ed), to be able to finally dispel this personal taboos. Then, receiving the award from my uncle (day sponsor of the match with the company which runs with his father Cristiano, ed) was the real icing on the cake. I'm happy, but now we must think about how to defend the third place just conquered."
In the last round of the first leg of the regular season in the Super League Diatec, Trentino will play again, after two away matches, between the friendly walls of PalaTrento, hosting Cucine Lube Banca Marche on Sunday at 5.00 pm in a particularly awaited challenge. The Yellow-blues will begin to prepare for the important event against one of the two leaders, from Thursday morning. "It's a long awaited match and critical to determine our position in the grid of the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, but above all it is one of those games that you can not wait to play” - said Filippo -.”We will have the advantage of playing it at home and especially to have less pressure than our opponents, who have to win to be confirmed to the first position. We must take advantage of this double condition of advantage to try to pick up another positive result. I invite our fans to rush en masse to PalaTrento: it will be an evening of great volleyball."
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