Amateurs Naples-Perugia, the eve of the scrum half Balzi

Leap forward. From newly promoted to Serie A, the Neapolitans of Amatori intend to play a leading role in Group 3. Not at all intimidated by the new category, captain Alessandro Quarto and Verdeblu are preparing to face the best home challenges, tomorrow against Perugia (2.30 pm) and December 1 with the Pagano & Ascolillo Pesaro Rugby.Immediately integrated into the club chaired by Diego D’Orazio, the scrum half Francesco Balzi. «I've been playing rugby since I was 6, the first time I went to train with my brother, a year younger than me. From that day we fell completely in love with this sport and we decided that it would be the discipline that would have accompanied us throughout our lives ». From Treviso, home of Benetton Rugby (15 shields on the bulletin board), in the shadow of Vesuvius for the class of 96: a Venetian in Campania to play and study.

«I think rugby is a master of life, in fact it makes you grow a lot both as an athlete but above all as a person. When you join a team, you find not only companions but brothers, a real family. Here in Naples I was immediately welcomed as if I had been playing for a lifetime and they made me feel part of this great family, "says Balzi, in the first year with the Amateurs.

A Bagnoli tomorrow afternoon the match against fifteen red and white under orders from Alfredo De Angelis, 7 points in the standings, the exact half of those earned by the Neapolitans in the first four days. "We are a very good team, on average very young, so we certainly still have a considerable margin of improvement, thanks also to a very competent staff in all aspects", admits the number 9 (in the photo of Luigi Petrucci).

There is a sense of serenity and a climate of trust in the former NATO base. "We can take great satisfaction, just continue with this mentality and with the right sacrifice, which certainly is not lacking until now. We started on the right foot ». Easy agreement with coach Lorenzo Fusco and assistant coach Luca Varriale. "I have already established a beautiful relationship, only to not disappoint the trust they have placed in me."

Student of Sports Science at the Parthenope, lives in Fuorigrotta. «I'm learning slowly to get to know Naples and calmly want to go around it all. At the moment I visited the historic center but, unlike Treviso, Naples is very large. The teammates are my tour guides and each of them suggests where to go and what to see ». Optimal climate and appreciated environment. «Neapolitans are fantastic and very welcoming people, Neapolitan cuisine is pure magic, Neapolitan pizza is indescribable. I clearly can't eat all that I would like or what this city offers me, because otherwise I wouldn't run anymore, but I admit that some whim (more than once in a while) I allow myself ». And so it will be in the field.

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