On the 15^th of August I woke up at 6:35 am. I had a fast breakfast, just a yogurt and a
coffee, and I drove to the "Nautica" of Cervignano to the 5^th canoe
polo tournament "Città di Cervignano". There I met my friends Davide, Simone,
Federico and Giuseppe and one of our trainers: Emiliano. After a few minutes we
went to the Ausa's bridge, where we had prepared a playground the day before,
we took our canoes and we went into the playground, waiting for our match.
While we were waiting, we trained to prepare ourselves to the real match: we
tried to defend the ball, to take the ball and, especially, we tried "Eskimo":
to come back after been reversed. At 10:30 am we had the first match: CUS Udine
(our team) Vs. Vienna Kanu Polo Team. I went in in the middle of the first
time, as "ala destra". My role was just to try to destroy the enemy's defence,
and to pass the ball to the oldest player: the "Senatore" Federico Toso, who
made 4 goals! When the opposite team had the ball we were really in danger: our
defence was the worst of all the teams and we risked very much, but,
fortunately for us, we were attacking in the most of the time and we won the
match 4 to 3. After the match I celebrate with an "Eskimo" in the middle of the
playground and went out of the water, waiting for the next match, wich was at
12.30 pm. I joked with the team and we drank a Coke. At 12.00 o'clock we went
back in our canoes and we trained ourselves a bit more before our last match of
the tournament, Vs. the CCPA Trieste. This time our trainer Sirio was doing the
running commentary and helped us a bit during the match. Emiliano said me to
enter for the most of the time. I was a bit surprised, so he indicated at the
public. Immediately I recognized my sister, my grandfather and two of my
friend. I thanked Emiliano and went into the playground, ready to do my best.
When the referee whistled, I was a fury: I moved away two defenders at time, I
took very difficult balls risking to be reversed and ran as fast as I could. I
asked the replacement in the middle of the first time, and I entered again at
the middle of the second one, when we were winning for 5 to 0. I did once more
my best, but when we never expected it, the opposite team made a fantastic
counterattack and made a goal. We went back to the attack at 1 minute to the
end. I and Davide attacked to move away the defender, but that time they didn't
moved at all, and we couldn't pass! There were 15 seconds left when Federico
passed me the ball and I shot. A fantastic shot to the right angle which made a
goal! I was joyful for that goal, so joyful that when I tried the Eskimo, I
failed. The team went out of the water, we celebrated the winning with a beer
and we waited the end of the tournament. At 8:30 pm. I went back home and I
fell asleep 2 minutes later.