We discover Franzoso after the first center in the European Cup: "I'm finally physically fine"

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The 22-year-old who grew up in Sestriere surprised everyone in the super-g of Zinal, also taking advantage of the favorable weather for the higher numbers, but there is little doubt about his qualities. "I consider myself a polyvalent".

Monday 29 November 2021 4 minutes reading time

A beautiful blue surprise to start the European Cup season with a bang. Matteo Franzoso gave himself a fabulous day in Zinal, conquering the super-g on the Swiss snows and, with it, the first great result at these levels, in a career so far conditioned by a thousand physical problems, finally solved already in the final of last year. vintage 2020/21. The Genoese boy who, however, grew up at the Sci Club Sestriere and is registered for the G.S. Fiamme Gialle, is included in group B2 of the technical disciplines of a national team that has conquered by demonstrating a talent that everyone in the environment knows well and has been held back by injuries, the last one remedied his knee just a year ago in training in Cervinia, together with the jet men of the World Cup group. At the World Junior Championships in Narvik 2020 he was fourth in the downhill (with teammate Simon Talacci silver) and had never yet entered a top ten of the European Cup. The right day arrived with an ideal number 40 as visibility had improved significantly after the first descents, but which was the same, for example, for a great talent like Lukas Feurstein (who started with 32), who finished second to 18 cents from the blue. "At the beginning the sky was a little overcast and there was little to see for the bumps - says Franzoso through the FISI press office - From number 25 onwards the sun came out and visibility improved, I was good to take advantage of the situation. I finally feel good physically, two years ago I joined the national team but I had back problems, then I hurt my collateral ligament of the knee in Cervinia and so I was stopped for a few months. I consider myself a polyvalent, even if over time I will have to specialize in some specialties because there are few left to do all the races. The coaches believe that I can make my way in speed, I adapt with great confidence ”. And on Tuesday we will try again, in the super-g bis on the Swiss snows.

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