Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala shekaru shida masu ban mamaki a cikin babban zauren wasan kwallon kwando na Italiya da Turai, Valerio Bianchini ya yarda da shawarar da kungiyar kwallon kwando ta Italiya (FIP) ta gabatar kuma ya jagoranci tawagar 'yan wasa na shekaru biyu masu zuwa. A gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIBA ta 1986 a Spain, Italiya ta zama ta shida yayin da a Eurobasket na Athens
a watan Yunin 1987 ba a doke ta ba har zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe inda aka doke ta da Girka na Nikos Galis da Panagiotis Giannakis.