Latina exits for the second year in a row in the first round of the playoffs. The Pontini scare Taranto but are unable to find the goal that would have given them success against the Apulian team. Gaetano Fontanaanalyzes his team’s performance: “The result must be accepted, within the match there are many situations and I am very proud of my boys. We started a journey in difficulty, encountering others along the way and I know what we did to get there to here the boys have never spared themselves, some have even been tortured, in quotes, to play in areas of the pitch that are not suited to their characteristics. Getting this far, in our conditions, is something that should make us proud and happy Obviously it’s normal that, if you play a match like this at the home of the second-placed team, you get a little annoyed and feel sorry for the opportunities that didn’t materialise. Taranto had an extraordinary championship and today the strength of this team has passed , but we also deserved to get through today. I was convinced that the performance would be there. I thank the club and the director, now there will be a chance to talk about the future.”
Latina and Taranto had also faced each other in the last round of the regular season, then the Apulians prevailed at Francioni: “The coach must separate the single episode from the result. Ten days ago we understood that we could disturb Taranto, we knew that up front there would have been a team with skill, structure and motivation given the championship they have had. In the last month we have been through a truly strange period for many reasons, we have not been able to recover some boys and they are players who shift the balance for us. In the defensive department the injuries really killed us and who was there gave their all, Cito Marino, who did incredible things? If Latina didn’t win, it’s also his, both tonight and ten days ago incredible saves.”
