The first match of the semi-final playoff series between Shark drills And Tezenis Verona. Coach Alessandro Ramagli spoke at Scaligera: “We arrive at the most enjoyable part of the season, when we enter the last two rounds of the playoffs there is clearly a great desire to play, to compete with the opponents, to go beyond one’s limits and demonstrate all your qualities; the truly most beautiful moment. It is a very enjoyable semi-final because against a team that has demonstrated all its strength throughout the season, without ever hiding its ambitions and certifying them with the arrival of two out-of-category players such as Stefano Gentile and Amar Alibegovic. There is every reason to have extra motivation, I believe that it is a semi-final that we all play with great desire and great taste due to the level of the opponent and the fact of having to do a feat away from home because clearly, starting without the advantage of the field, we need to win at least once in Trapani to be able to turn on our side. All this makes the match particularly enjoyable and eagerly awaited. The boys came out of the quarter-final with an increased level of confidence and excitement, now we have to be good at putting all this energy into a semi-final which is clearly difficult. We face the team that someone said “everyone wanted to avoid”, someone said “the one destined for the final victory” but we don’t take into account the others’ home, we do the math at home and we know how much desire, how much desire and how much excitement we have to show up in Trapani to play the first and then the second match.”
Giulio Gazzotti (player): “We have had this week to prepare as best we can for the semi-final, a series awaits us which will lead us to make an important effort both on the physical and technical side. We know that the first two matches will be away from home and that, if we want to reverse the factor on the pitch it will be essential to win at least one there. In Game 1 we will absolutely have to have an important physical impact, we will try to do our best by collecting the good things we did in the series against Milan and learning from the mistakes made, it will be essential to limit them as the level rises considerably; against a team like Trapani.”
