The semifinal series of the A2 playoffs begins on the right foot for the Shark drillswho in game 1 of the match against the Tezenis Verona wins at home with the final score of 78-71. So president Valerio Antonini’s men make the home advantage count in the first act of a duel that sees them clash two teams aiming, without hiding, for promotion to Serie A1. Meanwhile, the Granata have conquered the first stage of a journey that will not be easy at the end of a hard-fought match: 28-17, 12-18, 19-17, 19-19 scores. But now there is little time to rest, since already tomorrow evening we return to the PalaShark field, at 9pm, for game 2.
A tough game
Meanwhile, the Shark coach, Andrea Diana, has to analyze what was seen in the first clash that saw them against the Veronese team: “It was a tough playoff game – he says – Verona is a very physical team and overall we played a good match. I told the boys to be better at reading the moments of the match. Defensively we closed the area well and we were good on some players who always find it easy to switch on. In some moments we lost trivial ballsperhaps due to too much desire to do well, allowing them to close the gap: we must be better at providing continuity. Race 2 will be different but the certainty is the great physicality of both teams and we will have to be good at approaching it in an energetic way”.
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