Pro Recco receives BPER RN Savona in race 1: the battle for the tricolor begins at Punta Sant’Anna
Published May 21, 2124 1.31pm
The former wants to reaffirm its supremacy in the national field after the unexpected defeat in the Italian Cup and bring home the second title of the season to then launch itself towards the assault on the fourth consecutive Champions League. The second tastes again, after thirteen years, the taste of the series that awards the tricolor and wants to conclude in the best possible way a season of exponential growth to lay the foundations of a winning future in which to constantly fight to bring home trophies that enrich the club’s showcase . In the match valid for game 1 of the championship final, Pro Recco, fresh from the extraordinary success against Novi Beograd and the victorious semi-final series against CC Ortigia, faces at Ferro, kick-off scheduled for tomorrow at 6.45pm with live coverage TV on RaiSport + HD and commentary entrusted to the Dario Di Gennaro-Francesco Postiglione tandem, BPER Rari Nantes Savona, the second force of the tournament who beat AN Brescia in two games in the semi-final. The closing of the quarter final stage of the Champions League offered further confirmation of the overwhelming impact of a team that remains firmly the strongest in the world. The defeat on penalties in the Italian Cup final certainly represents a wound that has burned and, most likely, still burns but the Biancocelesti have started grinding out the game and results again like a steamroller that doesn’t stop for anything or anyone. The finalist of the last two editions was literally crumbled and battered by an orchestra in which all the instruments tune to a thousandth of a second and in which all you need to do is press your foot on the accelerator to close the score in the space of a few minutes. The team worked with the usual extraordinary intensity over the weeks to best prepare the series in every single detail. The desire to reaffirm their supremacy in the national field will constitute a further stimulus for captain Di Fulvio and his teammates who could then exploit the long wave of success and then launch themselves headlong into the race towards the complicated and extraordinary continental Final Four which will be played in Malta at the beginning of June. The investments made last summer in the red and white home have borne the desired results: the team has grown significantly, has gained significantly in terms of experience and leadership, conquering the role of second force of the tournament. The victorious series with the team coached by Bovo highlighted an extraordinary defensive organization in which a super Nicosia played the lion’s share and the eternal class of a champion like Figlioli who in key moments took on the burden of scoring by systematically piercing the goal rival. The team coached by Sukno is an army that has no weak points and to be able to fuel their chances in the series the guests have no alternative but to combine an exemplary passive phase of the game with the cynicism necessary to finalize the opportunities created. This is how Francesc Di Fulvio presents the match on the eve.
Francesco Di Fulvio
I think the key aspect will be mental stability, two or three super intense races await us in which the details will make the difference: there will be moments in which decisions will be made with one man plus or one man minus, actions with hands on; if we manage to keep mentally we increase the chances of bringing home the Scudetto. Savona plays good water polo, is well trained, with excellent individuality, from the goalkeeper to the foreigners, from the center forward to the former Figlioli who always comes out on top in these matches.
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