Coach Ramagli at the end of match 3 Tezenis Verona – Trapani Shark:
“You’ve seen the match, there’s not much to say, I’d say we have to congratulate Trapani and wish them good luck for the final, which is absolutely deserved. A team that showed all its strength and that in my opinion tonight went up another step compared to game 2. It arrived with the head, the attitude, the strength of those who know that they can close the series using all the tools available its disposition.
We didn’t give up. Giving up doesn’t belong to us and we played a courageous game. The second quarter cost us dearly, but it’s also true that they punished you in any way, in any type of situation. We tried them all: we set ourselves up in a zone, we played with four small players, we made systematic changes, we found energy from some players on the bench.
Then I have to tell the truth, I know what the internal situations are, I know them very well, it is not easy to play a series like this when there are some players who are objectively in great difficulty and who have played matches that in a normal situation they would not have had to play. I use the name Lollo Penna, I use the name Vittorio Bartoli, I use the name Ivan Buva. All things that in the economy of a series, with such a strong team, make the difference. These players in any regular season situation would not have played and this is clearly something that within the economy of a series with such a strong team you pay for.
There are no regrets because the truth is that those who had more tools, more quality, more strength, more talent moved forward with merit, there is not much to regret. It’s sad that the season is ending, because when the season ends it’s always sad, but honestly we went out at the hands of a team against which it wasn’t easy to find a countermeasure, so credit to them. We haven’t taken a step back. We didn’t have a stable match but it wasn’t easy to play a stable match either, this is the very simple summary. Those who saw it had the opportunity to evaluate the strength of the two teams and the impact that a team with this quality and quantity can consistently make on the field.”
