Match 2 of the National Serie B Playoff Finals is scheduled for Tuesday 4 June: Fabo Herons Montecatini-Del Fes Avellino, in Board 1, at 1-0 for the Tuscans, and Liofilchem Roseto-Akern Libertas Livorno, in Board 2, with the Abruzzo team leading 1-0. Both series are best of 5 games: alternating home-home-away-away-home. The two winners will be promoted to Serie A2.
FABO HERONS MONTECATINI – FROM FES AVELLINO
Where: PalaTerme, Montecatini Terme (Pt)
When: Tuesday 4 June, 9.00pm
Referees: Settepanella, Barbieri Series: 1-0 Herons Montecatini
Live for subscribers on LNP Pass: https://tinyurl.com/3utwc27x
HERONS MONTECATINI HERE
Federico Barsotti (coach) – “We must not fall into the technical traps of our opponents. We’ll fix a couple of things. We can do much better, we need to exploit our qualities, even considering that we have a very high level opponent ahead of us. With the rossoblù people taking us by the hand we are not afraid of anything.”
Josè Alberto Benites (player) – “We want to give more joy to Montecatini, which welcomed us with an incredible crowd, the people really gave us a good boost. Let’s think about one match at a time, Avellino demonstrated that it deserved the final, it put us in difficulty with both technical and choral qualities.”
Notes – The aim is for the recovery of Giorgio Sgobba, who has been out for 10 days with a sprained knee, he could return to doing so for a few minutes and would be an important tactical weapon. After the record number of spectators in game 1 (2400 present) there will certainly be the public for special occasions, strictly in white as required by the dress code of the spa fans in the finals. Media – Live streaming on the LNP Pass platform for season ticket holders (season tickets can be purchased via the website www.legapallacanestro.com). Real-time updates of the match through the official social channels of Herons Basket Montecatini (Instagram and Facebook). Live streaming commentary on the pistoiasport.it website.
HERE FROM FES AVELLINO
Alessandro Crotti (coach) – “In game 1 we made mistakes in the details, we played a good game, but in the most important moment we fell apart. Rebound lost, foul not spent. Montecatini was better in the decisive moments. We should have had more patience in attack. The first race of this series helped us learn to be more cynical. Over the course of the series there will be a lot of tactics, we’ll see from race 2 what can change.”
Aleksa Nikolic (player) – “In game 1 we certainly played an excellent match and as the coach underlined, we should have done better in the end. Let’s learn from our mistakes so we can be more attentive during this series, starting with tomorrow night’s race (Tuesday, ed.). We showed that we can play on equal terms against a very strong opponent.”
Notes – The condition of Miha Vasl, who came off with an ankle injury at the end of game 1, needs to be tested. Media – Sunday’s match will be broadcast live in streaming (for a fee) on LNP Pass. Updates at the end of each quarter will be published on the official social profiles, Facebook and Instagram, of Del Fes Avellino.
