Coach Devis Cagnardi’s comments in the press conference after the fourth match of the series between Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù and Udine.
“We are very happy. We are in the final, where we wanted to be. From a technical point of view I don’t feel like commenting on the match, other than that we had an excellent approach and escaped very well after two quarters played really well. In the third quarter, however, our opponents reacted. We won it, then lost it, then won it again. It was a really difficult match, because there were some emotional moments within the match that could have closed it both in our favor and in theirs. This didn’t happen because today we were a very cohesive team. I thank my players because they made an incredible effort to bring it home. We didn’t want to go to Game 5 and be able to have a week to face the finals. It’s a bit presumptuous, I know, but we had the mental strength to try. He also told us well in certain moments, because clearly that is also needed to win a match like this.
I congratulate Udine as a club, as a team, as a technical staff and as a public.
We won it for us, throughout the season we had, it wasn’t easy but the work isn’t finished and we want to be determined to make this championship ours. Today we won also for our fans who were not present. They have always accompanied us everywhere, even on the most difficult trips and during midweek shifts. It is right to dedicate this victory to them too. And I dedicate this reaching the finals to my club.”
