«It’s a devastating blow. We are 2-0 for them having started the final at home. But we have to try to reset and go all out in Trieste.” Cantù’s captain, Filippo Baldi Rossi, is in pieces after game 2. A match played better than game 1, in which the elements that had also reopened the first match were not missing. But Trieste’s great consistency once again made the difference. «Perhaps – explains the captain – there was a lack of clarity in the final 5′. In the last quarter we threw everything on the field, but we were conditioned by the four fouls called in one minute: it was clear that at that point they were throwing themselves inside looking for contact to go to the line.”
Once again, the defense helped us recover: «We proposed an extreme defense on everyone, rotating and changing on all roles. A bit of clarity was missing but, allow me, no one backed down. We gave everything and when we took the lead, they pushed us.”
Even in game 2, a lot was conceded in the first quarter: «True, but the gap was mended immediately. We play against a team that doesn’t forgive anything and that knows how to exploit every centimeter given to them. Let’s say that we had some excellent flashes, but they have an offensive consistency which, at this moment, is absolutely decisive.”
The mood is very dark: «I am devastated, because like everyone I care so much. We showed that we could compete, but they were a little better than us. The referees? Let’s think about ourselves and the away trip, I only allowed myself to defend the team in some tense moments, but without getting to the coach.”
