Three points for trying to cling to hope and try to achieve the feat on the last day. He has no other choice Waterpolo Palermo That Saturday 27 April at 3pm welcomes Lazio to the Municipal Olympic swimming pool in Viale del Fante.
The challenge valid for the penultimate day of the regular season of the Southern group of the A2 men’s water polo championship is one not to be missed by the team coached by Mario Raimondo. The red and whites are third from last with 15 points while the Capitoline are the third force in the group with 36 points.
Distance in the rankings, however, no longer matters. Not if you want to win and hope for the simultaneous defeat of Acquachiara Ati 2000 which precedes the Sicilians in the standings by four points, hosted by Latina.
In fact, in the event of Acquachiara’s defeat and Waterpolo’s simultaneous success, the games for the conquest of ninth position which is worth direct salvation without going through the play outs would be reopened and postponed to the last day when the direct clash between the teams is expected two teams in the home of the Campania region which at that point would become decisive.
Raimondo, “We need to be more cynical up front”
Mario Raimondo analyzes the challenge with the ambitious and strong Lazio for the last home match of the regular season. “We will play against an organized team, healthy and eager to score points for a place in the play offs – he underlines – we should try to limit their counterattacks, lower the pace of the match, control their centers and we should be more cynical up front. In the last two games we created a lot but we weren’t good at exploiting the many opportunities”.
And he concludes: “The match is fundamental for many reasons. We must try to win in order to work better and with more enthusiasm, in the event of victory we can still hope for a possible direct salvation (but it no longer depends only on us) and if we are not saved directly we must try to place ourselves in third to last place”.
Serie A2 South group, matches of the 21st day
Saturday 27 April
- Sailing Swimming Ancona-Canottieri Napoli at 2.45pm
- Bricobross Arechi-Rari Nantes Auditore at 3pm
- Latina-Acquachiara Ati 2000 at 3pm
- Ischia Marine Club-Olympic Rome at 3pm
- Delta-Anzio Waterpolis sports club at 3pm
- Waterpolo Palermo-Lazio at 3pm
Classification
Canottieri Napoli 53 points; Rare Nantes Auditore 46; Lazio 36; Sailing Swimming Rome and Olympic Rome 34; Ischia Marine Club and Bricobros Arechi 32; Latin 31; Acquachiara Ati 19; Waterpolo Palermo 15; Anzio Waterpolis 10; Delta 2 sports hall.
