First of all; it was a good match: intense, with good shots, good defenses, some mistakes, between two teams who have had to deal with bad luck in this championship: Montalto Dora, who built for the top but paid a heavy tribute to bad luck, Mokavit Rosaltiora who had played the first leg with their full strength would now almost certainly be in calm waters.
Two teams that are unlikely to reach the playoffs one and the second to direct salvation but who gave life to a match that we like to symbolize with an adjective: correct. Both teams have always recognized an undetected block touch, a ball outside signaled inside or something else. It was also nice that Verbania’s opponents, above all Martina Vevey, an excellent player, often applauded the beautiful shots of the girls from Lake Como. After the match coach Alessandro Vallero he spared no compliments to the entire team from Verbano, applauding their opponents the moment the last ball fell. It may seem like something obvious; it is not: and so it is right to underline it.
The match: tough, with Verbania starting badly by going under, having a clear impact but equally clearly losing the third set, then snatching the fourth, bringing the match to a fifth set won justly. Seven wins in the last nine games with 18 points scored, a total in the standings of 31 points with two games still to play; yet this quota (which well symbolizes the competitiveness of the group, even in the fight for survival) still partial will probably not be enough to avoid the post season necessary to maintain salvation but until mathematics says the race continues, until the last ball. There will be time to talk about it if necessary.
“It was a match played well only at times against a team in emergency due to injuries but still well equipped and with excellent defensive skills – explains Fabrizio Balzano – I’m happy with the reactions in complicated moments and with having come back from 2-1 down for them and starting to play with the attention and determination that these matches require, which led us to win the match. Let’s continue with our work; objectively it is increasingly difficult to go from direct salvation but we have to believe in it and try until the mathematics sends us to the playouts and only then will we think about it.”
