Do or die vs Piacenza!

There’s only one way to go on Wednesday night. It’s in or out against Piacenza in the Italian Cup quarter-finals. « I am not too worried with the type of preparation a do-or-die game involves – said coach Lorenzo Bernardi – We perfectly know how to face such encounter. We have players who took part in finals of Olympic Games, World League, European and World Championships. On the other hand, what we need to understand is that we can never lower our guards. We have to set our mind on one thing : that when you slow down just a little, the opponent takes over because it’s all very tight. If you don’t play well, you lose, and that has to make us think because on Wednesday the level will really go higher ».