Regrets, because defeats of this type always leave them, but also awareness of one’s means and absolute determination to look forward with optimism. The post-San Giustino is bittersweet for Gabbiano Farmamed Mantova, which resumes training this evening at the Palasguaitzer in view of Sunday’s match (6pm) on the very uncomfortable parquet of Negrini CTE Acqui Terme, the current second strength of the tournament.
«If I think back to the match and how it took place – analyzes spiker Roberto Pinali, used on Sunday as opposite and scorer of 18 points – I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we deserved to win. We really got close, then Cappelletti went into bat and the finale took a different turn. We were also a bit unlucky I think.”
In any case, the glass is half full for Pinali: «If I have to make an overall assessment, I think we played a good match. The whole bench gave its contribution in a situation that was complicated from the start. Maybe we relaxed for a moment in the third set after the outcome of the second, but we attacked and blocked better than San Giustino. We needed some more defense and some more precise reconstruction.”
