Day of rest for Sir Susa Vim Perugia.
Having returned from the trip to Trento in the evening, the Block Devils benefit from 24 hours of recovery today with the return to work at PalaBarton scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Yesterday’s defeat at Itas Trentino, which came at the end of a hard-fought match, led to coach Soli’s men being overtaken in the standings with the Bianconeri now second with a gap of one point when only one player is missing from the halfway point of the Super League. shift, that of December 26th. Perugia at home against Milan will try to overtake, however, they are no longer in control of their own destiny with Trento who, with any victory in Padua, would maintain first place. The Block Devils, on the other hand, are already certain of at least second place in the Italian Cup grid because Piacenza, third in the standings, three points behind the Bianconeri, would remain behind due to fewer victories even in the event of a catch in the standings.
Returning to yesterday’s match, there are conflicting feelings at Sir Susa Vim. The team certainly played its game, which for large stretches lived on the edge of balance, but at the same time it missed some favorable opportunities in key moments of the sets which, net of Trento’s merits, could have given another turn to the race.
The analysis of the Juventus coach Angelo Lorenzetti is very clear in this sense.
“The final score says that we fought, but the attitude on the pitch was not what we had prepared. This was an important match that makes us swim in the “sea of normal” both on an individual and team level. There were opportunities, I think of the first set and I think of the fourth in which Michieletto’s serves sewed up the break advantage we had, but then we had two balls to score a point played with little malice and little clarity. We were certainly attached to the match, but throughout the match we were not what we needed to be for such an important match. These episodes and these drops in tension are worth analyzing because there could be something there, but a game like this must be played in another way. It’s clear that if I wasn’t able to convey this, it’s my fault first and foremost, but it can be an important day because it can make us understand things. We are in a bit of an emergency, it doesn’t mean that we lost because of this, but it means that, when there is the possibility of scoring points, we have to score them because then we don’t know if this emergency will increase.”
