Segrate has seven lives like cats. It used one of these yesterday night in the tie-break of semi-final game 4 against Segrate when Eccheli’s boys saved two match point before clinching it 18-16.

“We played two games in one – said coach Eccheli – the first against Castellana A and the second against Castellana B, and the second one was clearly stronger than the first. We could not stop the players that Di Pinto had sent on, Tavares in particular, we did not know how to stop him and had not been able to study him on video. But we won it with our heart”.

“We played better than on Wednesday – said Van den Dries – and we clinched a great win for the fans and club. We had ups and downs like in the whole season, but now we’re going there for game 5 hoping to play again at home”.