Regular season and Challenge Cup over, it’s time for playoffs for fifth place, worth a place in Europe. In the quarter-finals, Latina will be up against the Italian Champions of Trento.

“We knew we were facing a difficult season given the fact we were playing both the league and the European cup – said Gianluca Martini – The players have been under a great deal of stress and we worked to prevent physical problems. Some injuries, however, cannot be avoided, like the ones that occurred to Noda, Candellaro and Gitto this year, especially in a sport in which the jump is the basis of it all”.