Basketball Serie B. Andrea Tassinari, guide of Sanve, after the elimination with Fabriano
The protagonist
It is difficult to remember a series of play-offs full of twists and turns in the face like the one between Rucker and Fabriano. Sanve comes out defeated, but for the boys of coach Mian there are only applause from all the insiders; Andrea Scanzi also praises Rucker as «a very tough opponent, one of the toughest series of my career». One of the opponents that the player from the Marches will remember is the equal role Andrea Tassinari.
At 14 minutes to the end on +19 what happened?
«Fabriano has certainly proved to be a very strong team. All of us would have signed up to game 5, no matter how, we would have signed anyway. After Ruvo we thought we had found that something we were missing, but then the ghosts came out and I find it hard to give me an explanation, no one on the bus could give it to themselves ».
What did the coach say to you at the end of the game?
«He is not one who usually talks after the match, but after Game 5 he told us that it will depend on us if this defeat has been useless or if it will serve us individually as a lesson for the near future and for the challenges to come. He thanked us for what we taught him and I personally, but also on behalf of the whole team, thank him because it has not been an easy year: we have had injuries, the specter of Covid, difficult moments, and he is always there. state. I remember that he and I also found fault in Cividale and from that episode we changed the season and went straight on the same path ».
At the end of the game, is there anyone who struggled to hold back their emotions?
«Obviously we were all very sorry, especially the younger ones like Nicoli. The only person I remember is Giordano whom I saw crying, I instinctively felt like hugging him and I started crying too ».
Returning to game 4 there was a moment in which he pointed out an error to the referee and returned the throw-in to Fabriano. A gesture that is not often seen.
“It was a gesture made at a time when we had inertia, but in any case there were still 6 minutes left in the game so there was still a lot of it, then honestly it seemed too obvious as a mistake and if it had been a ball that I wasn’t sure to have touched or could have touched an opponent I would have trusted the referee’s whistle, but I knew that the throw-in was from Fabriano and I had no doubts about what was right to do ».
Are you already thinking about next season?
“I’ll talk to the company in a week or two. I don’t know what their intentions are with me, but if I were to stay in San Vendemiano I would be very happy. Making you a list of the people I should thank would take an hour away. “
Serie C Gold. The one that annihilated Lugo on Wednesday is perhaps the best Calorflex seen this year, but there are still two games left to be sure of the F4s. The opponent of the day is Virtus Imola who leads the standings. Two-ball Sunday at 6pm –
Giacomo Tessaro