Third consecutive victory for Passalacqua Ragusa, which confirms its good form and gains another two precious points in the standings. Live on Rai, finally with all 10 players at their disposal, Lino Lardo’s team, however, is forced to win it twice. After being ahead with the maximum advantage of 33-17, in fact, the Romans caught up with the home team in the third quarter, even putting their noses ahead. It takes an excellent fourth quarter to definitively overcome their opponents.
First quarter of substantial balance, with Ragusa relying on the good initial verve of Thomas who shoots from three straight away, then the two teams essentially travel evenly in the first ten of the match. Second quarter the home team revs up with Milazzo and Juskaite and the first break arrives, 27-14 at 6′ 44′ from the long interval and the maximum lead achieved. Second quarter that ends with Ragusa ahead by 10 points: 35-25. In the third quarter Roma changes face
ia, Ragusa is timid in attack and scores just 5 points in 10 minutes. The advantage also arrives for the capital team who with Romeo scores a triple of 40-41 at the penultimate siren. Reversal in front again in the fourth quarter with Jakubcova at the start of the fourth quarter with three points bringing Ragusa back to +2, then Milazzo again with three and Jakubcova again for 49-43. Roma put in their maximum effort in the third half and are starting to run out of energy. The inertia of the match is all for Lino Lardo’s team. Pastrello scores a triple for the new +10 (56-46) with 3′ left, then Ragusa goes all out and wins the match 59-49. “Well done to Roma who lacked Dongue and had poor rotations – says coach Lino Lardo at the end of the match – it wasn’t easy to interpret the match, in fact we struggled in attack, then even in moments of difficulty we were good at recovering and we found an excellent Silvia Pastrello, who gave us great energy when needed as did all the others. We hope to have left the most difficult moment behind us and to be able to return to training with all the players.”