Canceled the match on Saturday, now a South African will arrive: tickets are snapped up. Zatta: “Nobody could dream of it”
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Benetton is in the final. It will not be necessary to go to Swansea, the Ospreys have had three cases of Covid and on Saturday they cannot take the field. With the Rainbow Cup final set in Monigo on Saturday 19th (6.30 pm), there is no talk of recovery and at this point the four points of practice go to the Lions: at 22 they put the arrow on the Warriors and become unreachable for Munster (15) who will play in Parma tomorrow. The news of course already makes history and has already triggered the race to the ticket (more than half of the tickets available “burned”): in the first dry final of a European Cup in Treviso (in the past at Palaverde there were the Eurocup basketball Final Four , 2011 and of Champions women’s volleyball, 2017) there will be a trevigiana. It seems to dream. Maybe we all would have preferred to see it earned on the pitch, the qualification, but what can you say to a team that is traveling at full points after being resurrected from its ashes from the Pro 14? And then does it not say that fate returns what it takes away? Think of that defeat against Agen which, again due to Covid, risked ousting Treviso from the Cup. Now Benetton is waiting to know who they will face: on Saturday in South Africa there is a direct clash between Sharks and Blue Bulls.
“The fact that we qualified by winning at the table equalizes what we had suffered in the past – says president Amerino Zatta – then it is clear that we would have preferred to beat the Ospreys but unfortunately this year too we have to deal with Covid, we know. . The wheel turns, this time it went well for us ». President, do you already feel some emotion, some tension? “Not at the moment. The team now only has to focus on a final, a very important match where they can demonstrate their qualities. Probably the Bulls will qualify and the favorites will be them, they have a lot of world champion players with the Springboks, until recently they played in Super 15. And having them in Monigo will be an honor for us, facing them will be even more so. We will try to play our game as best we can, but having already achieved this goal is a celebration for us. Nobody would have ever dreamed of it ». Benetton will present itself with three weeks of inactivity. «For sure, playing on Saturday they will have more rhythm in their legs, however we have no excuse: it is a straight match, we know that the South Africans are strong but we must not underestimate ourselves, we also have qualities. And not having the obligation to win, we will play with greater peace of mind putting everything we have on the field ».
At the moment there are 1000 tickets but it is expected to reach 25% of the capacity of the Monigo, that is about 1300-1400. The online presale is already active on sport.ticketone.it, in Monigo from Monday 14 to Friday 18, 6-8pm. Prices: Orange Sector C: 35 euros. Blue / Green Sectors A / B and East Grandstand: Full: 25 euros, Under 9 8 euros. Free access 0-6 years: reservations at 0422-324330. At least one of these three certificates must be presented at the entrance: rapid or molecular antigenic buffer within 48 hours of the event; the first dose of vaccine was administered at least 15 days before the event; recovery from Covid no later than 6 months prior to the event. –