The opening of the Lions amazed everyone with the performance of Montpellier «The quarters? They don’t save the year. The future? Maybe in the Premiership »
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It will take some time for Benetton to dispose of the disappointment of not being in the Challenge semifinals: in the year of zero victories in Pro 14, the European Cup brought the only satisfactions, but also the regret of not having exploited a chance that who knows if it will reappear. The opening Paolo Garbisi is the spokesman for the regrets of an entire team: «I have disposed of my regrets a little, but not all of them, because not playing this weekend we can’t even think about the next one».
But what exactly did you miss in Montpellier?
«The concreteness. The French were good because they took advantage of the opportunities we gave them, we are good at creating the opportunities to score, unfortunately we didn’t realize them. This is the detail that penalized us ».
Maybe late, but now you play it with everyone.
«The goal is this. After a long time with the return of us blues, we are all here: net of injuries, there are no more excuses for not expressing ourselves at our best and falling below certain standards ».
With a full Benetton, the Pro 14 would have done very differently.
“The Pro 14 was very negative: the quarters in Challenge do not save the season, now you have to work hard to do well in the Rainbow Cup trying in some way to redeem a year which, however, I repeat, had certain expectations that were not met. . The goal is to win as many games as possible, now we really don’t have any more excuses. At the moment Rainbow is confirmed, we hope to have the opportunity to play, it would be an interesting experience ».
He scored 22 points in Montpellier, you have already gone to the national team in half: do you already feel like a leader at the age of 20?
“Honestly no, in Benetton there are people who are more experienced and older than me, even if my role leads me to have responsibilities. In any case it is a question that I cannot answer, if anything, ask it to my companions ».
What if an offer arrives from abroad?
«I would evaluate it very carefully: in my projects there is the will to have new experiences. And if I really have to choose, I’d like to go play in the Premiership. It is clear, however, that at the moment I am a Benetton player and I am happy with where I am ». –