“It was really bad: we are good at straightening it”

SAN DONÀ DI PIAVE

“We straightened out a game that was going pretty badly.” The team manager Alessio Bortoluzzi makes his debut like this, at the end of the 3-2 trimmed at San Donà. «A San Donà who», he specifies, «had to do without a central head office and the opposite. That said, the opponents played a really good game. They have a really good setter, Merlo in attack has put down an infinite number of balls (26, ed) and immediately put us in trouble. We had a wrong approach, struggling against opponents who have a very high level in defense and reception ».

But then…

«Then we were good at regaining our dimension, we were more effective in serving and so we put more pressure on them in reception. Once this thing was settled, the match was channeled on point to point and in the decisive moments we made the right choices ».

Was this the keystone of victory?

«Yes, when you get there to win the set it almost becomes a struggle of nerves and you have to be good at keeping calm. We have succeeded. We faced a team that can count on a young and carefree team. But it goes without saying that if San Donà had had all the staff available, perhaps he would have developed a game a little more robust. Luckily, we won once in the tie-break. For the joy of… ».

Of? «By the athletic trainer Sergio Sartori. It is also thanks to him that in the fifth set we manage to keep our clarity and make the right choices. And this year we have played a lot of tie-breaks… ». –

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