Pavia, Corral ready for the decisive matches “Let’s raise the bar”

Tomorrow match 1 of the semifinal against the Tuscans of S. Miniato “They play hard, but we are a real team”

PAVIA

On the road that leads Riso Scotti to game 1 of the play off semifinal in San Miniato (tomorrow at 6pm), the presence of the center Diego Corral is an important factor. The Argentine pivot had made a tear of one and a half centimeters on Sunday 1 May in the home match against Oleggio. The absence of him worried in view of the challenge with the Gemini Mestre of the long Bortolin, but behind the scenes Corral worked hard, in the hands of Dr. Claudio Pavesi first of all, of Fisiosport later and finally of the athletic trainer Alessio Firullo. Corral came to race 5 with an extraordinary recovery and was decisive for the victory.

“I’M READY”

“I made myself available – explains Diego, 35 – it’s the least I could do, since I’m a professional who is an integral part of a team that is first of all a united group that has grown to overcome the quarter-finals. play off. The work that Dr. Perotti and Professor Pavesi did was important, then the sessions at Fisiosport, with Giovanni Gallotti, but also thanks to Roberta Milanesi who in the pool explained to me what I should and shouldn’t do, coordinated by Angela Scariato. Finally Alessio Firullo who worked and works on the athletic condition, to let me recover from that side too. I have to thank them and do my best ». The focus is now on San Miniato. The team will start this afternoon at 3 pm, shooting tomorrow morning and playing on Sunday. «In Tuscany we will have to be even tougher than in race 5 in Mestre – Corral underlines – the stakes are the final, so it is an even more important series. We have to raise the bar and be ready. The Tuscans played very hard and aggressive throughout the championship, finishing first in the regular season. To play against these teams it is necessary to balance their intensity, also taking advantage of the fact that in these playoffs our bench is long. There are nine of us who have touched the pitch in this series and we are ready to repeat ourselves ». Corral since playing in Serie B has always played in the playoffs, in any team he has played. «We must always raise the bar – comments Corral – the teams that face each other going forward are always stronger, so we must be ready to take a step further because a hard and intense series awaits us and the physical energies wane. Personally I am very happy because every single athlete does something for the team, from what he plays 35 ‘to what he doesn’t play. Making yourself available to the team is fundamental, leaving the self aside for us and this also applies to those who, like Birra, have never entered. He lives for the team, he is always standing on the bench, cheering on his teammates with a shout or a positive word. This is very important if we want to go another path in the playoffs. We have to go to Tuscany and try to win them both ». –