Vigevano is looking for the coup in the Cividale Mercante house: “They are not unbeatable, believe us”

Tonight match2 again at PalaGesteco, the ducal winger loads his team: “We can do it, if we improve the shooting percentages”

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With 19 points scored and three consecutive bombs that made Cividale tremble, Jacopo Mercante was the MVP of race 1, the player who more than any other allowed Vigevano to remain attached to the Friulian train in race 1 until the end. . Elachem then lost by 13 points, a gap dug only in the final by Gesteco, but managed to return twice from the breaks placed by the hosts.

Confidence grows

In one of the two comebacks, a fundamental role was played by the 32-year-old ducal winger, who put in three baskets from distance, one after the other. The former player from Cremona said he was convinced from the beginning that the match against Cividale was within Vigevano’s reach and after a match played head to head until the end his conviction and confidence grow for the rest of the series. «We had seen from the results with Bergamo that our opponents were not unbeatable – underlines Mercante. We took the field with the intention of putting a spoke in the wheel of their schemes. But what didn’t work was our shooting percentages. When 41 three-point shots are made and 10 are scored, it is objectively difficult to win. They were all open pitches with our feet on the ground, we could and should have done better ». It is not the first time that in these play offs Vigevano “hole” in game 1 with mediocre shooting percentages. It happened both with Desio in the quarter-finals and with San Vendemiano in the semifinal series. «The first games of the playoffs are a story unto themselves – observes the Vigevano winger – both because of the tension, the fiery climate and the hands on the opponents. We have had lower percentages every time, but we don’t make a big deal out of it ».

Having forgotten the match lost on Sunday, Vigevano is ready to start again this evening again in the Cividale den, where it will look for the coup to impact the series (duo at 21). “Now we must try to fix the situation – warns Mercante – But even in the event of another defeat, we will not have to be discouraged, because from Friday we will return to Vigevano, where I am sure we will find a complete PalaBasletta with a lot of fans to support us. . As always, our thanks go to those who followed us also on the road ». Game 3 is scheduled for Friday evening in the Vigevano building, which will also host the eventual game 4, on Sunday with a duo at 6 pm, while for the beautiful one it would return to PalaGesteco on Wednesday 22. –