Tuscania through difficulties to take game 1

When captain Ottaviani scored the winning point, the seismographs of the Bolsena lake will have gone crazy just like for an earthquake. And we had not seen coach Tofoli jump for joy like that since the World Championships 1994. This quarter-final game 1 has been incredibly tough, but pushed by a sold-out crowd, Tuscania found a way through in the tie-break. And how crucial that was. A loss would have meant the team would have had to win at all cost in Siena on Wednesday to stay alive. Now, after this battle that lasted over two hours, Tofoli’s boys will travel to Tuscany with a chance to qualify for the semi-finals.