One will go to the semi-final, where Grottazzolina awaits them, the other will begin their journey in the Italian Cup, starting from the match against Aversa. Consar Ravenna and Tinet Prata have reached the fateful turning point of their season. Tomorrow, at Pala Costa, at 6pm (free live on Volleyballworld TV and deferred on Tuesday 9 April at 3pm on TR Sport channel 78) 3 of the quarter-finals of the A2 playoffs will be played.
“It’s an important match but we’re playing it at home and we know we can count on our fans – comments Alessandro Bovolenta, the opposite number of Consar Ravenna -: we’re excited and calm, we’ve done an intense week of work, training hard and we can’t wait to get on the field. We want to get through the round and play in the semi-final, so we will give everything.”
It is the seventh match in two seasons between the two teams, and the balance is in perfect parity: 3 victories each. The progress of game 2 reiterated this balance of results but also confirmed that Consar can go beyond the Friulian obstacle, especially considering the excellent performance of the first match of these playoffs, which saw Goi’s best performance of the season and companions.
“If we play our game, if we express the volleyball that we are capable of playing and keep them under pressure we have all it takes to win this match. We must have more moments of our own and control the match as much as possible”, is the analysis of Bovolenta, who then returns to the outcome of match 2, with a success that slipped out of hand when it seemed to have been grasped.
“We reviewed that match carefully during the week. We must give credit to Prata for having started to play very well at bat and in reception at a certain point, he put us under pressure, we slowed down a bit on the ball change and Prata continued to express himself well and in the end they were more good.” A lesson that Consar will be able to take advantage of. “We will have to have more head, more malice and determination than them, but above all it will be the ability to use our head that will make the difference”.
This match will be refereed by Serena Salvati from Rome and Michele Marotta from Prato. The Pala Costa ticket office will open at 4.30pm.