The stop comes for Conad Reggio Emilia also in Pineto, where Fanuli’s boys suffer a 3-0 defeat, slipping to eleventh place, just three points from the relegation zone.
After yesterday’s defeat, three teams are tied: Reggio Emilia, Pineto and Aversa, who are placed respectively in eleventh, tenth and ninth place with 22 points. Sale Castellana Grotte, which wins 3-0 against Santa Croce and is close to -3, while for Ortona there is nothing to do: it loses in the tie-break in Cantù and remains -5 behind Conad. Now come two consecutive home matches for Reggio, where it will be essential to get a result for salvation.
Andrea Gasparini, spiker for Conad, yesterday as opposite player, comments on the match: “It was a shame, we had a proactive attitude and attitude, we always stuck to the point and never gave up, in the end they got the better of it , who expressed themselves better in some fundamentals. Maybe we deserved something more, but now we have to work hard to do well in the next two days at home.”
Lorenzo Sperotto, director from Reggio Emilia, describes the match as a great battle: “Today we played on a very hot pitch, against an opponent who, like us, is fighting for survival and who at home were able to play on an equal footing with all the teams in the championship. I think today was a battle despite the 3-0 defeat, as confirmed by the partials that always saw us point-to-point. Looking to the future, two home matches await us in which we must and want to bring the positivity and unity that have characterized us in the last matches played, because I think this is the only way to get to the end.”
Coach Fanuli, first coach, closes: “I am very disappointed, like everyone else, about the result. We knew it would be very complicated to play in Pineto tonight; we however faced the match openly and with great attitude, and credit should be given to the boys for this. Unfortunately in the final stages of the set we were unable to capitalize on the opportunities and we paid for it. Now the final rush awaits us, with 4 games to face as 4 finals. Let’s just think about this.”
