The day after Game 1, the first act of the challenge with Piacenza that is worth a place in the Champions League for next season, the Block Devils are immediately looking to the next match, scheduled for this Saturday, May 3, at the PalaBanca Sport in Piacenza.
The Emilian team is a strong opponent and proved it on the court yesterday evening at the PalaBarton Energy, especially in the first set in which they were able to get back into the game after a gap that seemed to have already directed the fate of the set (22-15), until they took it to advantages and fought for every ball. According to Oleh Plotnytskyi, winning that first partial in advantages was an important key for the continuation of the match: «We are playing for a place in the Champions League next year so it is normal that you have to fight – commented the Juventus home spiker – Good that we won the first set: when we were too far ahead, we lost our concentration a bit and gave them a few points. Then very good that, in the point to point, we held a good sideout and we remained with the right head».
From a mental point of view, the team is focused on the objective and according to Plotnytskyi they should not look for “new motivations”, but work to improve:
«Mentally we are fine, we do not have to find motivations after the exit from the Semifinal because in any case we are playing for access to the Champions League for next year. We are working to add quality in the things that we have not done well».
