The A2 championship enters its most exciting phase, and Consoli Sferc is ready to honor the growth path that saw them finish the Regular Season in second place with the best record in the second half of the season. Eight teams are competing for promotion, but only one will make the jump to the Superleague. Cavuto and his teammates face seventh-place Banca Fisiomed Macerata at the San Filippo stadium on Sunday, aiming to maximize home advantage ahead of Game 2, which will be played on Wednesday the 15th in the Marche region.
The formula rewards the first team to win two games, and in the playoff series, everyone starts from scratch: this must be kept in mind so as not to underestimate any opponent. The visitors enter this postseason rested, feeling lighthearted after achieving a result beyond expectations, and have nothing to lose. They ended the season on a high and know how to be tough, as demonstrated by the defeats inflicted on Pineto and Ravenna and the tie-break lost to San Filippo. The score against Brescia is currently in the Tucani’s favor, with six wins from as many matches in A2, and coach Giannini’s roster will come to town to try to pull off a coup and then play it out at home in Game 2.
A courageous match is needed, free from uncertainty and hesitation, as Roberto Cominetti emphasizes: “We’re coming into these playoffs after the Super Cup defeat, which we’re still reeling from. The best way to overcome the disappointment is to get back to playing immediately, remembering that that was a one-off game, while this is a series. Game 1 will be crucial for our postseason journey; it will be a delicate match precisely because it must reconnect us with the best version of ourselves that wasn’t expressed in Pineto. The final, however, served as a training ground for the tension that accompanies tough matches, and we know that Macerata will be one of those. We won’t underestimate them: they have good individual players and play without worries, and we haven’t forgotten our value and the journey we’ve made in season. We’ll take the field with this awareness, playing well to get back to winning ways.”
