Marco Fenoglio (coach Altotevere San Giustino): “This will be a difficult and tight game. We’ll have to fight for every point during the whole game. They will play with anger, they have top quality players, who can change the course of a game at any time. We should not be deceived by the recent results, this will be a tough game, anything could happen, we’ll need maximum focus. You cannot afford to be distracted in these kind of games. Having said that, we have to play without fear. We have proved of late that we could give a game to many A1 team, even top quality ones, we just have to put in practice all the good things done in training, stay composed and believe in ourselves, if we do so the results will come. We are a good team, a solid group, both physically and athletically, we can make it hard for anyone. I’m sure we’ll get some good results”.
Francesco Prestinenzi (Sport director Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “San Giustino was not rated very high initially but they became a good team that never gives up, they believe in themselves, especially at home, they make life very hard for their opponents. I think our priority must be to find our rhythm again, then we’ll think about how to contain the opponents. The team is physically in great shape, we don’t have any particular physical problems, everyone gets along, there are no problems inside the group. We just have to start playing again and especially stop being afraid to lose. We have to find our confidence, there are no worse opponent than fear, especially where there are no reasons for it to exist”.
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