Trento, 30 April 2024

Podrascanin to "RTTR Volley": "We will give everything to get to the top in Antalya"

Itas Trentino men's team captain Marko Podrascanin was the guest on the weekly episode of "RTTR Volley". Here are some of the most interesting passages of his interview conducted by Cristiana Chiarani.

MILAN. "Game 4 of the final for 3rd place was played better than the previous one and it was a pity not to be able to take Allianz at least to the tie break, which I think would have been the most just conclusion of a match in which we still fought until the end. We were ready to play at our highest level, but we didn't manage to reach at least game 5. We were coming from a bad period and we started to pick ourselves up right there; having said that, congratulations to Milan, who deserved to qualify for the Champions League and played very well. It grew progressively over the course of the series".

TOTAL FULL. "During these play-offs we have always been missing someone: first Sbertoli and then Lavia, but at least we started this week training with all the players in the squad and it was good and important because this had not happened for two months. And you could also see the difference in terms of energy and desire to do well. We know there are only a few days left until the end of the season and we want to leave everything on the field to try and conquer the last objective that still remains in front of us, the Champions League".

VOTE. "To our championship I want to give it a seven/eight, because despite everything we managed to be always protagonists, despite not reaching the Scudetto Final. The decisive match of the season, in my opinion, was game 3 of the semi-final against Monza; if we had managed to close the series on that occasion, ahead 2-0 and with Maar just returned, probably many things would have changed. There's no going back, but it's confirmation that in volleyball the Play Offs are a whole different thing compared to the regular season; last year it happened to Perugia, today to us".

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. "We are preparing in the gym and on video for Sunday's match against Jastrzebski Wegiel, who are the best Polish team, as they confirmed the previous weekend by winning the national championship final. We are familiar with most of the players on its roster, which plays modern volleyball, very fast and with few errors. Serving is definitely their most important fundamental; we are aware of their strength but we will want redemption and we will try to prove it on the court".

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