Basketball Serie B, the Estense winger returns to the latest defeat: "We hope it can have the same effect as the defeat with Pordenone: from there a streak of nine victories began". Adamant, Solaroli looks ahead: "Let's get back down to earth"

There is a desire to start again and put aside the Defeat of Iseo in house Adamant, with the white and blues called to redeem themselves on Sunday in the den of Mantova to relaunch themselves in the standings after two consecutive away defeats, interspersed with a home victory against Social Osa. "The defeat in Iseo represents a low blow compared to our path - the words of the winger Manuel Solaroli –, we knew it was an important match and we had also approached it as such. In the first twenty minutes we managed to control the pace, then a disastrous third quarter condemned us: we didn't react, it was certainly a missed opportunity given the defeat of Pordenone at the top. Clearly the spirits were not the best at the end of the match, as at the beginning of this week, but we talked among ourselves, with the staff and with the management, and we know that every weekend there is an opportunity to make up for it. Nothing is lost, it is true that we are now third, but it doesn't mean anything, we still have six games ahead of us to get in the best possible position for the playoffs. Certainly this defeat brought us back down to earth, but I don't think it demoralized us, when you get hurt you always want to get back up: we hope it can have the same effect as the defeat with Pordenone at the end of the year, from which the streak of nine consecutive victories began".

Ferrara will be awaited this weekend by another complicated away match, the third in two weeks, on the pitch of a Mantova who in front of their own fans just beat the former league leaders Pordenone, proving to be a tough team to beat in their own fortress. The feeling is that it will be a dirty and mean game, because already in the first leg the Stings proved to be a very physical team, which relies a lot on the offensive talent of Verri and Boudet, "hitting" in defense and dirtying any passing line. Adamant will have to shake off the waste of the Iseo game and return to grinding out its game made of counterattacks and high rhythms, which had led it to scare everyone in the first two months of 2025. It's time to turn around again, to arrive in the best possible way to the playoff.

Jacopo Cavallini