Olimpia Castello: Double training on Easter Monday after defeat in Pescara

The climate is anything but idyllic at homeOlimpia Castello in view of the last 40 minutes of the play in Out of Interregional (Conference Center), with the team of coaches Mauro Zappi forced to train twice on the day of Easter Monday at the request of the coach himself after the bad defeat in Pescara: all things considered, a sort of punishment to send a signal to a club that has given so much this season.

However, to understand its effects we will have to wait until Sunday, at 18 pm, when Viale Terme will arrive Mondragone for the last day of the play in: at that point the third and final phase will open for the Castellani playout to maintain the category.

Coach, what is the mood in the team after the defeat against the bottom team in the group?

"We met on Easter Monday morning at 9am to train, followed by the 17pm one: I think that after the embarrassing and annoying game we played in Pescara, this was the bare minimum. It was a good thing that we didn't train on Easter evening. But it seemed right to me out of respect for those who make sacrifices to bring this team forward in this championship: our club".

Did injuries still have an impact or is there something else?

"We have to be honest because that's my way of doing things: when there was something to say that this team deserved compliments I was the first to do it. Then it's true that we played for a long time without Alessandro Grotti, still out, and this changes the perspectives compared to the team that was imagined at the beginning of the year. But when we put in performances like in Pescara, my personality forces me to tell the truth, uncomfortable and ugly as it may be".

How do you feel with 40 minutes to go in the second play-in phase?

"My mood is black to the tenth power. I am disappointed by the attitude, by the lack of mental strength, by not being able to give continuity to the good things we do: it is a case of kicking the bucket after having milked the cow".

Every time he raised his voice, the team reacted, don't you think?

"I hope someone has looked in the mirror to understand what to do from here to the end. I want to save myself and I hope that 10 other people have the same motivation."

Mondragone arrives on Sunday, second to last in the standings. How are you physically?

"We're doing fine, except for a few ailments. Apart from that, we have a chance to do well in the last match of the second phase, but I find it superfluous."

Why?

"I don't know if we are a team that has to look at the position, but rather a team that has to look inside itself and understand what it wants from here to the end. We have shown that we know how to do, but also how to undo. This is the big question that will accompany me until the end of May".