A1 F - Cosma TM Group Vela Ancona on Saturday in Padua

Fifth round of the championship for the doric team coached by Milko Pace, and an away match in Padua in search of the performance that was missing in the last game against Brizz, and the first points of the season, a mission impossible at the home of the very strong team from Padua. Yet the Cosma team has the obligation to believe, to regroup after the defeat against Brizz which followed two narrow losses in which the team seemed to have shown signs of being on the right track. Now a new challenge, albeit an uneven one, in which Vela Ancona must give its all to try to react to the current not-so-positive moment, with a clear standings that speak volumes: "Last Saturday we suffered a blackout between the second and third quarter, very serious, because we also conceded a heavy partial score - explains coach Milko Pace. We reviewed the game with the girls, and we will try not to repeat those mistakes. We exposed ourselves to a more experienced and faster team than us, which made it easy for them to win. In the upcoming games, we will have to understand if we are the team from Cosenza or the one from last Saturday against Brizz." This week the team is working hard to be ready for the Padua match: "We continue to work on athleticism and fitness, as well as reading situations and counterattacks, which we managed very poorly last Saturday - coach Pace continues -. And a lot of motivational work with the girls. Because now there's Padua, the top team in Italian water polo. The current standings are quite deceptive, they have played against the top four teams, but they are coming from a positive Cup round, last year they reached the championship final. We will face a top-tier team, with great experience, which I greatly respect. It's one of those matches where we have to show that we are proud to participate in this championship, demonstrate who we are, play our water polo, make life as difficult as possible for Padua, learn from every situation and grow. Another test to gain experience and minutes at a high level."

Giuseppe Poli
Press Office Vela Nuoto Ancona
Photo: a moment from Cosma-Brizz last Saturday with the doric player Andreoni in goal