The press conference after NPC Rieti-Bertram Derthona
Thus coach Ramondino at the end of the match: ʺCongratulations to Rieti for the victory, deserved for the time in which they played better than us. Ours was an undisciplined match, made up of many mistakes: in some moments it took very little to get us out of the match. When you have the feeling of always being behind the opponent's choices, you develop the idea that every possession is decisive: when this happens for twenty-five minutes you arrive worn out at the final stages of the match. Any unjustified absence affects the progress of the match: as happened during the pre-season, Gaines had problems with fouls and it will be up to us coaches to make him contain his reactions in some moments of the match. Rieti is a team that, with the exception perhaps of the match against Treviglio, has control of the match and the ability to find the correct solutions and the players to involve: this is a great merit because, even in moments of difficulty, it has the clarity of be effective and limit the opponents' first offensive options. The failure to pursue second and third options during an action combined the merits of Rieti and our inability to go beyond the first choicesʺ.
