POST GAME INTERVIEWS - BORTOLAMI AND BERGAMASCO

After his shoulder injury suffered with the Italian national team on their tour of Argentina in June 2012, the Padua born lock had to undergo three surgeries to recover to full fitness. It's been seven months since his injury, months in which Bortolami - who has 94 appearances for Italy including 38 as captain - has always shown great tenacity and desire to return to play.

For him, the field is now called Stadio XXV Aprile and the main stage is RaboDirect PRO12 which Bortolami found yesterday for his first ever match with the black&white striped jersey of Zebras, in their 20-36 defeat by the Scots Glasgow Warriors in Parma. Announced starting from the bench, after the weekend flu that ruled out his second row colleague Sole, Marco dressed "his" number 5 jersey and has taken the field from the first minute. 53 minutes played in the match, and many good things seen in the field, especially in his specialty: the lineout where he managed to steal some throws : one of them in the Italians' 22 meters area at the end of the first half of the game.

Here are his impressions after the game: "Unfortunately, in the end we stock, but also the first half many of their points have been given by us. We must learn to be more cynical, gathering more and giving less opportunities that yesterday have been exploited by the Warriors to punish us.

"I was a bit tense but focused: I did not think about the physical impact. It 's nice to find the field back in action, to have a good time true rugby and leave the field satisfied. I'll have to put minutes on my legs to return to 100%, though the road is the right one. I will try to give my contribution in the rest of the season, we have to work because the victory is not far away but it never happens by chance: we must roll up our sleeves and work hard.

"Glasgow has proven to be a team of high ranking and played static phases of a good standard. After having suffered a bit 'at the beginning, we have taken the necessary measures. The mistakes we make in our 22 area when we recover the ball punish us too harshly, we should try to eliminate them. "

The same opinion has his team mate Mauro Bergamasco, captain for the second time of his Zebras after taking by first the locker room exit in the Heineken Cup game in Galway against Connacht three weeks ago: "The difference in the second half was given by the discipline that has seen players with too many negative punishment awarded. We lost lucidity in some stages of the game even though we were present in both attack and defense. This has given Glasgow to be in a position to take advantage of the territorial advantage.

"It was a game that began well with a positive attitude in harnessing their errors: an indispensable factor at this high level. I think the result isn't correct with respect to the quality of the two teams. With more attention it would have been different and maybe in our favour.

"They are a complete team, physical and very fast on the outside. On the rucks we were late, isolating often on our attacks slowing the pace of the game. When we attacked wisely and according to the rugby we like to propose we were dangerous and really in territorial progress.

"We must get to the end of the process offensive and score tries, today we have not done in every opportunity. The return of Bortolami is extremely positive both in-game than in the static stages of conquest, he is our captain. Today Marco was positive and the future returns of internationals will get back a group that has always enthusiasm to move forward and be able to achieve our goals. "