Today at 20 the friendly of the Lions. The biancoceleste jersey has also been launched The new head coach: “The boys can’t wait, the English are very tough”
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New head coach, new jersey, new Lions. Here they are again: it was June 20 when we saw them for the last time, the day they raised the Rainbow Cup snatched from the South African Bulls to the sky in Monigo. And we always start again on friendly grass tonight at 8 pm with the friendly against the Sale Sharks, an excellent Premiership team: two halves of 50 ‘will be played each with breaks every 25, to allow the players to refresh themselves but also the coaches to make the many replacements provided. Basically Marco Bortolami, who returned yesterday morning from Calalzo with the whole group, will use about 40 elements, two XVs that will be a mix of experience and youth, just to test the forces currently available. «We are ready and very energized – assures the coach – the boys can’t wait to take the field: there is a great desire to do well. Being the first outing there will certainly be many things to fix but the team is charged up and this is the most important aspect ».
What has satisfied you the most so far? «The commitment they are putting into it, the willingness to work hard which is fundamental in our preseason, as well as the willingness to learn the new structures we have introduced this year. We will have the pulse of the situation and we will also understand where we need to concentrate more ». Instead where do you think you will have to work more? “On the fluidity of the game: it is natural that the mechanisms will have to be tested but I expect to already see the identity we are trying to carry forward, that is a physical Benetton, attacking the line of advantage and attacking in defense”.
The test is of a high standard, the Sharks are ahead of you and in the last outing they defeated the Jersey Reds 19-0. “A tough opponent, growing in a Premiership that aims to win, so the verification could not have been more conclusive: we do not like easy things, they are what stimulate us and we are charged for this too”. It will be nice to see Monigo again with the fans. «Of course, hoping to continue throughout the season. Already in the final of Rainbow we were able to savor their support which brought us luck: we hope to continue like this ».
Tickets. Last tickets in advance at the headquarters in Ghirada from 3 to 6 pm, at the Granziera tobacconist’s in via Montello and Jolly in piazza Trentin. Single ticket 10 euros, 2 euros for under 12 Streaming match for 2.99 euros on the Benetton website, available on https://play.staylive.se.
New jersey. Tonight Benetton will present itself with the new jersey, characterized by simple lines that comes in the traditional green-and-white striped motif, made in transfer and combined with white shorts and green-and-white socks. The second has the same model and claim as the first: on a white base the color of the lines changes, which in this case are blue; thus taking up the historic tunic worn in 1998. In line with the overall mood is also the logo re-proposed on the original version of the shirt, shorts and socks. –
Silvano Focarelli