Edilnol chasing friendlies: “The important thing is to play a lot together”

Many friendlies, at least four, before his debut in the Super Cup: it is the desire of coach Andrea Zanchi who, while waiting to closely observe the basketball skills of his team (this afternoon at the Forum there will be the first training session on the parquet), first fixed points of the preseason. The general program is almost ready: «We are only waiting for the green light from the medical staff to formalize dates and opponents – says general manager Damiano Olla -. In our plans there will also be face to face with teams of a lower category, without going too far from Biella ». The important thing is to play, now that the health situation and the protocols make it easier than last summer: in 2020/2021 the second wave of coronavirus infections caused the start of the A2 series to be postponed and the possibility of playing with the public in the sports halls. The pre-season calendar was equally conditioned, with coach Iacopo Squarcina who really discovered his team and its potential in late autumn. His successor Andrea Zanchi wants to try to play a more ordinary pre-season, a desire that adds to the need to mix well the ingredients of the new Biella Basketball where only three players (Pollone, Bertetti and Vincini) know each other well after winning salvation last season. For this reason, in less than a month, he would like to see them in the field at least four times, even if not necessarily always full: due to the postponed arrival due to documents and vaccines of the two Americans Cromer and Davis, the gradual recovery of Bianchi joins whose rhythms are dictated by the doctor and trainer. And, in the meantime, caution remains an obligation: the staff and team swabs on the day of arrival in Biella were negative. “We hope they are among the last we will have to do,” hopes Olla.