Vazzoler celebrates 10 years as president of the Biancocelesti by Nutribullet “In the championship we will have to be opportunists against quintets of equal value”
Treviso
This is the week that will bring the new Treviso Basket onto the pitch: we are still at the level of friendlies (Wednesday evening in Pordenone against the Kapfenberg Bulls) but then there will be just nine days to go until the official start of the season, on 3 September with the transfer to Naples in Super Cup. In short, there is curiosity about the consistency of the group, starting with the president, Paolo Vazzoler, who this year celebrates his tenth anniversary at the head of a company that is still very young but has already forged ahead. “I liked what Akele said, which is that it is the period in which the players are getting to know each other,” he attacks. «The week spent in Domegge has not only served from a physical point of view but also to begin to understand who you are next to, to grasp their strengths and weaknesses and get in tune, on and off the pitch. I noticed in the “old” a good willingness to welcome new ones and in them to be accompanied to get to know Treviso Basket: we are very keen that our DNA is respected ».
Four Super Cup matches then the Champions League preliminaries.
«I would also like to start with some hesitation, the matches that count, I hope, will be three at Palaverde in Europe. We will have practically five games in a row at home, the boys will have to give their best ».
What TVB will we see in Pordenone on Wednesday?
«A team full of work, still rusty, so many things to fix, like high or low ball, various mechanisms. But of course there is, then they will improve race after race and everyone will understand what Max wants ».
There had never been two long USAs before.
«Sima and Jones are guaranteed second-hand items, chosen for their international experience, but also for their different characteristics: we will understand how they can enhance themselves by playing together with Akele and Chillo. And it will also be interesting to understand how and when to give them the ball. The team’s axis is different this year, it is one more tactical card for Menetti, there could be many quintets, for example the powerful one with Akele for three and Soko for two, or maybe one more agile depending on the opponents ».
For coach Tabellini the most perky is Giordano Bortolani.
«Like last year, I would like Max Menetti to be: if the orchestra plays well it is thanks to the conductor. I don’t like having only one orchestral, then it is true that Bortolani has an incredible naturalness and a marked sense of the basket; like the rest Casarin is enthusiastic and generous, like Allen plays with a smile while Sims takes a lot of seriousness and Dimsa an innate coldness ».
Championship even more divided between the big names and the others?
«In theory, yes: Milan, Bologna and Venice above all. It depends on the focus they will have on the Cups, last year’s Milan teaches, Bologna had to wake up against us to win the Scudetto. We will have to be opportunists, especially against those of equal value, see the two we won a year ago against Trento ».
Undersecretary Vezzali has granted 35% of the public in the halls: enough?
“We are working to get 50%. The other time I said: 25% is little, the next day here is 35%, now I say that 35% is little. The problem is that there is no planning and there is no subscription campaign. I just want them to understand how much we are doing to secure Palaverde: that’s all. ” –