Nutribullet debuts tomorrow at 7pm from Bertram: «The European context is different. Imbrò? We will decide in a few days ”
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“Sunday begins a long journey for us: good luck to all with the wish to return to complete normality”. Treviso Basket’s third Serie A debut, tomorrow at 7pm in Casale Monferrato against Tortona, is around the corner and coach Max Menetti offers his declaration of intent on the Italian tournament. But then from the general we move on to the particular and here then the impact with the championship, in the home of a newly promoted who is troubling any opponent, does not appear among the easiest, quite the contrary.
“I like to make my debut away from home – continues Menetti – and we are honored to be the ones to be there in Bertram’s first time, even if on closer inspection Tortona, a company that has launched a high-level multi-year plan, is a fake new promotion (same expression used for Naples, ed), as it has experienced and talented people like Wright, Filloy, Cain, Daum. And there is also Luca Severini, a boy who, having arrived in Treviso with Logan, gave us a lot during the promotion year. For our part we will have to enter the championship mode, which is different from other competitions. So let’s not make the mistake of feeling good after winning the Q Round, the European context is different, in Italy there is more emotion, so we will have to start again with a lot of aggression and mentality, it’s really a good test, for us a important verification. Tortona is not an opponent to be faced with tactical mechanisms but with intensity and physicality. If we are connected with this need, I think we can play an excellent match ».
Without captain Imbrò you alternate several in his role. «We have a roster with certain characteristics of interchangeability, which are useful for dealing with difficult moments, such as fouls. And we are also taking advantage of this to give our opponents as few points of reference as possible. However, Matteo’s course is going well, he is training on the exercise bike and in a few days he will do another check, on the basis of which we will decide whether or not to take another Italian ».
You’ve finally had a full week to train. «Anyone who knows me knows that 24 hours are more than enough. At the beginning we had the problem of finding homogeneity in the general condition and we succeeded. And in the Cup we have shown that playing every two days is not a problem at all ». Jones is the one who still looks a little behind. “He is the first who would like to give more and he is very sorry, on the other hand he is one who was on the pitch at 35-36 ‘and in any case I saw him present when the team made the difference”. –