Tonight at 7 pm the match against the Sicilian team last in the standings of group B The stress of the journey can weigh, but Pavia is chasing the seventh success in a row
PAVIA
Do not deceive the scoppola suffered last Saturday by Green Basket Palermo in Piacenza: today’s midweek shift at the PalaMangano of the Sicilian capital (ball at two hours 19, behind closed doors), the second day of phase-two of the championship, will not be a walk for Riso Scotti Punto Edile, both because, on their field, the island’s teams are transformed and then because they could affect the environmental conditions and the fatigue of the journey. In Palermo, yesterday, it was snowing as it rarely happens in Sicily and today the Pavia team group will board the plane to Palermo at dawn, in order to spend a few hours in the hotel before moving to the sports hall.
The unknown of the journey
«We will have to find out if and how much the travel factor can influence – warns coach Fabio Di Bella Stefano Cova’s deputy – we are not used to such long trips and it will be all a discovery to verify how we will react mentally and physically to this new situation. We start early with the aim of bringing the players to the hotel, where they can rest, then together we will review the videos of Palermo. Expanding the discussion to the technical issue, Green Basket is a strange team, because, for example, in the match against Bologna they were almost always ahead, shooting from three points with excellent percentages, Guerra among the protagonists with 24 points, in addition to Bedetti and Lombardo , players who if they get into the rhythm are very dangerous. The ranking of the Palermitans is a bit of a liar, because they have taken on board, it is true, but often they have fought point by point. A month ago they replaced coach Mazzetti with Marco Verderosa and this too can affect the game and motivations ».
Pavia arrives at this match after the beautiful victory last Sunday over the “black beast” Bernareggio, which has given further enthusiasm to the group, and is looking for the seventh success in a row. «The boys are loaded – underlines Cova – we worked well both Monday and Tuesday, recovering the injured. Ailments? At this time of the season they all have them. We feel ready to face this adventure to the fullest, also for how we beat Bernareggio. We had prepared well for the match against Brianza and seeing that, after two weeks of work, everything was tactically perfect, gave us a great moral boost also for the match against Palermo. To give continuity to the efforts made so far, however, we must win in Sicily, an objective within our reach ». –