The 19-year-old playmaker: “At Riso Scotti we all trust each other Being trained by a former champion like Di Bella is decisive for me”
PAVIA
Manuel Saladini would like to train all the time, but there has been a lot of energy spent this week between matches and trips by Riso Scotti Punto Edile.
Cream arrives tomorrow in via Treves (ball at two o’clock at 18, behind closed doors), so yesterday morning the play who has achieved the maximum points in Palermo (18) and evaluation (20) since he has been on the banks of the Ticino, will the morning of rest granted by coach Fabio Di Bella is enjoyed. “However, I still have to work a lot – smiles the nineteen-year-old who arrived at the championship in progress from the A2 of Cento – I am critical of myself, so it being understood that every time I enter the field I give my all, I believe I deserved the enough only in the first game I played in Pavia for what I want to be and for the player I want to become. In Palermo it is true that I scored some really important baskets, but I especially liked the attitude with which I took the field, the confidence I had and understanding how to manage the pace were the keys to my good performance. I was also happy with the aggressiveness I put in, consequently I am convinced that when one plays well, good things arrive and five triples have arrived, carefully built by the team, with space ».
Coach Di Bella stressed that when you enter from the bench you have to make a change, not to give minutes of rest to whoever replaces. «It’s true – agrees the nineteen-year-old director who grew up in Siena – when Apuzzo and I enter the field we must have an impact on the game, rhythm and aggression. We cannot go in and keep the same pace as before, everyone has to do theirs and they have to do it to the best of their ability. Certainly we must deserve the space that is given to us ». The choice of to come to Pavia was influenced by the presence on the bench of Fabio Di Bella, former play of the national Serie A1. «Certainly – confirms Saladini – in my still short career I have never had the opportunity to be coached by a former high level player of the same role. I was little when Fabio was playing and therefore I only saw a few videos, but I was impressed by the power he had in his legs, an aggressive player who always had the game in hand. It was a very important factor in my choice to arrive in Pavia ».
The strength of Riso Scotti lies in the group, which from time to time exalts this or that player. «Everyone trusts everyone – explains Saladini – the symbol of our team is the wolf and we are the pack. I read a flyer in our office that says that the strength of wolves is the pack, it exactly reflects the Riso Scotti Punto Edile today. Cream? Another big match. It’s a good team, the numbers speak for themselves. I know some opposing players and it will be a good match. It is important that we do our thing once again, because when we do it right the results come. We must always be aggressive, not give up an inch and be ready for any situation that may happen to us on the pitch ». –