The Polish winger was the real turning point of last season and returns to the Marca after a brief stint in Israel. “Champions Charm”
TREVISO
“What can I give to the team? Simple: the same contribution as last year in terms of concreteness. But this time from the start and not in the race, this will be an undoubted advantage, for me and for my teammates. I certainly haven’t changed since twelve months ago ». Pragmatism has never abandoned Michal Sokolowski: the Polish winger, the real turning point of the 2020/21 season of TvB, returned to the Marca after a quick experience in Israel at Hapoel Holon (“Nice league, teammates and top level opponents but with very little time for training, many close matches and a climate a little too hot for my tastes “), signing a two-year contract with Nutribullet after a long negotiation started last spring, with the second round in progress. “I chose to continue the experience in biancoceleste for several reasons – explains Sokolowski, who landed for the first time in Treviso in October 2020 to replace the disappointing Tyler Cheese and then an immovable pawn of the quintet, also ousting Jeffrey Carroll – Certainly in my choice I am The organization of the club, the players who remained on the roster, but above all the coach, were important. Following Menetti’s directions, anyone can express themselves to the best of their abilities. Then now there is the European competition, a further stimulus for me ».
In this regard, the ideal bar has risen: there are the preliminaries of Bcl to be faced in a month. «In view of the Qualifying Round we have an undoubted advantage, that of not having to waste energy on trips since we will play in our sports hall. We will have to take advantage of this opportunity to pass the barrier and enter the regular season, also to repay the efforts made by the club to guarantee us the possibility of playing the Final Six at Palaverde. For me, the cup is nothing new, in Poland I played four times in a continental competition and on one occasion I had to compete also with the qualifying round: I therefore know what to do in these circumstances “
Last year was one of the surprises of the entire Serie A championship. Do you expect a harsher and more careful treatment of the opposing defenses next season? «I don’t rule it out. But I will always play the same way, no matter if the other teams try to focus on me: basically in the current roster we are ten players for five roles, there is an abundance of alternatives and if the defenses want to focus on me it will mean that my companions will be freer to act … ».
Will it be a stronger Treviso Basket than last year? «On paper, probably yes, many observers and experts say so. But the sole judge is the field, there we will see if we will be able to express ourselves more effectively and if the results collected will reflect the expectations of this summer period ». –
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