“That football that scored made us merit If we play like this we will win others”

Benetton’s success in overtaking on Saturday in Monigo against the Warriors. Next round again against a Scottish team, in Edinburgh

the protagonists

In the Highlands they didn’t take it well. “In the end there were ridiculous free-kicks, which gave the game to Treviso, if I have to be honest,” snapped Danny Wilson, coach of the Warriors. If this time it is the opponents who complain about the refereeing (which in truth something has forgiven them too) it means that maybe something is changing. But these are hypotheses. The reality remains, that is, a Benetton that for the second time managed to win “at the last gasp”, at the last breath. The fact that the author of the decisive trepunti is always the 19-year-old Leonardo Marin, and not a veteran of a thousand battles, testifies only in favor of a coach, Marco Bortolami, who knows them and above all launches young people. The man of the match in Monigo, however, was Giovanni Pettinelli, the forward in better shape of the Lions, phenomenal for dynamism and ability to gain ground in percussion. «The individual performance comes after that of the group – points out the Venetian third line – and I dedicate it to my family, however everything starts from the team’s trust. After four weeks we have regained energy and cohesion, there have been steps forward in individuals and collectively, now we need to extend this moment. Of course, these are fundamental points, even if the championship is still long ».

The hooker Gianmarco Lucchesi has identified the sector in which to insist more: «On Saturday we had many opportunities in their 22, in the drives but in general in other situations, which we were not able to realize. This is an aspect on which we must certainly work to find concreteness and be as effective as possible in those moments. However, despite not having seen each other for about a month, the group remained united, the training went very well and the preparation for the match was of the highest level ».

Now down with the other Scottish. «In Edinburgh it will be a difficult match, but we are aware of being able to beat them as we did in Monigo at the beginning of the championship. We have to get there with the right mentality, it will certainly be a physical match, we will probably have to defend a lot and be more concrete than the match against Glasgow ».

Antonio Pavanello, who is the diesse of Benetton, would have liked so much to be on the pitch. «It was painful until the end but luckily Leo’s last kick, as with Edinburgh, went inside. The boys had trained well, the priority was to regroup the group that had seen so many players in the national teams. And it was not easy, also due to various injuries and ailments ». Maybe you could win in a more relaxed way. «Yes, we could have made those occasions at 5 meters more concrete, but we celebrated anyway. And in my opinion you must always have the ambition to look up, while keeping your feet on the ground. We will be in Edinburgh on Friday and clearly it won’t be easy, but you have to have the ambition to try. And Marin will be in their sights… ». –

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