The Apu cooperative still lacks Ebelig “He needs self-esteem”

The winger, fresh from a long stop, played little in Piacenza. Sepulcri: “He is healed, now it’s only a matter of time”

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Piacenza’s was a cooperative version of the Apu Old Wild West: eight players per target, seven even in double figures for evaluation. All right then? Not exactly, because in the growth process of a team already well advanced thanks to the “hard core” of last season, there are still some players to be included in the mechanisms. One of these is certainly Michele Ebeling, for friends “Tatu”. Against Assigeco he entered shortly after the first half of the initial quarter and came out 15 ”from the first siren. From then on, only the bench for the son of art who arrived in the summer from Ferrara. For him 3 ‘and 30 “on the parquet, with a wrong three-pointer from his tile, an attack rebound and a naive foul spent on the ball carrier at the end of the quarter: coach Boniciolli did not like it and immediately called him back to the bench rather sternly. On balance, in the 6 official matches played so far, Ebeling remained on the pitch for 57 minutes (9.5 per game average), scoring 12 points. Negative voices in his score: 6 fouls committed against one immediately, 5 turnovers and 2 steals. Numbers aside, the feeling of a player who has yet to regain confidence and conviction after a nine-month absence from the parquet due to injury is clear. The problem is probably more mental than physical. This is confirmed by the words of the athletic trainer Luigi Sepulcri: «Ebeling is fine, he has recovered from the injury of last season, a reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, and has completed the recovery process. The tests carried out about twenty days ago also tell us: there is also a recovery in terms of performance ». According to Sepulcri, “Tatu” Ebeling is to be considered on a par with his teammates from an athletic point of view. Anyone who thinks of a player behind in condition is misleading. «The numbers – underlines Sepulcri – are not exhaustive of the general condition of the player. In Michele’s case, he must regain confidence in his own potential. It takes time for him to go back to doing everything he did before ». The restart is all uphill, in addition to having to enter a completely new context, Ebeling must find himself, as well as the pace of the match. Maybe a spark may be enough to help him regain self-esteem and convince Boniciolli to give him a longer playing time, to show the Juventus managers that they were right to bet on a player to recover after an unfortunate break. –