Three other Lions negativized Thus Padovani on the Dragons “Discipline and a lot of physicality”

Rugby Challenge Cup. Benetton awaits the Welsh in Monigo on Saturday Nine positive players remain at Covid: today another round of pads

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In Benetton the news is that three players, among those who, being positive, had been the cause that had blown the second derby with the Zebras, have become negativized, so they are back at the disposal of coach Marco Bortolami. For the remaining nine, still positive, it will still be a question of having a little patience. The swabs are done daily and the situation, it seems, is now starting on the road to normalization. Saturday at 4.15 pm we return to play in Monigo, the match with the Dragons, Welsh from Newport, counts as the second round of the Challenge Cup and is already the last chance for the Lions to continue to remain in contention for the passage of the round, which but of course it remains extremely problematic after the heavy defeat at the debut in Gloucester for 54-25. The fact remains that Saturday will be three weeks from the last game played by the green-and-whites, the one they won in Parma with the Zebre and therefore it will be necessary to verify in what conditions Treviso will come back.

Edoardo Padovani, how is the preparation going?

“The past few weeks have actually been a little different than usual. We trained spaced out, following the health regulations in force. But we have a nice large group, all training is important and we are ready for Saturday’s match ».

Both you and the Dragons were defeated in the first game: a kind of playoff to keep hoping.

«The approach is to want to win, like every weekend. We know it is an important match, because we still have to win in the group and they too are at zero victories. So we have to lay an important brick to overcome the group ».

What should we expect from the Dragons?

“The Dragons are clearly a physical team we know well. They like to play and have great individualities. We will have to be very careful and disciplined in defense and be precise in the game plan and in the details, as we did in the last one with the Zebras ».

After more than a month we return to Monigo. How important will the home factor be, even with the capacity reduced to 50%, i.e. a maximum of 2500 spectators?

“I think it will be very important. We want to continue to keep the excellent spoils we are having at home, so we hope that as many people as possible will come ». –

SIlvano Focarelli