Torgano: “In four years in Pavia never started so strong”

The Riso Scotti winger underlines the team’s effort: «We are ready both athletically and mentally. And we still miss Diego Corral ”

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Three wins in the first four games: it is the best start to the season since Riso Scotti played in the cadet. The Pavesi are in second place in the standings on par with Omegna, while they have the third best attack after Legnano and Vigevano.

On Sunday Borgomanero arrives at the PalaRavizza (ball at two o’clock at 18) and Pavia wants to continue winning. “It is a great satisfaction for us and for the whole environment and it is also an important sign that we are approaching the season with the right mentality – explains captain Marco Torgano, fourth year on the banks of the Ticino and second from the start of the season. – we are ready both physically and mentally. This year, work has been done right from the start aimed at getting ready for the start of the championship and so it was ».

The victories came without the help of the starting center Diego Corral, an absence which the team was able to make up for with great physical and mental application. «We never give up – underlines Torgano, who scored 16 decisive points in the second half on Sunday in Empoli – we are working hard not only athletically but also mentally. It was also seen during the pre season, there was the impression that we lacked a bit of hardness, mental alertness, while instead it was just a process of preparation for the championship. We saw the debut against Varese that we turned, when we were good at reacting to the difficulties of the first quarter. In Empoli, a difficult field where it is difficult to go and play starting from the long away match up to the very hot crowd, we were good at holding on, reacting and turning it around in the second half. At the beginning it’s true, we struggled to find the chemistry between us, we were probably still tossed about by the trip, but when we started playing as a team, we looked for each other carefully, we stretched to win ».

The change of mentality was also seen in the defeat against Legnano, when the Pavesi were down by 19 points at the end of the first half and overturned the game in the second half, almost going to catch it. «To close that game below 20 would have been a blow – explains the gunman, nickname of Torgano – we have instead brought out the character and the desire to never give up, which I am convinced is our secret weapon. We got to play it and we lost for episodes ». Borgomanero arrives on Sunday. «Match to be approached with the right caution – says the captain of Riso Scotti – the Piedmontese team is made up of young people who have quality and energy, they run a lot and when they light up it becomes difficult to stop them. The public? I hope he will come in large numbers to see us. It would be important for us. “