Luca Del Favero
A victory to chase away all the problems of a troubled month of January. E-Work has finally taken the field after weeks in which it has been struggling with tampons, quarantines and Covid, winning without too many problems at the home of the rear side Virtus Cagliari (64-34). Never as in this case has the result taken a back seat, because the team couldn’t wait to play to think only of basketball. Good news also comes from the Covid front, given that one of the two positive athletes has recovered and was on the field in Cagliari and the other could be there on Saturday in the home match against Pistoia scheduled at 20.30 at PalaBubani (live on the You Tube channel of Faenza Basket Project). «We know that we are experiencing a particular year – explains point guard Licia Schwienbacher – and that we must always face all situations in a positive way and with the right attitude. We have also succeeded in these last weeks as it had already happened in November, then giving good answers on the field ». How difficult is it to think only of basketball? “We are privileged and we must never forget that. We are lucky enough to be able to have fun with our favorite sport and to do it together with other people in a group, which is not granted to people in everyday life. We are very attentive to health protocols and safety and even if it is not like other years, we are still calm and happy with what we can do every day. In fact, I do not deny that when we had to train individually at the beginning of the month we suffered, because we are very close ».
In this surreal season, the fight for the Coppa Italia Final Eight is currently on hold pending midweek recoveries in the coming months. In fact, the second round is being played in the league and the points will not be valid for the race to the four places of the Italian Cup given that the first leg matches are counted. At the moment Brescia and Umbertide are qualified and Faenza, San Giovanni Valdarno and Selargius are in the running. To achieve a placement, E-Work will have to win two of the three recoveries scheduled for February (San Giovanni Valdarno, Florence and Selargius) or even just the one with the sardines, the only one not yet fixed in the calendar.
