Sunday full of charm but also of inside for Assigeco Piacenza who returns to PalaBanca with the desire to interrupt the streak of three defeats against Cantù’s force, branded S.Bernardo / Cinelandia Park (duo at 6 pm). An appointment that, given the importance of the Canturino club in the history of Italian basketball, is fully placed in the series of challenges against opponents of great charm and tradition.
Cantù has won them all and has an absolute level roster: after the tasting of the Supercoppa for the biancorossoblu another prohibitive race is expected. «It is an appointment that offers important stimuli. Cantù has so far made a clear path, unique in the two A2 groups, a snapshot of his strength aimed at returning to Serie A – explains Stefano Salieri, Assigeco coach -. Compared to the Super Cup they can count on Bucarelli and Cusin, confirming a well-balanced and complete team, powerful under the basket and definitely dangerous on the perimeter. For our part we want to give a concrete follow-up to the improvements put on the parquet with the valid performance in Turin, consolidating trust and conviction and the growing expectations that derive from the great work done. Luca Cesana has recovered well, now we just have to get the other members of the roster back to full physical efficiency ».
For Luca Cesana, a product of the Canturino nursery, the race is truly special. “I try to face it like all the others, preparing myself as best I can to give my best even if emotionally it is a challenge that is not defined as special: Cantù is the team that raised me, introduced to basketball that counts, led to win an Under 20 championship – confides the captain of Assigeco -. It is not easy to keep emotions at bay but it is essential to focus on the technical aspect because Cantù has enormous quality and a super player like Johnson: we will have to be good at limiting him and keeping the rest of the group under control to try to impose our pace of play. . A very demanding idea but we want to grow again: the series of three defeats in a row did not affect the climate in the locker room and the desire to play against everyone. A bit like what happened with Tortona last year: a satisfaction that, despite enormous difficulties, we would like to try to prove on Sunday against Cantù ».
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