BASKETBALL / TARROS, A TEAM REACTION IS NEEDED – Sediasport.com

Both come from a defeat remedied in the final: one, Tarros, against the leaders Castelfiorentino; the other, Mens Sana against Valdisieve. Two heavy defeats in both cases because the bianconeri dropped to fourth place in the standings and raised the white flag for the first time at the PalaSprint, while the Sienese are now last on equal points with the team that beat them last week.

Therefore, Mens Sana and Tarros find themselves faced with the same desire for redemption and with the same awareness of having to get back on the road immediately to try and hit their respective seasonal goals.

It is forbidden for the black and whites to look at the standings, which sees them with more than double the points compared to their next opponents. The commitment is anything but to be underestimated, as Juventus Sporting Director Maurizio Caluri reiterates: “It will be a very complicated match, against a growing team, which is playing very well and which has very interesting young players among its ranks. Mens Sana gave everyone who played at PalaEstra a hard time, including the formations at the top of the standings. It is by no means an easy field in spite of the last place that the Sienese occupy in the standings. We have to go back to winning immediately and collect the highest number of consecutive useful results in order not to lose contact with the first and, if possible, bring them closer. We are training hard. There aren’t any easy players in this league.”

The words of coach Andrea Scocchera follow the same line: “Mens Sana is a newly promoted team, but from September to today it has made great strides, adapting to the category. He’s giving everyone a hard time, he also played point to point against Castelfiorentino. It will be a difficult match. We have to react after last Sunday’s defeat, we need a team reaction: this is the only way we can win on the Mens Sana parquet”.

Unavailable for coach Scocchera Ettore Menicocci.

Double ball Saturday 28 January at 8.30 pm at the PalaEstra in Siena; referee Michele Marinaro of Cascina (PI) and Giacomo Russo of Florence.