“We face a high-level match against a team that has several Italian players who are doing well.” Coach Antimo Martino thus presents Piacenza, who Forlì meets away on the sixth matchday (ball at two o’clock 6pm, PalaBanca). “Our opponents have excellent physical size and boast two Americans, one of whom, Brady Skeens, comes from an important season, while the other Malcom Miller is a decisive element for this category. Completing the roster is an athlete who is their mind and guide, Gherardo Sabatini, who I know well because I had the pleasure of coaching him. Sabatini has in fact demonstrated for years that he can make the difference both in terms of points scored and assists, playing with energy and quality. The Piacenza complex is a well-organised team and we will have to have mental attention from the start to try to put them in difficulty.”
The 2015 Basketball team presents itself in its entirety on the parquet: “It was a regular week, in which we tried to add something new, to fix and remove what was wrong. However, we are still in a phase in which the boys have to get to know each other and the team needs to be structured, but the fact that we were able to work with all the players gave us continuity and the possibility of trying out some technical-tactical solutions.”
Players like Fabio Valentini, Giacomo Zilli and Davide Pascolo didn’t do well in the derby against Rimini, but “I’m not worried, all three can do better. Valentini isn’t brilliant at shooting, but I told him to remain calm because it’s a question of time: you don’t forget how to make a basket. But Fabio is making a contribution in the defensive phase, he has grown compared to last season, he is playing more expensive basketball compared to his habits and this factor probably affects him in the offensive phase. how much playmaker must clearly adapt to the new characteristics of the team which are different from those of the previous one”.
As for Zilli and Pascolo, “they have had some ailments recently, but they are still giving their all. The boys are the first to know that they can do better and I see great availability and desire to give everything, even if as coach my focus always goes to the group and, for better or for worse, it’s not individual performances that worry me.”
Both Piacenza and Forlì are teams that love to play at their own pace and “the ability of the defenses to create problems for the attack will have a decisive role in the match. Another key factor will be physicality, also because they, apart from Sabatini, have wingers above at 195 centimetres, a big man with great presence and athleticism on the wings. We will have to play a regular match over the 40 minutes, be concentrated and solid throughout the match, not in spurts.”
The red and whites will face three matches in six days: “We are playing a lot, in fact, with two away games on the calendar, in a group where the average level has risen and therefore – concludes Martino – I ask the boys for maximum attention and constant mental aggression”.
2023-10-29 05:46:10
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