Pietro Aradori was a guest of Red and blue noon on Nettuno Bologna Uno.
An important event is approaching, with a cup up for grabs. “It’s our next match, a Final Four that we won on the pitch by making a great first part of the championship, we face Trapani who are the favorites both for ambitions and for the progress they have made, it will be a good challenge for us”
It is also a comparison between the two groups. “At the beginning it was said that there could be one group that was stronger than the other, in reality the results were in some particular cases, such as Trapani’s defeats against Cividale or us against Casale. It’s difficult to understand who is better, but in fact it is a phase of the championship.”
Are you curious about Trapani? “From the outside, not knowing it nor having ever played against it with this ownership, I say that it is positive to have entrepreneurs who invest and believe in basketball. The results speak for themselves, I have no other information: they are building a beautiful reality for themselves, welcome to them”
Box he says that they are a very strong attacking team that leaves something behind. “They will exploit their talent, especially foreigners, who are then supported by professional Italians. So they also have experience, not just talent”
It is played in a historic indoor stadium in Rome, the Palatiziano. “I was lucky enough to play there in a season in Rome, we alternated between that and Palalottomatica. It’s beautiful, evocative, I hope that Rome can return to having a high-level club”
The Cup will be run-in for the playoffs. “It’s an event. In Serie A the Final Eight has become an event, like the most recent one in Turin. It’s my first time in A2, in past years I followed it, and here too it’s a great event that brings the city closer to basketball. They are events to be respected and supported”
What year has it been so far, and what are the recent difficulties with the watch? “A great championship, ours, with results that no one would have expected. In the last month we have struggled a bit, at home we have to try to pay more attention to maintain the field factor when you have managed it for almost 35 minutes, while away from home wherever we go we are an event, sometimes even exaggerated.”
You have a very high playing time, 40′ in the last match. “32-33 I was used to it, 40′ hadn’t happened for a while. Towards the end of the match you’re not as clear as at the beginning, but this necessarily happens given that we are human. It’s a characteristic of the way of coaching of Caja, but he makes us work a lot during the week, so we are prepared for anything, then he makes the choices in the end.
How’s it going with Caja? “The results speak for him. He is a great coach from a technical point of view, a genius, a step ahead of many other coaches. On the other hand he asks a lot of you, he has less understanding of the mistake, he always asks for 100% not only in terms of commitment but in terms of requests”
How hungry are you still? Would you need some help with rotations? “These are decisions for the club and for the coach, certainly when you play every 2-3, regardless of the values of the individuals, the longer teams are favored even if they don’t necessarily win. We are in the game and we are dancing, no one expected this ranking position but we are not satisfied and we are playing our cards”
Poisoned tooth for the 21 days and 35′ of head? “With ourselves, because in Verona we lost due to our own mistakes and no one took anything away from us. Well done to them, demerits for us. The first thing to do is look in the mirror and know that reaching +15 is not enough to win it.”
2024-03-14 20:05:17
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