The wait is over for Green. The possibility of having him in Italy disappeared yesterday. the Via Como company focused on today’s arrival. Landing, recovery by team manager Diego Fumagalli and off with the blood tests and tests for the fitness visit. After that, on the one hand the green light for membership and on the other the journey to Seveso. For the first training. Which coach Nicola Brienza specifically scheduled in the early afternoon to give the thirty-four-year-old the opportunity to have a first impact with the new reality.
So, on Saturday evening there will be a derby at the PalaFitLine in Desio. Ready to lend a hand to the team, as per the wishes of Acqua S.Bernardo, who had to run for cover after a start to the season that seemed bright but instead suddenly became cloudy.
The match against Milan probably won’t be the ideal one to raise your head again. But you never know, also given the fact that Peppe Poeta’s team will arrive with two Euroleague games (Tuesday and tonight) on their legs. Not the best condition, but the red and white squad is very large and no one would leave a derby with Cantù on the street.
In the meantime, Green has chosen: he will play with the number 32 shirt, taking the place in the official list of Jordan Bowden, who has already cleared out his locker and house and left to seek his fortune in Germany. Completely different characteristics, we can expect much more energy and presence in attack from the former Napoli player.
Green will start behind Giordano Bortolani, but the one who currently risks the most in terms of future projection could be, paradoxically, Jacob Gilyard, who up to now has been a little too fluctuating and who still has to fully demonstrate that he has the team in hand. Which, on the contrary, Green himself could do if he decided to show us what he achieved last year in Naples.
The Green-Bortolani couple, on paper, promises much more energy than what Acqua S.Bernardo has demonstrated so far. Above all, it could become a bogeyman for other people’s defenses. Because, in the eleventh round of the championship, one factor in the Cantù team seems to be established, namely that – while waiting to settle the defense – it will also be necessary to increase the pace in attack and find more points in the “Catalan” in the hope of scoring at least one more than the opponent.
Even in this, the newcomer could constitute a significant asset. In the never hidden hope of reversing the trend as soon as possible.
