The red and white coach Federico Vecchi. "We worked well. We are ready"

The wait is over. Two weeks of waiting are behind us for theAndrea Costa, ready to dive into the challenge against the Virtus Imola, fundamental to direct the red and white path of this last part of the season.

Coach knows it well. Frederick Old, at his first Imola derby, who has placed a lot of emphasis on these two weeks of work with the team.

"We are coming off two weeks of very positive and very useful work, which allowed us to perfect what was in our technical baggage and also add something more – coach Vecchi observed on the eve –. Now, however, what counts is the approach to the game and our ability to adapt to any difficulties that may arise. Since I love coaching teams, it was an important time for in-depth work, but if on the one hand there is the improvement of our defensive and offensive attitudes, on the other there must also be the ability to be able to play even when things don't come. And this habit must be created during the game".

So let's talk about the field, with Vecchi preaching attention to a Virtus that, thanks to the absences of the big men Kadjividi and Anaekwe, will aim for a more agile quintet. "If they play many minutes with Ambrosin and Ricci together there will be two players in the big men who can shoot and the game will become a bit more perimeter-based. We will have to understand defensively the adaptations and if they will propose situations that they have not done so far, paying attention to their shooting danger".

A dangerousness that Up must also rediscover. "As a characteristic, the three-point shot is in our strings. There is a theme linked to confidence in the game that has not been at its best so far and is resolved with a bit of serenity, competitive spirit and also luck, because sometimes a couple of baskets at the right time can raise the confidence that then makes the percentages soar". Finally, the sensations of the Imola derby, which Vecchi will face for the first time.

"I am also curious to enjoy the spectacle of a PalaRuggi full, with the fans pumped up, and enjoying a match that has even more special implications than usual".