Sella, a salvation train that passes through Livorno. At Pala Macchia a chance to avoid the playouts

PalaMacchia of Livorno: a large part of Benedetto's salvation will also pass through here. The Biancorossi will be on stage this evening at 18pm on the shores of the Tirreno against Di Carlo's Libertas, which is chasing in the standings glued to the bumper of the Sella, two points away and in full battle to avoid relegation. A precious advantage with six days to go, but certainly not enough to be calm, given the sudden changes in position of the teams present in the area playout, to accompany a extremely balanced championship and increasingly unpredictable.

For this reason, finding continuity from now until the end of the regular season becomes fundamental and being able to do it today, following up on the great success of Avellino, against a direct competitor, can make the difference. "Mentally and physically we are fine, we come from a good victory on a difficult pitch, so the morale is high - so on the eve of the game the assistant of Emanuele Di Paolantonio, Giovanni Piastra -. We know that the specific weight of the match is important, we are playing against a direct competitor to avoid the playouts and among other things on a very difficult parquet, but I also believe that at this point of the year all the matches we will face will be battles. The key to winning it? We will definitely have to be good at running in transition, which is our strong point. We are lucky to have a roster that is deep at this moment, which gives us the possibility to make more rotations keeping the intensity high on both halves of the pitch, which represents a great advantage for us".

In front of one Livorno in confidence and that before the break for the Italian Cup had obtained two victories in a row, against Avellino and Piacenza, the first with Di Carlo on the bench, who took over a little less than a month ago from Marco Andreazza, the coach of the recent promotion to A2. "They have not made any changes to their roster, but they have changed coach, in addition to having had two full weeks to add or modify something unlike us. They are coming from two victories, so I expect a great game from them, of extreme physicality. Playing at the Pala Macchia will be an emotion, in a historic square of Italian basketball. I hope that everyone can be electrified by the atmosphere that will be there once they enter the arena".

Giovanni Poggi