The Bertram Derthona towards the Heart of Naples. Coach Lorenzo Pansa: “Completely renewed team
For Bertram Derthona there is no time to catch his breath. The Lions are expected tomorrow, Sunday 11 February, at 17pm, at the PalaBarbuto in Naples for the third treacherous away match in the last three weeks.
Coach Lorenzo Pansa wanted to focus on the opponents: “Napoli is a completely renewed team, with a pair of Americans of the highest level and a core of Italians who know how to put great energy and desire on the field. They are having an excellent moment, because after beating Siena at home they led for long stretches in Trapani, despite the absence of Nikolic, and we are sure that they will put a huge emotional impact on the match to take one more step in search of salvation. We are at the fourth match in three weeks, the third away, the second in three days: it will be essential to find within ourselves the energy and ambition to go and win away on an extremely difficult pitch."
The Juventus coach then wanted to focus on the Cuore Napoli roster: "Thomas and Turner manage a good part of the offensive possessions and are doing so with quality and confidence, an aspect which has raised the impact of the Italian players, who bring a strong identity and great energy, an aspect that is paying important dividends in the last period. Napoli is about to face ten consecutive finals in an attempt to reach salvation and, above all at home, they will want to assert their field factor in front of their people.
We must be really good at completely resetting after the home victory against Roma, being aware that we are going to a difficult pitch against an extremely motivated team: we will have to prove ourselves ready to play a match of great intensity and suffering."
