External appointment, in the late afternoon today, for Pallacanestro Vigarano of coach Carlo Grilli, on stage at the Pala Mazzali in Bolzano against Alperia: tap-off at 6.30 pm. Another tough match awaits Captain Pepe and his teammates. Bolzano is a tough team with 8 points in the standings, thanks to 4 successes and 3 knockouts. Coach Massimo Romano leads a young group, with some expert players to rely on in the complicated moments of the match. Vigarano, still without a pink sheet and fresh from the home defeat against Matelica, must pay maximum attention to Vaitekunaite, the team’s top scorer, well supported by Stefanczyk, Manzotti and Schwienbacher. For their part, owner Gavioli’s red and whites will have to start again from the first 20 minutes of last Saturday’s match against Matelica, in which the team did well to withstand the impact of the Marche team by responding with several players. In Bolzano, this afternoon, Vigarano will have to increase his playing time with positive moments, so as to stay in the race as much as possible, even if away from home it is increasingly complicated.
“Bolzano is fearsome, especially at home – says coach Carlo Grilli –, where it manages to recover matches that seem compromised, like the one against Umbertide. On a technical level, it can put us in difficulty, especially with the long foreign players Vaitekunaite and Stefanczyk, who have physicality and technique. For our part, we worked well during the week, with the right intensity, we need to bring these elements to the race, reacting as a team to the difficulties that arise. We are building new balances and more we just need to play well for a while like against Matelica. We want to play this match until the end.”
