Basketball: in Tortona the advance with Cremona – Basketball”>Coach Roijakkers‘ words in view of Umana Reyer Venezia–Openjobmetis Varese Basketball:
«These first weeks in Varese are going very well. When I arrived I was favorably impressed by the team, especially as regards the commitment and strength that the boys put into training every day. And then they are positive and give me the energy to work hard on a daily basis. I did not expect such a start, also because when you arrive in a team in difficulty you often have problems, but to date I have not seen so many. Obviously there are still many aspects to improve, but at the moment I feel really good. Even with the people in the office, with the city and the people who live there; they are all nice and I think living in Italy is really nice. This week we had some players in the pits and it was not easy to train; we took the opportunity to integrate some young players who we helped to become stronger. This aspect won’t help us much for Sunday’s race, but it will be useful for the future. With the arrival of Theodore Venice has changed a lot compared to the first leg but it remains a team with many weapons at its disposal. Sanders and Theodore himself are two players capable of creating for themselves and for their teammates while Vitali and Bramos can hurt with the shot from outside; in the area, however, they have as many physical players as Watt. In short, Reyer is a team capable of punishing you in many different ways and that proved their worth even during the week by winning on a difficult field like that of Buducnost. It will not be easy to win, but we will do everything possible trying to play our best basketball with the aim of staying in the game until the end ».
