Sunday 6.15pm, the last mile, within friendly walls. Varese hosts Treviso, live on DAZN, in a match that is worth a lot for the bottom of the table, which can finally put an end to all the discussions about salvation for the home team. There will be the return of the great ex, Vitucci, who with his Treviso is not sailing in good waters and who is looking for desperate points to escape an otherwise fiery season finale.
Varese needs the final seal on this salvation, and comes from an impressive performance in Sassari, especially with very high shooting percentages, with Okeke in great shape, fully recovered after the injury. It can be a factor, even in this home match, to give him more options, to counter Paulicap’s physicality, to give Spencer some breathing room.
A careful test will be needed, especially defensively, where Varese has shown that they falter when they are unable to keep up the pace of the match. In Sassari, after a fluctuating start, as soon as he found his rhythm, he never let the Sardinians back into the game. With Treviso the story will have to be similar, because if Bowman and Harrison get into a rhythm, then curbing their quality is practically impossible. The field factor is certainly a plus for Varese, Masnago will try to lead his team to go beyond the last mile of this exhausting salvation.
