TREVISO – “Next Sunday it will be MATCH. The one in which everyone will want and must participate, with enthusiasm, warmth and energy”. The president writes it like this, in capital letters and bold Matteo Contento. After an arduous journey lasting 7 months and 29 matches, Treviso will play the season at the very last stage: on Sunday, on the last day of the regular season, Zanelli and his teammates will try to win against Tortona the victory that is worth survival.
The Nutribullet has an advantage: it will be able to face the challenge in front of its audience. Indeed, with his audience: in that Palaverde which on many other occasions, with his warmth and emotional participation, was able to become the sixth man on the pitch. As demonstrated by the average attendance figures, even in this season which is often short on satisfaction. Even more so, it could be a “factor” in the decisive epilogue. For this reason, the club’s number one wanted to rally the white and blue people with an open letter, distributed through the club’s social channels.
THE LETTER
“The cohesion of a family can be seen in difficulties – Contento begins – We will get to the last match to save the category and remain among the best 16 basketball teams in Italy. It would be the sixth consecutive year: it would be a source of great pride for a club created from the ashes in 2012. The conditional is a must: but everything, fortunately, depends on us”. Because Frank Vitucci’s team can count on another element in its favor: with Brindisi already condemned and all the others already safe, in the duel with Pesaro to avoid the other relegation place, a victory would guarantee the Treviso team not having to make any further ranking calculations or depend on the misfortunes of others.
“Treviso Basket was born and raised like a family – reiterates the president – A family where the actors and protagonists are many and all indispensable: the consortium members with their constant support, the sponsors always present, the large and warm audience, the Fioi goddess South an integral part of the show at the Palaverde and fiercely attached to the colors of Treviso Basket, the TVB staff who silently and from the back guide the club with passion and competence, the technical/medical/physiotherapeutic staff who spare no effort in trying to put in the better conditions for the athletes. And then them: the athletes. Boys who have cemented themselves amidst a thousand difficulties.” Contento therefore launches an appeal: “I sincerely hope that the Palaverde will be sold out, that everyone will rally behind the boys in a very delicate challenge, as was the case with Capo d’Orlando and, last year, with Virtus. There are moments in which you cannot miss it, to demonstrate how much our territory aspires to maintain sport at high levels, to cultivate other dreams, to take a further step towards new goals”. In the future, of course, there will be time for analysis Now we must aim for the shared objective: “Every year the bar rises: more competitive teams, higher budgets. We are and will be a solid, not rich company: we have pride, a sense of duty and enormous passion for the sporting and social project that we have been carrying out for 12 years. I hope with all my heart that the next page can be written on Sunday against Tortona, throwing every drop of energy together. Our kids are well aware of the sense of urgency, they are cohesive and certainly need the warmth and support of all of us.”
UNDER 19
In the second match of group D of the National Finals of Chiusi and Chianciano, TVB surrendered to the Firenze Basketball Academuy 69-75. The Biancazzurri of coaches Saccardo and Francescon gain up to 12 points in the first quarter, but then, in the two central periods, the Tuscans overtake, also taking advantage of Treviso’s many turnovers, and accumulate a decisive advantage, despite the final burst of triples of Tadiotto (best scorer of his team with 16) and his teammates. For the ranking and passage to the quarterfinals, today’s last match against Pesaro is decisive.
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