PESARO – «Salvation remains a dream but every now and then even those come true». Coach Meo Sacchetti believes in salvation and in the press conference presenting today’s advance invites Carpegna Prosciutto to fuel the positive streak. After the victories obtained against Sassari and Pistoia, tonight at 7pm, live on Dazn and refereeing direction entrusted to the Lanzarini-Gonella-Galasso trio, at the PalaEnergica in Casale Monferrato on the third to last day of the regular season the people of Pesaro will be guests of Bertram Tortona in another crucial point in terms of salvation.
The pursuit
With a victory Tambone and his teammates would reach, at least for one night, Varese and Treviso on 20 points, who will take the field tomorrow away to Sassari and Venice respectively. «Saving myself would be worth a lot, I live with dreams even now because I have gone through many experiences in which many told me that I wouldn’t make it, so I like to do it again – said coach Sacchetti, before leaving for Casale Monferrato – We arrive at this match we were happy with what we did, despite knowing that we didn’t achieve anything in particular, but the environment during training is positive and this allows us to be ready. The reflection of the training was seen in the match, those faces and that general involvement push you to give your best and this helped us bring home two victories that fuel hopes.”
The tables
The attitude we have had in the last three matches, because I also include the match in Treviso, has allowed us to still hope to remain in Serie A and we will always have to maintain this. Salvation tables? We are not a team that can do them. There are only a few days left, no calculations are made. Salvation is not easy to achieve, we have to think about ourselves and then we will see what happens to the other opponents”, is Sacchetti’s recipe for a Carpegna Prosciutto team called upon to give its all in this final rush. «We want to go and do our part in Casale Monferrato. The result will also depend on the opponents, but we must think about doing the best we can to be happy in the end and to give an answer to our public. Once you give everything, the fans understand. We went from poor performance to better performance. I myself, the club and the public always want to see this attitude.”
Hunt for an encore
Pesaro will face a Tortona team looking for redemption after two defeats but without the pivot Kamagate, who injured his ankle. «Tortona is still well covered, it has valid and decisive players. At a certain moment we too were missing one or two men and we saw that we can make up for it”, says the coach from Pesaro, who instead praises the impact made by his pivot, Loudon Love. «He has already shown us something in the match. He was a bit packed in the very first training sessions, now we’re starting to get to know his qualities. He is a helpful guy and the group appreciated his involvement.” Pesaro wants to repeat the success of the first leg, when it defeated Tortona 96-92 at the Vitrifrigo Arena on 12 November: curiously the best scorers were Scott Bamforth on one side and Mike Daum on the other who are now in Granada and Efes Pilsen respectively.
