Brescia challenges Milan, Amedeo Della Valle makes a promise

Brescia challenges Milan, Amedeo Della Valle makes a promise

Amedeo Della Valle, captain of Germani Brescia, gave a lengthy interview to the microphones of Tuttosport: "I am happy with this start, mine and team tells was not at all expected. I am back from a summer where I contracted dengue fever that made me lose 10 kilograms. And recovering them, with all that goes with muscle tone, was not easy. Initially, I also got scared: I was constantly doing tests, but I kept getting sick and because there's still a limited narrative about this disease it was normal to get a little anxious".

On the new coach: "Peppe is settling quickly into his new role as head coach. His apprenticeship with Messina and Pozzecco è was invaluable, otherwise we are trying to help him as much as we experienced players can. Miro and Nikola are two very intelligent people first of all, and finding the connection with both of them comes easy for a quiet man as I am, who also feels the need to establish human contact as well as technical and tactical contact".

On Sunday the Lombard team visits the Italian champions of Olimpia Milano: "As our coach says, we won only the second of thirty games. We know that there'è still a lot to work on especially on defense and especially this week since we will be on stage in Milan on Sunday against a team that we know how much it relies on intensity in its own half of the court".

"I will always be grateful to Olimpia and Ettore Messina for what they have taught me. I have also matured by not playing as much as I would have hoped. If we win? It's been a while since I went to the truffle fair in my hometown, I was also a flag waver as a kid. If we were to do the feat of winning in Milan, I might ask Peppe for permission…" concluded Della Valle.