{"id":514429,"date":"2026-09-09T12:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=514429"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:08:12","slug":"maxima-roma-matteo-cotelli-freedom-in-attack-and-plenty-of-defense-we-want-to-be-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/maxima-roma-matteo-cotelli-freedom-in-attack-and-plenty-of-defense-we-want-to-be-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxima Roma, Matteo Cotelli: \u201cFreedom in attack and plenty of defense. We want to be ready\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-section-id=\"17fgosr\" data-start=\"2282\" data-end=\"2332\">Cotelli: \u201cWe want to give our players freedom\u201d<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2334\" data-end=\"2503\">As Maxima Roma prepares for its first season in Serie A and EuroCup, head coach Matteo Cotelli is focused on getting his team ready for the official start of the season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2505\" data-end=\"2729\">The coach, represented yesterday at the presentation by Miro Bilan, Mirza Alibegovic and Gora Camara, wants his players to have the freedom to express their individual qualities while maintaining a strong defensive identity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2731\" data-end=\"2890\">\u201cWe have built a team that can often give players the freedom to express their basketball, while at the same time playing with a lot of defense,\u201d Cotelli said.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"8pvjys\" data-start=\"2892\" data-end=\"2915\">The goal in Serie A<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2917\" data-end=\"3060\">Maxima Roma will aim to stay close to the four or five teams currently considered the strongest contenders at the top of the Serie A standings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3062\" data-end=\"3343\">It is an ambitious but measured target for a club entering its first season. Cotelli has previously highlighted versatility as one of the roster&#8217;s main strengths, with the coaching staff focused on building a clear identity through daily work.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3345\" data-end=\"3474\">\u201cThere is great willingness from everyone to make sure we are ready for our debut on September 27 against Napoli,\u201d Cotelli added.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"l51fgv\" data-start=\"3476\" data-end=\"3504\">\u201cAll roads lead to Rome\u201d<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3506\" data-end=\"3575\">Maxima Roma&#8217;s new identity is also reflected in the smallest details.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3577\" data-end=\"3671\">The collar of the new black-and-gold jerseys features the phrase <strong data-start=\"3642\" data-end=\"3671\">\u201cAll roads lead to Rome.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3673\" data-end=\"3815\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A fitting message for a project that wants to establish itself in the capital and, above all, build a future that will last for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Roman club is preparing for its first season in Serie A and EuroCup, with head coach Matteo Cotelli focused on building an identity and competing immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":514428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[197,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-514429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurocup","category-serie-a"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/DSC_2657.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514429"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=514429"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=514429"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=514429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}