The Podenzano building remains untouched after the ninth first leg: the yellow and blue of Valnure overwhelm the opponents of La Torre Reggio Emilia for 73 to 43. The match remains balanced for three minutes. With the guests leading by 4 to 2, the triple from Captain Petrov arrives and from that moment the road becomes all downhill. The gap between the quintets widens more and more, and already after the first fraction Podenzano boasts +11. In the second quarter a large rotation of players available to coach Locardi allows several boys to shine: one above all Marco Filippa, who imposes himself both in the defensive phase and in the offensive situation, both in shooting and in action so as to score 9 points in 8 minutes with 2 triples and 2 steals.
At half-time the gap is 25 points, having conceded to La Torre just 19 points in 20 minutes. When the game is resumed, the music does not change: the third fraction marks a partial of 22 to 9, the locals dragged by Devic, thorn in the side from the arc, and the usual Coppeta (3 out of 6 for him at the end from the 3-point line ). La Torre does not find the key to the problem, in debt of oxygen to stem the overflowing dynamism of the boys of Podenzano, who in addition to the fast game also find effective and beautiful solutions to see for the audience of the building, intervened in large numbers at the limit of the reduced capacity due to covid regulations. In the fourth fraction Locardi leaves room for all the players, and, thanks to the score largely in favor, La Torre manages to find gaps to reduce the disadvantage, recovering 8 points but having to accuse thirty in the final calculation.
Coach Locardi’s words: “The result satisfies me, not so much for the gap but for how it matured during the match. We proved again that we have a lot of arrows in our bow, four players in double figures and another two with nine points. Children are increasingly aware of their role and each brings their own brick to the cause. Next Sunday yet another difficult away match (Parma Basket Project), we will have to give continuity to what was shown today “.
Podenzano – La Torre: 73 – 43 (21-10, 44-19, 66-28)
Podenzano: Pirolo P. 9, Fermi 4, Fellegara 11, Rigoni M. 2, Petrov (K) 9, Rigoni F., Fumi 2, Devic 12, Pirolo M. 2, Csosz, Filippa 11, Coppeta 11.
