by Giorgio Grassi At the ‘Manlio Benedetti’ building in Udine, Basket Crema won the Final Eight 2022 of the Italian A2 basketball cup: beaten the team of Brixia Brescia with a score of 78-55. For Crema this is the fifth consecutive victory in the competition. The four teams in the northern group were the masters, eliminating the group of the first in the southern group in the quarter-finals. They classified themselves according to the score: Spezzina fifth, Bruschi-Galli sixth, Umbertide seventh and Pallacanestro Firenze eighth. The elimination in the quarters of Bruschi-Galli, by Rmb Brixia Brescia (65-60), left anger and bitterness for how the team had behaved, going on for the whole challenge until the last fatal 30 ”, in which defeat has matured. Sports director Andrea Franchini describes it: “There were a few seconds to go, and Bruschi was 2 points ahead, 60-58. In basketball, however, the episodes are always unpredictable and decisive in a matter of seconds. And Bruschi in the match. of the quarters with Brescia was unlucky “. Franchini adds: “We had always led the game, even with reassuring margins, up to 9 points: 9-0 and 49-40 from the end the pivot Bove tries the three-point shot, the ball hits the iron and Zanardi takes it, that we need a long assist to our former pivot Alice Gregori (the law of the ex), who throws the ‘bomb’. Then a three and a free throw, and Brixia won at 65 “. A daring shot that rewarded the Brixia team. But this is basketball. Such episodes rarely happen. “Franchini on Bruschi underlines:” Our starry stars played well, except that some did not enter the match as they should, and Ramò (in the photo) was injured again. This is it …
