Serie A1 basketball, La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso comes out to applause against Venezia in game 1 playoff

LA MOLISANA MAGNOLIA CAMPOBASSO – HUMAN REYER VENICE 71-75 (10-11, 29-29; 50-50)

CAMPOBASSO: Togliani (0/3, 0/1), Chagas 11 (1/3, 3/5), Parks 24 (4/11, 4/5), Nicolodi 3 (0/1, 1/1), Gray 12 (3/7, 2/2); Trimboli 6 (3/3), Lawrence 2 (1/2), Quiñonez 13 (3/8, 1/1). Ne: Amatori, Egwoh, Vitali and Del Bosco. All.: Sabatelli.

VENICE: Carangelo 3 (1/5 from 3), Anderson 17 (7/13, 1/3), Thornton 20 (3/6, 3/3), Bestagno 11 (4/10, 0/2), Ndour 16 (4/7, 2/2); Attura (0/1, 0/1), Madeira 8 (1/1, 2/3), Pen, Dull (0/1, 0/1). Ne: Pan. All.: Mazzon.

REFEREES: Ferretti (Teramo), Ugolini (Forlì Cesena) and Di Martino (Naples).

NOTE: exit for five fouls Ndour (Venice). Free throws: Campobasso 8/10; Venice 10/15. Rebounds: Campobasso 32 (Nicolodi 6); Venice 29 (Ndour 7). Assist: Campobasso 19 (Trimboli 7); Venice 18 (Carangelo and Anderson 5). Score progression: 6-6 (5 ‘), 25-20 (15’), 43-40 (25 ‘), 58-66 (35’). Maximum advantage: Campobasso 7 (19-12); Venice 12 (58-70).

He comes out with a gap of four points from having to recover in the return La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso in its historic debut for i playoff championship. In front of almost a thousand fans in the friendly stadium of the Arena, the #fiorid Acciaio create more than a few problems for the lagoon champions of Italy in office and second at the end of the regular season and on Friday at the Taliercio, with this attitude, they will be able to try to have their say to the end to try to give themselves another dream in a season that is fantastic in itself: that is, a possible access to the semifinals.

TENSION IN THE STARS The importance of the stake is understood right from the start: Venice signs the first points of the evening, then it is Chagas who gives the first advantage to the magnolias with a triple. The tension grips the two teams, so much so that the attacks are asphyxiated. Parks scores +4 (6-2). Thornton tries to reconnect the lagoons who manage to return to six with Ndour and escape with an Anderson transition.

Parks impacts, but Ndour tries out a new guest escape. Gray is not there and signs the 10-11 basket which ends the fourth.

EXTREME BALANCE Lawrence signs the overtaking, then Chagas widens the margin which consists of six units after the profitable trip from the line by Quiñonez and reaches seven after the penetration of Chagas (19-12) with Trimboli who keeps the gap (21-14). Anderson puts the triple, then Quiñonez is decisive in the attempts to return the Venetians. Anderson brings the guests back up to -1 (25-24). Parks from the free is very precise, but Bestagno with a three-point game impacts. Parks again pushes the #fiorid Acciaio away. Bestagno responds present and the two teams thus go to the long interval on 29 even.

CONTINUOUS TEARS Anderson reopens the games after returning from the locker room with Gray impacting. Then Parks’ triple clears the score with Trimboli who makes the magnolias fly up to +5 (36-31), but Anderson and Madera bring the lagoons back in a draw. Gray is not there and then Trimboli invents two points of applause. Chagas with a triple brings him to two margin possessions (43-37). Madera is demon-possessed by the three-point arc, but Parks is inspired. Thorton brings the guests closer, but Quiñonez enters orbit with a triple and a stolen ball materialized on the counterattack for +6 (50-44), but Venice returns until a new parity with Thorton for a 50-50 with which you enter the last ten minutes.

BREATHLESS Venezia puts its head ahead at the start of the fourth period reaching the +5 of 50-55. Gray doesn’t fit (53-55).

Thorton responds on his part and Bestagno puts in the host +7 (53-60) with Anderson who, on the counterattack, from a stolen ball, increases the margin. Parks tries to revive him (55-62), but Ndour widens the margin. Parks is on fire. Anderson also responds present and it is then Ndour and Thorton who widen the gap. Gray with a triple tries to give the last paw. Quiñonez brings the magnolias closer to -5 (65-70). A series of two triples keeps the magnolias at -5 (68-73), but the basket by Madeira and then the triple by Nicolodi closed until the final -4 of 71-75.

FROM THE CHANGING ROOMS In the press room, the rossoblù coach Mimmo Sabatelli is direct about what are his feelings on the general progress of the dispute.

“Certainly – explains – this was the first round. It is normal that we, especially in the fourth period, had a meltdown in a phase in which they dominated us, reaching up to +12. At that point it was difficult to project onto the second leg. During the time-out I asked the girls to think that there was a second half, which will be that of Taliercio, and not to give up and, as always, these girls have shown that they have an incredible heart because we closed at minus four, statistical gap only. It would have been an incredible joy for us to win in front of our fans, but we have every chance. Venice certainly has an advantage, but we can go and play our game at Taliercio. We will try to put them in difficulty, therefore, by trying to overturn the minus four ».

FRIDAY RETURN At this point, in fact, the wait is all about the match on Friday evening – at 7.30 pm – in the Veneto region, a crossroads in all respects of a simply marvelous Rossoblù journey.