The Piedmontese, even without two pawns, won 88-70 in a match that was never questioned. Chills due to Della Valle’s ankle injury. Friday and Saturday quadrangular in Lucca
Brescia. For the “Memorial Roberto Ferrari” trophy, Tortona arrives at the PalaLeonessa. An opportunity for Germani Pallacanestro Brescia to be able to compete with a team of the same caliber.
If the challenge had been measured on who had had the most injuries, Brescia would certainly have brought home the cup. Still in the pits Petrucelli, Messinburg, Moss and Burns as well as the aggregate Viglianisi. In the last quarter Della Valle also injured his ankle, for which investigations are now awaited. Tortona was devoid of Macura and Radošsevič, but still managed to bring home the cup that Brescia had won in the last three editions: 88-70 the score for the Piedmontese, for a success that has never been in question since the end of first quarter.
The analysis. Germani showed all the load work that a team does in preparation for the championship, resulting not very reactive. In the first two quarters the page of the defense chapter was torn. Virtually no defense, Tortona too easily rested the ball on the board undisturbed. The Piedmontese showed a pleasant and concrete basketball, always bearing the signature of Ramondino, an excellent coach. Brescia, for its part, has tried to build something (but 11 turnovers) by dusting off the same patterns of last season, not taking into account that men today are different.
Speaking of individuals, Caupain needs from six to seven seconds to pass the half court, calculating that the team has twenty-four available to go to the shooting, there are very few left, so much so that the Brescia team found itself often to force the shot at the last second.
Della Valle went in double figures, but for now it is difficult to see the player of last season, perhaps also because the opponents have taken two measures.
He hated seen against a center that knows his stuff didn’t make much difference, but he held up, often falling back on the dunk. Well Akele in the second half with two triples making himself felt even in rebounds, but in the first half we saw little.
Attitude. Magro must be given credit for trusting young people, setting up a series of changes in income and expenses, which honestly did not understand if they were part of a strategy or to let everyone play. Honestly, on a day that emotionally binds the property, we must forget about De Coubertin for the occasion and go to win.
Tortona has deployed the second lines only after having acquired twenty points of advantage and deservedly wins the race by winning the tournament, with MVP Luca Severini. Hopefully soon to be able to recover all the injured players to be able to see the real Germani. There remains the perplexity of Massinburg which has never been seen to date.
Next appointment. Germani will be back on the field next Friday and Saturday with the “Memorial Lovari in Lucca” trophy. First meeting on 16 at 18.30 against Umana Reyer Venezia, at 21 the other semifinal between Segafredo Virtus Bologna and Bertram Tortona. The day after the final for the third and fourth place and the final.
(In the photo in evidence the Germani with the cup of the second place)
