The Gea Basketball Grossetoon the wings of enthusiasm after the extraordinary victory against leaders Bottegone Pistoia, tries to continue the positive streak on Sunday at 18 on the field of Capannoli against the rear Valdera basketball, on the seventh day of the Serie D championship. A less obvious race than what the ranking says, which sees the Grosseto players in third place with 8 points and the Pisans in the queue at 2. The only victory of Ben Salem Nadir’s boys, however, arrived at home against Bottegone. La Gea, which is two points behind the leading pair San Vincenzo and Libertas Lucca, is growing day by day and will want to take advantage of its technical superiority to continue sailing in the first possible stages of this long and demanding championship.
«It is a meeting with a thousand traps – underlines the Gea coach Marco Santolamazza – on a difficult field. Valdera is a young team that fights for every ball. To get the fifth victory of this season we will therefore have to confirm the good performance of last Sunday: great defense and super attack, then. It will be necessary to impose our pace on the match to avoid surprises that in such a balanced group are always around the corner ».
“During the week – continues Santolamazza – we trained very well, thanks to the emotional thrust of success with Pistoia and I expect great things”.
From a statistical point of view, Valdera has an average of 62.2 points scored, against 80 conceded; For his part, Grosseto has an average of 72.5 points and 70.8 conceded. Best red and white scorer after six days is Lorenzo Morgia with 77 points, followed by Giovanni Piccoli (57), Edoardo Furi (54), Mirko Mari (52), Jacopo Roberti (51).
The Gea will have to do without the pivot Jacopo Roberti, who serves the second day of disqualification, remedied after the battle of Donoratico. The twelve players from seven days ago will therefore go to the scoresheet.
The summoned: Canuzzi, Children, Morgia, Furi, Delfino, Simonelli, Scurti, Romboli, Mazzei, Baccheschi, Mari, Piccoli.
Referees: Diego Carboni of Scandicci and Omar Ciabattini of Terranova Bracciolini.
THE STATISTICS OF GEA
| NC | D series glass | PG | POINTS | N.E. |
| 0 | Canuzzi | 4 | 15 | |
| 3 | Children | 6 | 34 | |
| 7 | Robert | 4 | 51 | |
| 9 | Morgia | 6 | 77 | |
| 11 | Open it | 6 | 54 | |
| 12 | Dolphin | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Simonelli | 6 | 4 | |
| 23 | Short | 6 | 33 | |
| 24 | Romboli | 4 | 19 | |
| 26 | Mazzei | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 32 | Bacchus | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | Mari | 5 | 52 | |
| 41 | Nape* | 2 | 17 | |
| 55 | Little ones | 6 | 57 |
* No longer in the squad
