The Christmas break of the championships always offers the opportunity for an initial assessment of the season so far of “our” teams involved in the various championships. Let us therefore focus our attention on the path of the Varese Women’s Basketballwith our usual mid-season Tops and Flops.
TOP
You could say Moretti for the contribution of points and also for the winning slalom in Pontevico, but the choice falls on Giorgia Mainini whose contribution is growing day after day. The winger born in 2001 covers the two roles of winger very well and in that of atypical 4 he knows how to produce dividends that are useful like bread for a Varese team that has lost captain Sorrentino along the way, thus freeing up space, but also responsibility. And Giorgia is being ready so much so that the numbers certify what is her best year on the basketball courts. The 8.6 points he averaged this season are his career high in Serie B, beaten only by the 11.4 points achieved with Busto, but in Serie C. For the success of the Neroargento championship, it will be essential for Mainini to continue in this vein in 2026.
FLOP
Continuity or rather missed opportunities. All this considering that the neroargento lost their captain Francesca Sorrentino at the beginning of the season who was also the only real long player in the role. Therefore, coach Fabrizio’s Bassotti band is having an excellent year given the arrows present in the quiver. However, there remains a bitter taste in the mouth from the home defeat against Robbiano, the only victory for the team from Giussano so far, which could have given rise to a real leap in the standings or like the other home defeat last week against Sanga Milano. Or, to use coach Fabrizio’s own words, the defeat in the last round before the Christmas break on the Milan Women’s Basket field. Two teams from the slums – 6 points for Sanga so far – and one against a chasing BFM. All three benefited from the success: with a little more cynism Moretti and her teammates would be alone in fifth place today behind the magnificent four.
Matteo Gallo
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