Acqua S. Bernardo Cantù is awaiting a delicate commitment at 8.00 pm on Sunday 18 January. In fact, the match against Germani Brescia, a team tied with Virtus Bologna at the top of the championship, will be staged on the PalaDesio parquet.
COACH NICOLA BRIENZA’S PRESS CONFERENCE
«We face a league leader. Honestly, at this moment it is hardly worth talking about Brescia, not because of a lack of respect, but because the focus must be on ourselves. Regardless of who comes to play in Desio, our focus must be on what we must and want to do. We now know everything about Brescia, given that they are basically the same performers who have been doing very well for a few years. We must do whatever is necessary, because we must have only one goal. We come from an excellent week of work and there is a great desire to do something more.”
THE OPPONENT: BRESCIA
Germani makes continuity a fixed point in the company’s choices: a concept expressed both in a roster with only one new face compared to last season, and in the choice of coach: given that Matteo Cotelli is a coach who grew up in the house from the youth team until his debut as head coach. Leading the second best attack in the LBA is point guard Nikola Ivanovic, author of over 15 points and 5 assists per game. A good part of his passes end up in the hands of Amedeo Della Valle, the Italian top scorer in the championship with his 16.2 points scored on average. The third starting winger is the athletic winger Demetre Rivers, who with 9.5 points is the only player in the quintet to stop just below the double-digit scoring mark. The key element of the game, however, is center Miro Bilan: MVP of the last Serie A and in the running to confirm his title thanks to a season of 15.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. The power forward designated to support him in the paint would be Maurice Ndour, who in recent weeks has been struggling with some physical problems that have forced him to make room for Joseph Mobio. Coach Cotelli can in fact count on a bench that offers very valid alternatives, to the point that one of the most impactful players on his team is the former Cantù player Jason Burnell who, as a sixth man, is averaging 13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds. On the outside, CJ Massinbourg and another former player like David Cournooh provide depth. Finally, Germani’s rotations are completed by the expert winger Giancarlo Ferrero and the young Doneda and Santinon.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE S.BERNARDO WATER
The match will be broadcast live on the LBATV subscriber-only streaming platform and on the SKY Sport Basket channel.
The radio commentary will instead be broadcast on the frequencies of Radio Cantù FM 89.600.
