Cantù vs Reggio: Basketball Comeback Attempt

The water is high in Cantù. And, since “every drop counts” – as per the claim of the main sponsor S.Bernardo -, now every extra drop also risks taking its toll. Because Cantù is at the turning point. After nine consecutive defeats, the team is called upon to change pace. However, he will have to do it away, where he still registers a zero for “victories”.

Appointment this evening at 6pm at the PalaBigi, a parquet in Reggio Emilia, where Cantù is called to give proof of consistency, after having undertaken a new technical path following the dismissal of coach Nicoloa Brienza and the arrival of Walter De Raffaele, someone who has won something in his career, but who has had to take the measures of a team – as he said – that is sad and with low morale.

Certainly sad for what he tried to do in recent weeks, but which due to a series of circumstances he was unable to materialise. Translated: the team has made steps forward, has put some hierarchy in place (not all, obviously), but has been missing in the most emotionally important moments of the last matches. Missing the knockout shot, or rolling over with a lost ball.

And then, after nine unsuccessful attempts, it was decided to change. With a coach who is adapting to the human material he has found in his hands, but who certainly won’t take long to instill his beliefs.

Where will De Raffaele start again? From defense, a cornerstone of his philosophy. But also by the general increase in pace, which can always mask some gaps. We also believe you look at lost balls like smoke in your eyes, a very sore point in Cantù’s matches.

Work, work, work, this is the mantra of the new technician. To change things, to give itself a new organization, but also to accelerate the processes that were already underway before his arrival. Two above all: the definitive inclusion of Chiozza, a point guard who can change the team’s fortunes, and resolve the doubts in the forward sector. Where, in the “4” commercial, Basile, Ajay, Moraschini and Sneed alternated. A lot is played on this. In particular, on Basile’s full recovery, more psychological than physical. The Italian American is the big question of the season. Protagonist, sometimes devastating, in A2 as much as stuttering on the upper floor. Finding at least “half” of last year’s player would be invaluable.

Who knows, beating Reggio Emilia in the first leg, Cantù’s first victory after his return to Serie A, is an incentive (but is there a need for it?)

Winning would mean bringing her closer (she is at +4) and, in the event of finishing with equal points at the end, also keeping her behind