The Cipir touches the bang at the Modigliani Forum in Livorno, but it is there Libertas to take the colon on 64 a 60. Game played under rhythm by Airaghi and his teammates, who only managed to express the basketball seen a week earlier at Cadorna against Omegna between the third and fourth periods. In the end the spirit with which the biancoblu fight is commendable, but the boys of Fantozzi find verve from Forti and close the accounts with the baskets of Ammannato and Ricci. Bad shooting percentages are so fatal for College, who will be called to the challenge next Sunday, at Cadorna against leaders Elachem Vigevano.
Start off by both teams, Airaghi unlocks the match, while Livorno continues to mess and coach Fantozzi is forced to timeout after 4 ‘of play, with the score blocked at 1 to 4. Ferrari scores two consecutive baskets by throwing himself back , while Forti unlocks the Libertas by scoring from three points. From here it is a monologue by Casella and his companions: 9-0 break which is worth 13 to 8 at the end of the first quarter.
The start of the second period extends the partial amaranth, until Ghigo does not put a patch on it by scoring from the center of the area and unlocking himself in a game that will see him play as a protagonist. Bechi and Kuuba deliver a double-digit lead to Livorno, with College responding thanks to Jovanovic’s free throws and Nwohuocha’s energy basket. Libertas goes into a doll before the long break and Ghigo’s triple rekindles Cipir: at half-time it is 31 to 25 for the hosts.
In the second half, the boys of coach Stefano Di Cerbo show themselves with another face: after a couple of minutes in which Boglio responds to Ricci, Ghigo’s triple gives a further injection of confidence to biancoblu, who from 39 to 32, in three minutes, they overtake on 39 to 40 at the end of the third quarter.
Forti loads the amaranths on his shoulders at the start of the fourth fraction, College responds, but the audience is in the game and Libertas takes advantage of the inertia in favor to sign a 6-0 break resulting from the triples of Forti and Ammannato. Morgillo and Ammannato himself give the plus ten to Livorno, which seems to have put the game on ice, but Cipir shows a great heart: captain Airaghi scores the baskets of minus eight and minus six; Ghigo again burns the retina from beyond the arch. On minus three, however, the Livorno experience comes out, giving a new push to the match. In recent possessions College tries in every way to reopen it, but the irons of the Modigliani Forum are hostile to the white and blue, who yield on 64 to 60.
Second consecutive week in which, against two high-profile teams, College comes close to victory. He does so by playing two different games, but which must push us to look at the upcoming challenges with courage and a desire to fight. There are still thirteen games left, each of which is of fundamental importance, but to be played with the same energy, desire to win and have fun as always.
