As if it were the first day of school, a new beginning with new sports battles and everything (or almost) that is reset. The Serie C Gold ‘Memorial Fathallah‘ edition 2021/22 is ready to take off: the Second Phase of the championship begins, which will involve all 14 teams of the championship. The big match of the first day of the Clock Phase, which will be played six days before the start of the highly anticipated Play-Offs that will give the winner the ticket for Serie B, will be played tomorrow (Sunday 13 February at 18) at the PalaMangano in Palermo between the hosts of Green Basket Palermo and Nuova Pallacanestro Messina. The Palermitans, strengthened by the 22 points won so far, present themselves to this new challenge as leaders of the Single Group: a privileged position to defend in the six games that await them against six of the seven teams that, until last week, fought each other ‘in the other group, the one made up of the four from Messina and the three from Calabria.
“Surely to have reached this point only with a defeat is very important – admits Jacopo Bruno, play of the green-and-whites -. However, this is of little importance now, because there are six finals ahead of us to play as such, and only then will the playoffs begin, so all our attention is directed to the next six games ».
Third place at the end of the White Round for the Nuova Pallacanestro Messina of coach Beto Manzo, a team that last season won the C Silver championship, touching the promotion to Serie B in the play-offs. group proved to be certainly balanced and fought between the two shores of the Strait. The impact of the return of Matas Budrys among the Peloritan ranks brought an average of 20 points in the first three games to a roster that could already count on the long levers of the Central African Steven Perriere (18.9 points on average), the offensive solutions of Federico Pierleoni ( 12.4) and directed by captain Angelo Salvatico (8.8).
«We know Nuova Pallacanestro Messina well, a young and well trained team – continues Bruno -. The coach has prepared us best for this challenge, their main weapon is definitely running, we will have to be careful not to get caught up in the heat and not to play at their pace, but to manage the match with our basketball. As a Palermitan, I particularly care about the fact that PalaMangano makes itself felt present and that our fans come to support us, so we expect it. It will be a great match ».
Two-ball tomorrow, Sunday 13 February 2022 at 6 pm at PalaMangano in Palermo, which will be lifted by the refereeing couple formed by Daniele Barbagallo from Acireale and Federico Puglisi from Aci Catena. Free admission up to maximum capacity allowed with Green Pass and FFP2 mask.
