With fourth place already achieved at the halfway point, but with the strong desire to achieve three records: the eighteen points at the end of the first round, the nine successes out of twelve races (so as to reach a 75% percentage) and try to win the fifth consecutive squad scoresheet, synonymous with the best streak for the club in its four seasons in A1.
Molisana Magnolia Campobasso closes its calendar year 2023 and reaches the halfway point by hosting – on the last Saturday of the year and with tap-off in prime time at 8.30 pm – for what will be the recovery of the seventh day the freshman Sanga Milano, a team that is certain, like the Molise ones, of what will be its placement in the group of opening tournament (specifically the twelfth).
NO PRESSURE In fact, this way, both teams will be able to play without any pressure on them. «Beyond the context – explains #fioridaiuto coach Mimmo Sabatelli on the eve – our will is to continue to do well, well beyond the position achieved. These, after all, are the most dangerous matches.”
GROUP IN FIT For the rossoblù, the return to work after the Christmas break brought with it a journey of great depth.
«The team worked well overall – recognizes the technician – with an intense cycle of sessions with a lot of concentration and the right desire, we are confident that we can do well.”
MILAN ON THE HORIZON Today’s opponent Sanga is one of the two newly promoted from A2 and represents an absolute freshman for the category. For their part, the Milanese, so far, are paying the price of the new category, having achieved only one success – last October 8th – within the friendly walls of the Bocconi Sport Center against the bottom (still without points) Battipaglia.
The team entrusted to coach Franz Pinotti (among the founding souls of the club) has kept with it almost the entire roster from last season, to which it has added the Finnish pivot winger Tulonen and, lastly, after the conclusion of the journey with the director Canadian Pellington and the Ukrainian long player Yurkevichus, he added the Greek winger Vintsilaiou to the squad.
In particular, in recent weeks, the Lombards have had to deal with the physical problems of the long-standing Spaniard Diallo (who should also be a mere spectator in the Arena scenario), as well as with those of Guarneri, Vintsilaiou and the Brazilian point guard (but Italian passport) Madonna, the latter are under observation in the hope of being able to have them among the actual rotations.
«If you look only at the ranking you would risk making the most serious mistake possible – adds the Campobassane trainer – because they also had to deal with various difficulties, mainly physical, but there could be some setbacks against us. The last races played, in particular the one in Schio, represented the perfect testimony of this group’s desire to forcefully climb back up the rankings.”
MOOD UNALTERED With certainty, for Sabatelli, the Magnolia that will face Milan will have to have the same attitude that has characterized the rossoblù’s path so far.
«We will have to defend hard as we did very well in San Martino di Lupari or as we managed with concreteness in the other races we won. We face a team that is in some ways atypical in terms of structure, which is another reason to pay maximum attention.” he admits.
CUP PERSPECTIVE With certainty, the conclusion of the dispute will also fully define the overall picture of thein-season tournament with which the four protagonists of the Italian Cup Final Four scheduled in Turin on 16th (the semi-finals) and 18th February (the grand final) will be defined.
On their side, the Campobasso teams will certainly enter the game in the second round – the one on January 7th – skipping the matches of the first phase scheduled three days before and hosting, in their own facility, the match that will deliver the ticket for the Piedmontese event.
«For our part, we will not consider what will happen at the same time in San Martino di Lupari. We will only think about the results of the round at the end of the match, just as the pairings will be the subject of attention in the new year. As done so far – comments Sabatelli – we will look at one match at a time, now we have to close the first round, then we will focus on the Cup and then our attention will focus on the matches in the second round”.
FURTHER DETAILS Regarding the match against Milan, however, the match will be broadcast exclusively live streaming pay on Lbftv, the Lega Basket Femminile network. The operations will then be managed by a mixed trio made up of Jacopo Pazzaglia from Pesaro, Fulvio Grappasonno from Lanciano and Emanuela Tommasi from Ciociaria.
2023-12-29 09:18:10
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