The Gemini pays duty to the pandemic and shows up in the recovery staged on Wednesday evening in Fiorenzuola without Fazioli in the control room and, always among the little ones, with Dal Pos recovered at the last moment and therefore without the right workouts in the legs. A picture that complicates the practice for coach Ferraboschi who, however, can open 2022 for his debut by returning to line up Drigo, an immediately incisive presence since it is precisely the Sicilian pivot winger to put the bomb of +7 at 57 ” from the end giving the shoulder decisive in a match that was always open up to there. Gemini with a departure signed by Bortolin who scores the first basket of 2022, points that are a good omen for a period in which Mestre approaches the game with the usual aggressiveness, an attitude that immediately bears fruit with Gemini who goes in the middle of the quarter on +9 (2-11) pushed by a bomb from Casagrande, from another basket by Bortolin together with those of Ianuale and Stepanovic who force Galetti to call time. A foul and worth by Casagrande push Mestre to the maximum advantage (4-14) but the home team is alive and thanks to the long shot he immediately returns to contact. In fact, Levelli slips two shots from the arc while Ricci hits the basket closely with the Gemini that in the meantime does not materialize, a sum of events that brings the scoreboard to 12-14 with 3’23 ” to play. Stepanovic scores from below and a bomb from Ricci and Drigo close the fourth with Mestre ahead of 4 after the first period.
The second quarter
In the second quarter Fiorenzuola tries to shorten the gap by finding a free and a Levelli basket, but Bortolin returns to affect with Gemini who with 4 points of his long and a Drigo bomb goes on +8 in his favor (20-28); once again, however, the hosts take advantage of a good moment in archery and with the bombs of Rubbini and Cipriani added to a level basket they center the tie with half the quarter still to be played. From there it goes point to point with Gemini able to find a basket with Bortolin and a Casagrande bomb. Levels from the line pushes forward with Drigo who near the siren does not mark the bomb of the new overtaking and with Gemini who falls below 2 at the long break.
Second fraction
Third quarter with Mestre who raises the defensive intensity, the period becomes the most pleasant to follow because you go back and forth. After 2’24 ” Fiorenzuola touches his maximum advantage (41-37) thanks to a Ricci basket, but Pinton signs his only bomb of the evening right in the most delicate moment with Mestre who thanks to another 2 points from Casagrande immediately returns the nose forward. From there to review a minimum break you have to wait for 7 ‘when, after a couple of possessions wasted by the hosts, Drigo, Ianuale and Bortolin sign a 6-0 for Mestre which forces Galetti to call time. Arms and a bomb from Alibegovic bring the home team back into contact but a 3-pointer from Petrucci puts Mestre on 58-64, a prelude to +4 with which the fourth will end, a margin seasoned by the regret of the 2 free throws not exploited by the same Petrucci at the end of the period.
The last time seems immediately good for Mestre who with Casagrande and Bortolin as well as two free shots by Drigo immediately puts the road to Fiorenzuola uphill, who with 7’35 ” has 10 points to recover (60-70). To complicate the road to success in Mestre, however, comes the fourth foul by Bortolin with 4’54 ” to play and with locals able to return to 4 points thanks to the bomb of Rubbini and the points of Levelli and Filippini. The last minutes, however, are signed by Drigo who begins with the basket of 66-72 and, after another 2 points by Ianaule (66-74), closes the score when Fiorenzuola gets back in contact thanks to the baskets of Ricci and Filippini (70-74 ). In fact, with 57 ” to play Drigo inserts the +7 bomb that forces Fiorenzuola to force while the Gemini right on the siren with Ianuale and Casagrande touches the maximum advantage. Bergamo arrives at the Palavega on Sunday, the last round of the first round and hoping to finally have the whole team back, considering that in Fiorenzuola, in addition to Fazioli, the young Marini was also missing.
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