A challenge that will in effect represent the prologue to a particularly intense regular season closure (between March 19 and April 6 the rossoblù will have five matches with the recovery on the Reyer Venezia parquet and in the middle also the recovery to be defined. appointment with the Final Eight of the Italian Cup in San Martino di Lupari). La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso is ready to face the last Sunday contest of the first phase of this season, relying on the contribution of the public friend of the Arena in the match against Moncalieri, a team that, in the history of the Rossoblu, brings to mind – at the level of official comparisons – as well as compared to the first leg, also the match of the quarter-finals in the Final Eight of the Italian Cup hosted in the region in the scenario of PalaVazzieri.
DECISIVE SPRINT For the challenge at the lunettes (this is how the Piedmontese players are known in the world) the coach of the #fiorid Acciaio Mimmo Sabatelli is aware of projecting himself in a sprint that will define the positions for the second phase of the season in the Techfind Serie A1.
«It’s an intricate race – explains the trainer of the magnolias – like all the matches of the greatest tournament in pink. The ranking of this championship, thanks to the various recoveries still to be carried out, has not yet taken on a defined conformation, but, right now, our thoughts must converge exclusively on Moncalieri, which here in Molise should also make the latest arrival debut, the Belgian, point guard for her national team, Vanloo, a player with great scoring skills. For our part, however, we trained well during the week with the desire to face such a crossroads in the best possible way ».
HAY ON THE FARM The match against Moncalieri – adds the coach from campobassane – «It will be useful to put hay in the farmhouse in perspective for what will be the successive races from which we will be expected».
Precisely for this reason, the rossoblù group worked with constancy “also recovering Reshanda Gray from some minor annoyance that emerged in Schio (the sprained ankle, ed), even if, in the last hours, we had to deal with some physical boredom of Chagas, who worked separately, but she should also be part of the dispute ».
MUTED FRAMEWORK Compared to the first leg match (it was 12 December), the Piedmontese team, with the addition of Vanloo, will take on a different dimension in the name of greater offensive danger, unlike the more South American liveliness conferred by the Brazilian from Paixão.
“It should not be forgotten, among other things, that, albeit without all their actual effects, they risked making a bang in Faenza, one more reason to find ourselves in front of a real battle on the parquet”.
PARTICULAR GAME After all, the team entrusted to the technical care of Terzolo is “a team with a particular game in the name of physical skills, which is why maximum attention and the widest prudence in terms of rhythm management will be a priority”.
MATCH PLAN In fact, the latter aspect will represent a keystone in the game plan developed for the circumstance.
“We won’t have to get caught up in the frenzy – glosses coach Sabatelli – because for us it would mean making the biggest mistake. Instead, we will have to bring out our characteristics, especially at an offensive level, with the search for the area, while as regards the defense we will have to give life to a test like that of the second half in Sesto San Giovanni, because when we manage to be effective in the protection of our basket we know how to pour this type of work at the level of energy in attack ».
A match – the one in Lombardy – which had allowed the rossoblùs to improve their first season’s performance in the national top flight in the squad (eighteen points for nine wins) going into double figures for this entry, reaching ten statements with twenty points all ‘active.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT The challenge between the #fiorid Acciaio and the lunettes will be broadcast live exclusively on Lbftv, the pay streaming platform coordinated by the Women’s Basketball League, on Sunday 13 March with a duo at 6 pm in the Arena scenario.
The operations are coordinated by a mixed arbitration team made up of Alex D’Amato from Rome, Fabio Bonotto from Ravenna and Cristina Mignogna from Milan.
DATE IN AGENDA After Moncalieri, the rossoblù on Saturday 19th will be in Faenza (duo at 20.30) and then face Empoli on the 23rd (at 19.00), two days before the debut in the Final Eight of the Italian Cup in the quarterfinals against Virtus Bologna. . Then on the 26th there will be the match (4pm) at the Arena with Costa Masnaga and, in the same scenario, on April 2 at 8.30pm the match with Sesto San Giovanni before the regular season closes four days later at the same time in San Martino di Lupari.
In the meantime, however, the dates linked to the playoff formula have also been formalized by pacts of the federation with quarter-rounds scheduled for 12 and 15 April, the semifinals in a series on the three races with dates those of 18, 21 and on April 24th and then a final on the five matches with comparisons on April 28th and 30th and again on May 3rd, 5th and 8th.
