Three weeks after the last match played in the Techfind Serie A1 (the home match against the undefeated leader and battleship Famila) and 18 days after the Hungarian trip to Pecs in the EuroCup, La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso returns to the parquet in the return of the clubs’ path after the break linked to the penultimate qualifying window for the 2025 edition of Eurobasket.
INTRICATED CROSSROAD In a seventh day which will also propose the superclassic between Schio and Venice, for coach Mimmo Sabatelli’s #fioridappello there will be a delicate challenge at the PalAllende in Cinisello Balsamo in the home of Geas Sesto San Giovanni, race with a special flavor for Martina Kacerik (former of the day).
A challenge repeated on six occasions in the past season between the championship, the Italian Cup and the playoffs (the series with the Geassine earned the Magnolias access to the semi-final), the match with the Lombards will be the opportunity for the Rossoblù to get a taste of the parquet again after a useful stop to recover from some physical ailments and a feeling of a pinch of tiredness resulting from a very intense calendar, even if between now and the end of the 2024 calendar year in the forecast – for the people of Molise – there will be a calendar with numerous stages and a series of back to back around the corner.
DESIRE AND CURIOSITY In particular, in the Campobassana home, as underlined by the trainer himself on the eve «there is a desire and happiness to be able to play again. In my way of seeing basketball, stops are never good, even more so if they are so long. Furthermore, the return is not the easiest one because we are going to a difficult pitch and against a team of absolute value, which is why we will have to be ready for what we have to do.”
SENIOR ROTATIONS Committed like the Magnolias also in the EuroCup, coach Cinzia Zanotti’s team committed to the recovery of the long-serving Valeria Trucco, has a roster which, in its ideal conformation, has a base of ten senior rotations of absolute importance starting from the confirmed Gina Conti ( the Italian-American playmaker of Caroville origins), Jazmon Gwathmey and Tinara Moore passing through to the protagonists of a signing campaign of absolute depth with the arrivals of the wingers Anastasia Conte, Alessandra Orsili and Laura Spreafico and the wingers Beatrice Barberis, Anna Makurat and Elin Gustavsson (the Polish and Swedish player with a common past at Dinamo Sassari).
«They are a team with expert and deep elements with important tournaments and experiences behind them, which, in addition to the undoubted individual qualities, exponentially increases their team characteristics», recognizes coach Sabatelli.
REBUS APPROACH If the three weeks represented an opportunity to recharge the batteries and recover from some ailments, on the other «some elements, overall, lacked the comfort of the field and we will see what response this two-faced approach will have on the field», he adds Sabatelli.
Who, in relation to an intense period of challenges, willingly takes the two consecutive home rounds in the EuroCup almost every three days. «This will allow us not to have to go on long trips and to be able to train as best we can, but always focusing on one match at a time».
DEFENSE, ATTACK AND INTENSITY From a tactical point of view, there will be three priorities for the rossoblù. First the defense (“The one that was partly missing against Schio and Pecs”), then the attack (“Trying to play our basketball based on speed and transition”) and, finally, the intensity. «With all the rotations recovering a little, it will be crucial to be constant throughout the match without ups and downs and, above all, pauses», comments Sabatelli. Ready to ensure that the Girona projection – the next continental match on Wednesday 20th – will be beyond any type of thought on the part of the rossoblù.
STREAMING ED ARBITRI Like all the other matches of the round, the match will be broadcast in exclusive live streaming on the flima.tv portal, the platform pay of the Women’s Basketball League. Canonical location for the match (on the third Sunday of November at 6pm) with an all-male referee trio made up of Stefano Ursi from Livorno, Michele Centonza from Piceno and Matteo Roiaz from Trieste.
