At 5.30pm at the Bondi Arena, prediction respected
The two very favorites finally meet: on the third day of competition of the Entry Level Tournament “Città di Ferrara”, Barcelona and Milan secured the pass to the final on Sunday at the Bondi Arena (5.30pm). Among the nice surprises of the day were the exciting matches between Olimpia and Bassano, and the heart-pounding finale between Panathinaikos and Crvena Zvezda, which saw the red and whites triumph with a triple at the end.
Umana Reyer Venezia 56 – 80 FC Bayern Basketball (12-25; 27-45; 42-67)
Umana Reyer Venezia: Avino, Rossi 6, Ceolin, Giugie, Comellato, Camuffo 13, Garbisa 5, Nardin 4, Marella 11, Pugiotto 12, Chinello 3, Favero 2. Coaches: Serena.
FC Bayern Basketball: Odhiambo 10, Matic 11, Brücklmeier 1, Raphael, Pap 7, Hadzic, Nurkic 7, Elbanna 14, Dia 6, Hartl 11, Lohse Martinez 3, Okoro 10. Coaches: Zeljkovic.
Everything went smoothly for the Germans Bayern Munich in the opening match of the day: the Bavarians led the match and made it to the semi-finals, finishing in second place in the group. Nothing to do for Reyer, bringing up the rear: she surrenders 56-80.
EA7 Emporio Armani Olimpia Milano 110 – 56 Panathinaikos Athens BC (21-13; 40-30; 72-48)
EA7 Emporio Armani Olimpia Milano: Pedrocchi 5, Grandi 9, Ferretto 9, Costa 11, Giuliani 5, Perlo 15, Carbognin 6, Veggetti 13, Clerici 5, Balzarotti 12, Coulibaly 10, Govoni 10. All.: Halabi.
Panathinaikos Athens BC: Valavanis 15, Georgiopoulos 7, Dimitropoulos 10, Thomas, Karlos 1, Koropiotis, Koukounas 2, Papathanasiou 6, Paravatos, Patsios 2, Tsaousis 11, Fassos 2. Coaches: Kolokithas.
Challenge worth the top in the black group between Olimpia and Panathinaikos. The Milanese lead the match, the Athenians chase and scare their opponents before collapsing upon returning from the changing rooms. At the end of 40 minutes it is EA7 who celebrate: 110 – 56 and first place in the group.
Final rankings
Orange Group: FC Barcelona 6; Orange 1 International Bassano 4; Virtus Emilbanca Bologna 2; Crvena Zvezda 0.
Black Group: EA7 Emporio Armani Olimpia Milano 6; FC Bayern Basketball 4; Panathinaikos Athens BC 2; Umana Reyer Venice 0.
Virtus Emilbanca Bologna 99 – 49 Umana Reyer Venezia (29-18; 48-32; 72-40)
Virtus Emilbanca Bologna: Farolfi 5, Lodi 12, Damiano 10, Lodini 6, Nanni 7, Nicoletti, Piras A. 10, Piras E. 21, Righi 2, Rusticelli 4, Castagnetti 9, Goldoni 13. Coaches: Pezzoli.
Umana Reyer Venezia: Divicari, Avino, Rossi, Ceolin, Giugie, Camuffo 8, Garbisa, Nardin 9, Marella 8, Pugiotto 22, Chinello 2, Favero. All.: Serena.
In the first all-Italian match of the crossroads phase, Virtus Bologna dominates far and wide against Reyer. The Venetian opposition was too weak in the first minutes, the Bianconeri took command of the match for the final 99-49: they will play the final for fifth and sixth place.
Panathinaikos Athens BC 64 – 67 KK Crvena Zvezda (18-26; 29-41; 51-46)
Panathinaikos Athens BC: Valavanis 2, Georgiopoulos 11, Dimitropoulos 3, Thomas, Karagiannis 13, Karlos 23, Koropiotis, Kougios, Koukounas, Papathanasiou 7, Tsaousis 3, Fassos 2. Coaches: Kolokithas.
KK Crvena Zvezda: Lepojević, Đorđević 13, Malešević, Krstić, Ivošević 23, Prodanović, Živković 8, Ivanković 10, Stajić 9, Mizdrak, Iovanović, Vilić 4. All.: Opačić.
The start was all for the Serbs, who took advantage of the tiredness of the green and whites, fresh from the morning’s efforts. However, after the red and white’s lead there was a reaction from Panathinaikos, for an exciting point-to-point and no-holds-barred finish: Đorđević’s triple at the end gave the first victory 67-64 to Crvena Zvezda, who will challenge Virtus for the fifth place finish.
EA7 Emporio Armani Olimpia Milano 98 – 89 Orange1 International Bassano (19-23; 48-47; 75-73)
EA7 Emporio Armani Olimpia Milano: Pedrocchi 2, Grandi 11, Ferretto 13, Costa, Perlo 14, Carbognin, Veggetti 13, Clerici 6, Balzarotti 26, Coulibaly 2, Govoni 11. All.: Halabi.
Orange1 International Bassano: Mayfield Jr. 7, Farina, Manzo 24, Magnoni, Zangrandi 4, Masarati, Kolev, Carlana 6, Ricò, Cerminara 7, Dijon, Bosnic 41. All.: Papi.
First semi-final to access the final on Sunday: Orange Bassano leads the match in the first half, Milan recovers and proceeds in great balance, in a very tense match. The last partial is all about EA7, which wins 98-89 and a place in the final: a super Bosnic with 41 points is not enough in Bassano.
FC Barcelona 110 – 36 FC Bayern Basketball (25-2; 45-13; 83-25)
FC Bayern Basketball: Matic 2, Hadzic, Brücklmeier, Raphael 5, Pap 3, Baranovskyi, Nurkic 11, Elbanna 2, Odhiambo, Dia, Hartl 4, Lohse Martinez 5, Okoro 4. Coaches: Zeljkovic.
FC Barcelona: Andrei Aionesei 21, Stefan Bolun 5, Fàbrega Urpina 8, Gironella Mandos 4, Quiroga Torres, Patrón Rodríguez 13, Palomo Moreno 8, Mateu Mavrea 2, Anglada Prieto 4, Auer 10, Mas Aymerich 18, Martinsons 17. All. : Perea Sanfel.
More than a one-sided semi-final between Barça and Bayern. The Catalans are already rampant at the start, and leave no escape for the Bavarians in great and obvious difficulty: Barcelona triumphs 110-36, reaching Olimpia Milano for the final that will decide the queen of the tournament.
Program for Sunday 28 April
9:00 am: Umana Reyer Venezia – Panathinaikos Athens BC (7th/8th place final)
11.30 am: Virtus Emilbanca Bologna – KK Crvena Zvezda (5th/6th place final)
3.00 pm: Orange1 International Bassano – FC Bayern Basketball (3rd/4th place final)
4.00 pm: “4T scholarship” award ceremony
5.30pm: EA7 Emporio Armani Olimpia Milano – FC Barcelona (1st/2nd place final)
7.00 pm: final awards ceremony
