There are just a few days left before the match between Virtus Bologna and Trapani Shark, scheduled at the Virtus Arena on 4 January 2026 at 8pm for the 14th round of the LBA, and the atmosphere is full of tension. The Sicilian club has in fact issued a very harsh official statement towards Lega Basket and the Italian Basketball Federation, going so far as to threaten the sensational decision not to show up in Bologna.
A stance that shakes the environment and that Virtus observes carefully, while the championship risks being influenced by an increasingly complex institutional situation.
THE COMMUNICATE FROM TRAPANI.
At the end of the match played and lost by Trapani against Varese, the sporting director, Valeriano D’Orta, spoke in the press room:
«Trapani Shark takes note of the recent decisions adopted by the Lega Basket and the Italian Basketball Federation, which represent an act of blatant injustice and relentless persecution towards the club, irreparably compromising its competitiveness and the fairness of the entire championship»
«The repeated, and as far as we are concerned, unjust decision not to seat coach Alex Latini on the bench, combined with the disproportionate and unfounded sanctions imposed on the club, despite the full substantial regularity documented on several occasions, the good faith demonstrated and the acquittal of the Federal Court for President Antonini on the issue of tax credits, is not only an operational obstacle, but is a real attack on the image and survival of the club»
«These measures, which ignore sensational precedents, such as those of Cantù in 2019, and Brescia in 2020, where the FIP actively favored flexible solutions to avoid collapse of the entire system, highlight an unacceptable double standard and oppressive treatment targeted against Trapani Shark, seriously putting at risk the basic principles of sporting fairness and equality between affiliates»
The match against Virtus Bologna on 4 January 2026:
«In this climate of total uncertainty, arbitrariness and lack of dialogue, where the majority of the players have clearly expressed their desire to leave, and in compliance with the fairness that has always guided the club’s actions, the club announces that it is seriously and urgently evaluating the option of not taking part in the match scheduled in Bologna valid for the 14th round of the championship»
«This extreme decision is not a whim, but an act of protest necessary to publicly denounce the gravity of what we are suffering and to urge a constructive and institutional discussion with the competent bodies, in the belief that dialogue and mutual respect are fundamental to guarantee fairness and protection for all components of the sports system»
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