On an evening in which Bertram didn’t do badly with her shot from outside as usually happens, the defense came to the rescue of the Bianconeri. After the 71 points conceded to Cremona last Sunday in Lombardy, Derthona repeated it with 67 which blocked the score of UNA Hotels Reggio Emilia, beaten with 14 points at the Nova Arena in the 13th matchday of Serie A Unipol to cross the finishing line of qualifying for the Final Eight of the Italian Cup with two rounds to spare.
The satisfaction is evident after the match on the part of the coach Mario Fioretti: “Defensively we managed to do what we wanted to do, defend the area, with the exception of the first quarter where they managed to get in. We are taking steps forward which can only please us, both Justin and Justin helped us a lot in defence. [Gorham] that Brekkott [Chapman]: both were very attentive and concentrated on what they had to do and therefore, although I am hardly talking about individuals, applause goes to them.”
The mathematical achievement of the Final Eight, a few days before the end of the calendar year, gives rise to a very first assessment of the Juventus 2025/26 season: “The satisfaction of making the Italian Cup is an objective of the Club, we have never spoken openly with the boys about objectives, it’s not that we arrive at the pitch for training and sit in the locker room talking about it, but we think match after match, working day by day. The idea is that we are making progress. In thinking about what we it’s happened up until today, as a coach there’s always a little something you think you can do better with some situation, with some player. But, I have to be honest, thinking of having achieved 9 victories in 13 matches I also have in mind that it could have been much worse in terms of results, there’s nothing to make fun of. We’re really happy with the path, the choice of people, the work, the relationships, these are the things that drive our sport and they’re going well, so we can only be happy”, concluded the coach from Tortona.
