Last home outing of the season for the Varese Women’s Basketball faces the Brescia team from Pontevico at home, currently in second place in the rankings. A match that has a platonic meaning for the Varese team given that, as reiterated several times, they are unfortunately out of the playoffs where only the top 3 in the rankings go. Why Varese aims to maintain fourth place in the rankings and must defend itself from a possible assault from Basket Femminile Milano with the latter forced to win on the field of league leaders Canegrate to keep alive the hope of overtaking Premazzi and her teammates. In fact, Varese boasts a 2-0 against the Milanese and two points more in the standings. Basically with a victory against Pontevico Varese would be mathematically fourth with a day to play, but it would also be fourth in the event of a defeat and simultaneous defeat of the Milanese team. There’s very little left to finish the season in a position that was almost unthinkable during the Christmas break. Great credit to the work in the gym of both the technical staff and the girls who were able to turn around a season born under an unlucky star.
Coming to tomorrow’s opponents, Pontevico won the first leg with a score of 63-55 despite 16 points from Premazzi. A race where Varese was at his lowest levels due to flu and various ailments which also took away coach Anilonti from the scene due to a flu attack. Today the fate of the match is very different with a full-strength Varese team who will want to make up for this defeat and confirm themselves at the top of the second round standings. The team coached by Daniela Doldi has in the former Serie A in Brescia Giulia De Cristofaro its key player and it will be important to limit the forays of the thirty-one-year-old director. Also watch out for the other two guards Racchetti and Rossi and we understand how it will be in midfield that there will be some good duels. Certainly the state of form of Routealso super last week against Milano Basket Stars, and the qualities of Premazzi, second scorer in the group with an average of 16 points per match and author of the decisive baskets at the end of the last match, they say that Varese can also have her say in this area of the pitch.
Matteo Gallo
