(B.C) – For the fifth time of the season, the Sicilian Carmelo Paternicò, a highly experienced and internationally renowned referee, referees a Happy Casa Brindisi match. It will happen on Sunday 28 April, at 6.15 pm, in the Pala Pentassuglia for the internal dismissal of the coach training Dragan Sakota … which could also be the arithmetical farewell from Serie A after twelve consecutive seasons in the top Italian league. With Paternicò they will be there Gabriele Bettini And Marco Catani. Brindisi will have to deal with Umana Reyer Venezia which has 36 points in the standings and occupies fourth position behind the leading trio (Bologna-Brescia-Milan with 40 points) and ahead of Trento and Reggio Emilia, fifth with 30 points.
Lagunari already qualified for the playoffs but curiously “referees” of the fight to stay: on Sunday 21 April they met and beat Treviso, on Sunday 28 they will play in Brindisi and on the last day (Sunday 5 May) they will host Vuelle Pesaro; an incredible ending with a sort of wicked calendar trick. To stay in the running and avoid relegation with a round to spare, Happy Casa Brindisi must beat Venezia but must hope that Treviso loses to Varese. The salvation of the NBB requires that the Apulians win both against Venice and in Brescia, that Treviso loses its matches and that Pesaro wins at most one. In short, a very complicated if not impossible scenario. But you have to try.
To return to the refereeing trio, Paternicò (Piazza Armerina) directed Brindisi in home matches with Bologna, Treviso and Tortona (two victories and one defeat) and in the Naples derby, won by the Neapolitans; he will reach Puglia after having directed (this evening) the Euroleague play-off match between Barcelona and Olympiacos in the Palau Blaugrana. Gabriele Bettini is at his third meeting with Brindisi after the two home defeats against Pesaro and Napoli. Marco Catani is even at his sixth seasonal match, with five appearances in Pala Pentassuglia (two wins and two defeats) and one away (Cremona, with the victory of Vanoli). In the photos: Gabriele Bettini (Bologna) and Marco Catani (Pescara)
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