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Amca Elevatori returns to Serie A: beats SS Lazio Basket also in the second challenge for promotion and avoids the trap of a possible “good” match to be played a few hours later again in the capital, regaining a prestigious position at the highest levels of the wheelchair basketball national.
In many ways, game 2 is a repeat of the first match, played in Varese last Saturday and won by the red and whites 58-42: soft startthen one constant but irresistible progression, “signed” first of all by an excellent defense and then, in attack, by all the players fielded by the Pedron-Marinello pairing; however, Alessandro Pedron’s 12 points, a season record, certainly deserve underlining, as does the fact that, despite only 62 points scored, Amca Elevatori placed four players in double figures, demonstrating a very well distributed offensive threat .
A single, brief moment of difficulty: at the start of the last quarter Lazio produced their maximum effort, achieving a 6-0 lead which put them back in the game (41-48 at 33′). But it’s only a moment: Amca Elevatori has the clarity and psychological strength to react, they in turn place a 4-0 which is a clear sign of their presence and from this moment the road becomes really downhill for the Varese players until to the final triumph.
It was a practically perfect season for Amca Elevatori, which concluded without any “stain”: 10 victories in as many matches in the first phase of the Serie B championship, then the promotion challenge with this Lazio team which had achieved the same clear path in the first phase but which had experienced a defeat in the semi-final against Lecce, which ended 2-1 (Varese had not played due to Porto Torres’ forfeit).
A great satisfaction for the companywhich in 2024 celebrates its fortieth year of activity and which will celebrate the anniversary by playing the Serie A championship again, two years later. Satisfaction for the results obtained and for having got all the moves right, from the choice of a coach debut (Alessandro Pedron had the double role of player and coach) to that of the two foreign players, because Iragorri and Samadi proved to be very successful signings, on a technical and human level.
Now it’s right to celebrate, soon the planning of another very important season in the history of the club.
SS Lazio Basket – Amca Elevatori HS Varese 48-62 (13-12, 23-30, 35-48)
Lazio: Marzioli, A. Pellegrini 19, G. Pellegrini, Ciciou 2, Bundzins 13, Cimarelli 2, C. Paggi 12. All. M. Paggi.
Amca Elevators: Pedron 12, Nava 8, Roncari 14, Iragorri 6, Silva 12, Samadi 10, Sala, Fiorentini, Paonessa. All. C. Marinello, A. Pedron.
