Saturday 30 March l’Umana Reyer Venice returns to the field in the difficult away match in Naples, match valid for the 25th day of the championship. The taproom is scheduled for 7.00pm at PalaBarbuto. The orogranatas enter the match on the eve of Easter in fourth place in the standings (third tied with Olimpia Milano, 16-8) while the home team with a record of 50% (12-12) are ninth in terms of the separate ranking, but on equal merit with Pistoia, Trento and Tortona.
The words of coach Neven Spahija
“Physically we are fine. In Cremona we once again made the mistake of playing without the right focus and mentality for all 40 minutes, after a great match against Milan. After the third quarter we went back to what we were at the start of the match, I also have to improve. After my expulsion the team did what we had to do: from -14 we went to +14, almost 30 points difference in less than 20 minutes.
We must always be consistent, this week the team reacted very well in training, with a lot of effort. We have to keep working.
Napoli is a very strong team that plays well. They have important players and are a complete team: otherwise they would not have won the Italian Cup. We are prepared, we have a roster to compete against everyone.”
The situation
The Neapolitans are fresh from winning the Italian Cup in Turin and prevailed in the first leg which closed the first round: at Taliercio they finished 81-89 with 18 points from Tucker, 17 from Parks for the orogranatas and a great performance of the guests with 5 players in double figures and 16 triples on target out of 44.
The sixth match between the two teams in Serie A will take place at PalaBarbuto: to date Reyer is ahead 4-1.
Parks and Janelidze are the exes of the match while the family derby between captains De Nicolao will be repeated.
The match will be broadcast live on DAZN.
