The fourth to last of the regular season in the Techfind Serie A1 women’s basketball. Fourth place regained by virtue of the points quotient with overtaking on Geas Sesto San Giovanni. The strong emotions of an under 19 capable of making people talk about themselves in a largely positive way in Italy.
In the basketball Easter egg at La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso, for the last match of the month of March, there are many aspects that ideally juxtapose and that merge in view of the internal match that will see the #fioridappello host on the eve of the holiday of the resurrection of Christ Battipaglia, a team which, beyond a ranking that currently places it in last position, is clearly on the rise, as demonstrated by the two successes obtained in the last four matches.
BATTIPAGLIA IN VIEW Battipaglia, moreover, in this phase – on the rossoblù front – is also the home of the applause-winning journey of the under 19 team which gave the club from the regional capital the second scudetto final in a two-year period with the opportunity of a scudetto BIS.
«There is happiness for what the youth group has done – coach Mimmo Sabatelli confirmed on the eve – being able to achieve an encore at the Italian level would be something incredible, but in our thoughts there must necessarily be not so much the PalaZauli but the internal challenge with the Battipaglia team linked to the twenty-third round of the championship”.
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES Also because «this – he adds – will be a completely different challenge compared to the first leg. The Battipaglia of the last period is organic and has won two of the last three home matches played and also fought for a long time against Dinamo Sassari. Furthermore, a further success would allow them to climb the rankings and abandon last place (shared with Milan, who are currently ahead due to the double success in the head-to-head matches), therefore they will be decisive in giving their all.”
CHANGED TEAM In fact, compared to the team faced last December 3rd at PalaZauli, the Campobasso players will find a team with four more new faces such as the French playmaker Domenger, the wingers Policari and Smorto (the latter among other things former players of the day, as well as captain Trimboli on the Campobasso side) and the long Ukrainian ex Milan Yurkevichus.
«The number of their rotations has certainly expanded, which – he explains – allows them to play it to the end. We know that it won’t be easy and, even more so, we have a duty to express our maximum potential and to do so until the end of the regular season.”
WEEK IN MANAGEMENT Thanks to the entire first under group in Battipaglia and with Kacerik still struggling with work of an individual and differentiated nature (for the external team the return should be on April 7th in Brescia) the rossoblù’s approach to the contest was under the banner of two priorities: attention to detail and management of the players at work.
TRADITIONAL SCORE With certainty, however, the tactical score – for the rossoblù – will not change one iota. «We will have to defend strong and look for easy baskets in transition, so as to take away their certainties. This, after all, is our basketball philosophy.”
RACE AFTER RACE Just as the mantra of ‘race after race’ does not change, beyond the current fourth place and the quotient aspect.
«The first objective – Sabatelli comments – is to win, beyond the talk of fourth place or points ratio. There are three teams fighting for a place between fourth and sixth and each one, between now and March 20th, will do everything to get the most. For us, meanwhile, this is a significant turning point.
STREAMING AND WHISTLES So with a tap-off at 8.30pm and an all-male match direction with a trio made up of Tallon and Calella from Bologna and Picchi from Ciociaro, the match against Battipaglia, as well as all the others in the round, will be broadcast exclusively live streaming on Lbftv, the pay platform of Lega Basket Femminile.
