Simone Pepe
There’s no point in beating around the bush, the match that will be played in a few hours Altarpiece Gianni Asti it is from inside or outside for Turin. The people from Trieste, led by coaches Jamie Christian they imposed their law in Race 1 and once again they start with the favorites of the prediction from the day before.
The post-match event on Friday evening brought with it a series of controversies that the Turin fans only exacerbated on social media and beyond. The defeat stung more than usual, perhaps also because something more was expected from a roster that last year came one step away from promotion to the top flight. Trieste, for its part, has proven to be a true battleship ready for the big leap: built to go all the way and full of players who can make the difference at any moment of the match and on any tile of the parquet. If then Brooks the phenomenon starts to occur then everything becomes terribly complex for the men of Ciani.
The Udine coach, aware of the difficulties since the pairing with the Friulians, made no excuses or alibis. Indeed, he laid the foundations to rebuild in a few hours that trust that seemed lost after the last siren. Getting back on top and overturning an apparently compromised situation, however difficult, is absolutely not impossible. The first match itself highlighted the group’s pride, capable of putting a match back on track that seemed to be on track, to the point of almost thinking and making people think that the feat would even have been possible.
The turning point (the real one) must come from Kennedy, the only real fish out of water of a Quarter Final that doesn’t allow such performances, especially when the matches are worth an entire season. This evening, the rookie from Atlanta will have his last chance to avoid falling into the drawer of the bitter memories that many Americans have crowded into his last years in Turin.
When Trieste decides to raise the bar in the paint and when the crazy variables of its attacks change with every possession, Turin will have to find the energy somewhere to polish that defensive phase envied in many Italian latitudes. Will it be enough? It might not be enough, but watch out for the pride of people like that Pepper And De Vico that these games know how to play and win.
Anyone who thinks that everything is already archived would do well to remember that Torino and its coach always manage to pull the rabbit out of the hat that no one expects. It will be difficult, perhaps prohibitive, but in the shadow of the Mole they will certainly not be preparing a banquet for Vildera and his companions.
