The Bertram Derthona towards Metextra Reggio Calabria. Lorenzo Pansa: "We will have to play an extremely careful and solid defensive test"

Everything is ready at Juventus for the sixteenth day of the regular season, in which Bertram Derthona will face Metextra Reggio Calabria tomorrow, Sunday 14 January, at 18pm at the Palacalafiore in Reggio Calabria.

Coach Lorenzo Pansa wanted to take stock of the situation: “We face an extremely complicated away match playing against a team that has lost only one match at home and is coming off two consecutive victories. He plays extremely aggressive basketball in defense and aggressive offensively: it will be necessary to play an extremely careful and solid test defensively, controlling the offensive pace. We come from an extremely problematic week from a physical point of view, which prevented us from working technically as we should have, so the mental impact on the race will be doubly important.”

Il coach then wanted to describe the opponents: “This is a team that puts great physical pressure on for the entire forty minutes; over the course of the season, they were able to come back in many situations, such as in the first leg and despite a very significant deficit. In attack he loves to play in the open field, both with big players and small players. He has players capable of interrupting executions to attack the rim in all departments and has the distinct characteristic of opening the court with big men. They also have a very talented player like Roberts capable of being dangerous both with and without the ball."

The Juventus coach then focused his attention on the roster from Metextra: "The exit of a pure playmaker like Passera to insert an equally pure shooter has raised the attention to be paid to a roster that is already having a very good season."