Coach Ramondino and Blizzard present the match against Virtus Roma
It's the eve of the championship for Bertram Derthona, who await the match against Virtus Roma, scheduled for Sunday, March 10th at 5:00 PM at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, valid for the 24th round of the West Group of the Serie A2 Old Wild West championship. The Bianconeri played a friendly test against Bakery Piacenza on Wednesday, March 6th, which revealed "good and less good indications, considering the physical conditions in which we entered the scrimmage. We're getting used to it ," begins coach Ramondino, " and we're becoming specialists in managing the injury emergency: this type of mentality and attitude that allows us to find unconventional and unprepared solutions must also be present in the championship. We must therefore try to exploit our strengths against each individual opponent ."
Virtus Roma is the current leader of the West Group, boasting a record of sixteen wins and seven losses, and is a team "whose value cannot be questioned, neither in terms of individuals nor —the Juventus coach continues— in terms of quality of play. This is a team with a great ability to attack the paint: the 23 free throws attempted per game are a testament to this great ability ." Continuing his analysis of Piero Bucchi's team, coach Ramondino highlights the depth of the roster and "their ability to find different protagonists in every game, with many players capable of making their mark and being decisive ."
For Bertram it will therefore be a match with a "very high level of difficulty, due to the strength of our opponents: on our part we will need to show great physicality on the pitch to follow up on the good work done in the first part of the second half of the season ."
In closing, the Juventus coach wanted to analyze the team's recent progress. " From a character standpoint, the consistency shown by the players over the last two and a half months is a very positive sign and a good indicator to work on. As for other aspects, we will have to be good at taking one day at a time, as it is the best way to deal with the ongoing emergency we have to live with ."
Brett Blizzard said: "The friendly against Piacenza was useful because it allowed us to find our game rhythm ahead of the match against Virtus Roma, a team whose main offensive threat is Moore and Sims. However, I believe that the other Virtus players are also very good at finishing the plays of the two Americans; it will be important to limit Sims' low-post play and prevent Moore from taking easy shots. From our point of view, we have improved in the last few games, but I believe we can still improve a lot: we must believe that every game from now until the end of the season will be decisive for us ."
