San Martino di Lupari arrives at Cittadella: coach Cutugno's words and the curiosities of the match
New home match in the championship for Autosped BCC Derthona, who are preparing to face Alama San Martino di Lupari (tip-off tomorrow at 18:18 pm at the Cittadella dello Sport). The Giraffes occupy fourth place in the standings with 14 points, while the Venetian team is chasing at XNUMX, in a trio composed - in addition to the Lupe - also by Geas Sesto San Giovanni and E-Work Faenza.
San Martino is one of the most in-form teams in the entire Serie A1, boasting seven victories in the last ten games played, and arrives in Tortona strong from the important home success achieved in a sprint (64-63) against La Molisana Campobasso.
The first leg saw the victory of the team trained by coach Cutugno with a score of 57-63, at the end of forty very balanced minutes.
The head coach himself presents the challenge that now awaits BCC: “We expect a very physical and high-paced match – begins coach Orazio Cutugno -. After a difficult start to the championship, San Martino has demonstrated the undisputed value of a team that is among the best in the championship. The Lupe play a basketball based on defensive pressure, which throws the opponents' attacks out of gear, and which recovers many balls transformed into fast breaks or plays at speed. We will try to have the physical impact and energy that is needed in games of this type and improve our attack against the defensive aggressiveness of San Martino".
Curiosities and ex of the race – Beatrice Attura (490) is 10 rebounds away from 500 in her career in all Serie A1 competitions.
There are three former players of the match, both today wearing the Autosped BCC Derthona jersey: Catherine Dotto he played in San Martino di Lupari at three different times in his career (in 2009/10, in 2011/12 and from 2018 to 2020), while Arianna Arado she took the field wearing the Lupe jersey from 2021 to 2024, for four consecutive seasons. Alice Milani, arrived in Tortona in December, was part of the poster of San Martino di Lupari for four years.
