The inauguration of the Palazzetto della Cittadella will be broadcast live on Sky Sport and Now!
On Sky and streaming on NOW, an important step towards the great Italian basketball season that is about to restart.
On Sunday, September 21 , to mark the inauguration of the new Palazzetto della Cittadella dello Sport in Tortona , Bertram Derthona Tortona and Virtus Olidata Bologna will take to the court for a friendly match of extremely high technical and competitive content. The match will be live on Sky Sport Basket and streamed on NOW.
In the midst of preparations for the Serie A championship, Mario Fioretti's team will face the Italian champions coached by Dusko Ivanovic. Geri De Rosa will be providing commentary for the match, with tip-off scheduled for 6:15 PM, with Andrea Meneghin providing technical commentary. Giulia Cicchinè will be conducting interviews with the players, including during the pre- and post-match broadcasts on Sky Sport 24.
The friendly match in Tortona will precede the big weekend dedicated to the Italian Super Cup : on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September, live on Sky Sport Basket and NOW, the semifinals and final of the first official act of an exciting season, in which Sky's House of Sport has enriched its great basketball offering by inaugurating the new Sky Sport Basket channel , which brings together Italian, European and American basketball in a single destination for fans. The Serie A – LBA (with 60 regular season games, 2 for each round and always the big match of the day; 2 games per round of the playoff quarterfinals; all the semifinals and all the finals. In addition, all the matches of the next 3 seasons of the Italian Cup) is one of the important pillars of Sky's offering dedicated to basketball, which also includes the EuroLeague and the EuroCup , exclusively for the next 3 seasons and, from October, the new challenges of the NBA.
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Programming on Sky Sport Basket and NOW
Sunday September 21th
Starting at 17.30
Bertram Derthona Tortona – Virtus Olidata Bologna
Live on Sky Sport Basket and NOW
Commentary by Geri De Rosa and Andrea Meneghin, with Giulia Cicchiné on the sidelines
