Approach to the match against Rieti

Alex Simoncelli will not be there for the match that Derthona will play on Sunday at 18pm at PalaOltrepo against Rieti. The check-up on the playmaker's knee is scheduled for Tuesday 5 January: this assessment could give the medical team's approval for his return to the group. The good news is that from next week the captain will still return to carrying out individual work with the athletic trainer Natale Marzullo.

Marco Ammannato rested today due to inflammation, the player will resume training tomorrow.

The rest of the group, for today's training held in Tortona, was available to coach Demis Cavina.

Schedule . The team will continue to train for their next home match. Today, there will be a double session: strength work in the morning and in the gym in Tortona in the afternoon. Tomorrow, there will also be a double session: at 10:00 a.m. in Tortona and at 4:00 p.m. at PalaOltrepo. On Christmas Day, the players will be free until 7:00 p.m., when they will meet in the video room at the Voghera gym, after which they will train immediately. On Saturday, the afternoon session will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Coach Cavina commented on the team's current form (6th in the standings) ahead of the match against Rieti, which sits 11th in the rankings (6 wins, 7 losses) : "The last two losses are very similar, and in both games, after having double-digit leads and leading for a total of 90 percent of the game, we failed to capitalize, allowing ourselves to come back and be overtaken in the final moments of the game. There's no point in feeling sorry for ourselves over the ongoing emergency; we need to make an extra effort from everyone, approaching the next game with the right determination and seeking greater clarity in the most intense moments of the match. Already on Monday, we found ourselves in the right spirit, working via video to review Sunday's game together and figure out how to adapt to the limited rotations to find consistency for the entire forty minutes."