Bertram Derthona dives back into the championship with the away match at the Forum against EA7 Emporio Armani Milano: the words of coach De Raffaele
The break for the national team commitments is over Bertram Derthona inaugurates the last month of 2024 with tomorrow's away match atUnipol Forum against theEA7 Emporio Armani Milan. at 16:30 the Bianconeri will face the three-time reigning Italian champions for the ninth day of Serie A Unipol. In the closest away game of the season, given the seventy kilometers that separate Tortona from Assago, supported by hundreds of fans, Derthona will try to return to victory in the championship after three defeats in a row, in the presence of an opponent never beaten in the seven previous matches at the Serie A level, including the Italian Cup. Milan, third in the standings with 12 points like Trapani and Brescia, 4 more than the eighth place of the Piedmontese, comes from seven victories in the last eight games between the championship and the Euroleague, including last night's blitz in Istanbul at the home of Fenerbahce, leader of the continental tournament.
DECISIVE DECEMBER For Bertram, the Forum match kicks off the seven games of a December that will say a lot about its ambitions to reach the Final Eight of the Coppa Italia and everything about its hopes of direct qualification for the second phase of the Champions League. A special match for the three former Olimpia players at home for the Bianconeri, Biligha, Baldasso, both of whom won the Scudetto during their experience with the Lombard club, and Kamagate, whose loan from the Milanese team was renewed last summer by Derthona.
WHERE TO SEE IT ON TV The race will be broadcast live on DAZN.
STATEMENTS “Milan is a Euroleague team that will put a lot of pressure, as it has always been, both in attack and defense and under this pressure we will have to limit the number of balls lost.”, says the Juventus coach Walter De Raffaele. “To compete at the Forum we will have to raise the intensity as a physical impact, just as the ability to win the rebounding battle will be crucial. The arrival of Mannion has brought even more danger to Milan in the role of point guard, a player with great talent who has already made an impact both in the championship and in the Euroleague. The break - keep it going - it was certainly useful for us, we were coming from seven games in just over twenty days, so it was an important rest. Obviously it wasn’t the same for those who went to the national teams, even if being called up to represent their country is always a boost for the players. I must say that both the internationals and the others came back with great desire. After all, this is a team that has never skimped on anything in terms of quality of work, intensity and commitment”.
