Bertram returns to the friendly parquet of Casale Monferrato hosting Sassari tomorrow. Coach De Raffaele's words on the eve
Bertram Derthona will return to play tomorrow at the PalaEnergica Paolo Ferraris in Casale Monferrato, more than twenty days after the last time. After the postponed match in Bologna and the double joy of Trapani and Lisbon, the black and white team returns as home team to host Banco di Sardegna Sassari, in the match scheduled for 17:30 for the sixth day of the Serie A Unipol, before starting to travel again next week with the double away match along the Via Emilia at the home of Virtus Segafredo Bologna and UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia.
SELF-GIFTS Six wins out of seven games played this season. The only defeat came when the extra-time shot was missed at the last second. A first half of the Champions League season closed alone at the top of the table. A very tough last away game in the league in Trapani that ended in glory and the first European trip of the year that also ended with joy against Benfica, all in the space of just over 72 hours during the last week of games. At the start of this season, Bertram could hardly have given a better gift to its club, fresh from its 69th birthday celebrated yesterday, exactly one day after that of its coach Walter De Raffaele.
THE OPPONENT It is therefore a launched Derthona that will face Sassari. The Sardinians also come back from a winning continental commitment in the FIBA Europe Cup this week, a competition that is giving Dinamo much more satisfaction than a Serie A where they have collected only one victory (at home against Naples on the third day) against four defeats, at home against Scafati, in Milan and Brescia and in the last home match against the leaders Trento (81-84). A balance of second to last place in the standings reading it from the bottom, in the company of Scafati, Cremona, Varese and Treviso, not very consistent with the potential of the roster coached for the second year by the Bosnian Nenad Markovic, who has in the guard Brian Fobbs the first terminal in attack (17.2 points on average, 10th scorer in Serie A) and in Eimantas Bendzius and Michal Sokolowski a renowned pairing of great quality and experience. The balance in the Serie A championship between the two teams is perfectly equal, 3-3, with the Sardinians capable of winning two times out of three in Casale and suffering the same treatment from the Bianconeri on the island.
NURSERY For Tommaso Baldasso and Andrea Zerini, both absent in Portugal due to physical problems, their conditions will be reassessed close to the match to decide whether or not they will return for tomorrow.
STATEMENTS “Sassari is a team with a lot of offensive talent, with the ability to score a lot of points in a few minutes, especially playing with two small players in the open field, and using the three-point shot a lot with Bibbins, Sokolowski, Cappelletti and Bendzius himself.”, is the analysis of the opponents by the coach De Raffaele. “It's a complete team that in my opinion is collecting less than its value, the containment of one-on-ones and the ability to break their rhythm to force them to play as many long possessions as possible will be very important”. On the positive moment of his training: "It's a Derthona that is trying to grow, to understand what kind of team it is in the midst of different performances. Above all, the most important thing is that it's a Derthona that is trying to grow as a team as a whole, beyond the performances of individuals in the various matches."
DERTHONA BASKET AGAINST BULLYING During the pre-match warm-up, the Juventus players will wear special pink shorts. The initiative is to promote the film in support of the fight against bullying “The Boy in Pink Pants”, produced by Eagle Pictures and Weekend Films, directed by Margherita Ferri and starring Claudia Pandolfi, coming out in theaters on November 7. The trailer of the film will be shown on the big screen in the arena before and during the match.
