Coach Ramondino and Garri present the match against Rieti
Championship eve for Bertram Derthona, awaiting the trip to Rieti on the 21st day of the West group of the Serie A2 Old Wild West championship. The Bianconeri are fresh from the home success against Trapani and from a week It's been linear so far and the team has trained well. We must continue in this direction – begins coach Ramondino – because against Trapani we saw many good things on both halves of the pitch that we must try to propose again away from home as happened in the Siena match.
The victory obtained against the Sicilian team was also important on an emotional level and gave Bertram the awareness to continue with the work that ʺwe are doing, as the team has demonstrated that it can play at a medium-high pace: on this capacity – continues the Juventus coach – we must improve the defensive aspect in order to make the most of all offensive possessions while limiting turnovers. This growth represents a good starting point for the end of the season.
Derthona's next opponent is Rieti, currently in solitary second place in the standings and fresh from six consecutive successes. The Lazio training is ʺa team that today is among the favorites for the final victory and that makes toughness, physicality and the ability to control the pace the main characteristics of its gameʺ. Coach Ramondino identifies among the strengths of the Zeus Energy Group ʺthe excellent ability to attack the area both with backs to the basket and with penetrations: this contributes to the fact that the opponents are put under pressure by their way of playingʺ.
Rieti also boasts the best defense in the group in terms of points conceded to opponents (70.2 on average per game), which is the result of ʺa good execution, made up of anticipations and disruptions of the opponents' plays also through the use of substitutions. From our part – claims the Juventus coach – there must be the will and ability to go beyond the first offensive solution in order to avoid static situations that favor their defenseʺ.
Thus Luca Garri: ʺThings have improved since Lydeka and Bertone arrived, they brought us enthusiasm and energy and this showed on the pitch. At the same time, we are aware that we still have great margins for improvement. The success against Trapani was fundamental given the results of the other teams: a defeat would have taken us away from the safety zone, we wanted victory at all costs. Rieti is the fittest team in the championship, they make physicality one of their strong points: they play very well and have great confidence. It will be necessary to control the pace of the match, given that the Lazio players can count on an important field factor.
