Derthona Basketball Lab to go crazy. Gulliver Supermercati promoted to Serie B Interregional: beat BEA Chieri in the playoff final
Gulliver Supermarkets Derthona Tortona – BEA Chieri 66-52
(12-17, 32-34, 47-40)
Derthona: Tandia 4, Tambwe 3, Biaggini 8, Baldi 14 (5 ast, 9 sub fouls), P. Lisini 7 (2/3 from three), Zonca 2, Moro, Farias 3, Errica 15 (8 rb, 9 ast) , Armanino, R. Bellinaso 10 (4/4 shooting), Jankovic. All. Tosarelli, ass. Censurini, Palumbo.
It's Serie B. The Gulliver Supermarkets Derthona Tortona he also makes the home game 2 against him his own BEA Chieri and fly in Interregional Serie B. The playoff final of the Ligurian-Piedmontese C Gold ended 2-0 with a 66-52 win on Wednesday evening at PalaCamagna, once again sold out to push a team made up entirely of Under 19s towards promotion to the new fourth national series. Precisely the demographic aspect of the roster is the greatest source of satisfaction for the Juventus club which takes care of the youth and mini-basketball sector of the mother house Derthona Basketball: on his first approach to a senior championship he immediately made his mark in the top regional tournament with kids all born between 2004 and 2006.
After Collegno Basket, BC Serravalle, Next Step Rapallo and Amatori Basket Savigliano, the Derthona Basketball Lab therefore wins the fifth promotion up for grabs for Piedmont and Liguria, crowning a year full of many formative and winning experiences for the young Tortona Lions, who arrived to celebrate the important milestone at the 70th match of the season between C Gold, U19 Eccellenza championship , Legabasket's Next Gen Cup and other prestigious tournaments, under the guidance of technical manager Luca Ansaloni and Federico Tosarelli, head coach of C Gold.
After last Saturday's 74-65 at the PalaGialdo and a less than brilliant first half, game 2 was decided between the two final quarters, when two triples in a row by Pietro Lisini, as happened in game 1, and a outburst of Remigio Bellinaso gave way to an escape that was never recovered by the guests. Also noteworthy is the triple double almost achieved by Nicholas Errica, once again his top scorer, followed closely by his basket twin Lorenzo Baldi.
STATEMENTS
Federico Tosarelli: “An incredible result. We played sensational playoffs, from the first series with Serravalle where we fought on equal terms against a battleship, to the matches with Don Bosco Crocetta Torino and BEA Chieri won with a double 2-0 over teams that finished better than us in the standings. We improved a lot along the way, we started slowly in Serie C with 5 defeats, with some difficulties also in U19, but we never stopped believing in it and this is proof that, by working hard every day in the gym, the results they're coming to an end".
Luca Ansaloni: “With the young players there is significant room for improvement, we were good at exploiting them and in the end we played excellent matches. We needed this more than the final victory which, of course, gives satisfaction and feedback to the boys on what it means to be promoted, but what we all wanted is to give them an important experience. They did it by understanding many mechanisms, because there was a departure of a certain type and an arrival at another level and this is the greatest satisfaction for me beyond the promotion. The Interregional Serie B means that we need to work better on the boys we have and who will remain with us, it means giving higher level prospects also to those we will recruit for next season. This gives us the opportunity to be more attractive towards talented kids who want to try their hand at a double path, that is, working both individually and playing an important senior tournament in which we try to build a team game that is up to par. of the championship".
The president of DB Lab, Claudio Coffano"Meanwhile, I am happy for the technical staff for what they have done for so many months. I'm very happy for the boys because they showed character also and above all in this season finale. After the third defeat against Serravalle there was bad mood because they saw it blowing from before their eyes, we told them that nothing was over, to stay calm and play as we knew how. They succeeded and they deserve this joy".
The manager responsible for the youth sector of Derthona Basket, Andrea Ablatico"The result is always ancillary but this result fills us with pride. The focus is always on the training of the players and I like to underline that this team has achieved the jump in category with 4 local boys on the roster, decisive among other things in the two matches against Chieri, and with 11 owned players out of 14. We are happy to have given prestige in a small way to the brilliant Serie A season, we wear a shirt that has history and tradition and, despite the small disappointment of not qualifying for the U19 National Finals Excellence by a whisker, the Next Gen semi-final and the promozone in B fully repays us. Congratulations to Ansaloni, Tosarelli, Paolo Censurini, Marco Palumbo, Marco Paccioni, Samuele Sangiorgi, who have been working on these guys since August, with mutual satisfaction. Serie B? Simple: the objective of the Derthona youth sector is to be able to compete in the highest category possible with the material available, always favoring local kids. "
