U17 National Final Excellence of Mantua. Bertram Yachts Tortona's journey into the top 16 in Italy begins on Monday: the declarations
With the challenge of Monday 20 June 16:30 against Cantù Youth Project to the Tea Arena di Curtatone (MN),Under 17 Excellence of Bertram YachtsTortona will begin his adventure at National category final. The team coached by Luca Ansaloni presents itself at the event Mantova of the best 16 teams in Italy, competing for the 2021/22 Scudetto, with the prize of regional champion of Piedmont and Liguria and the first chronological objective of overcoming the qualifying round, which allows the first place to directly access the quarter-finals on Friday and the second and third to go to the cross-play-offs on Thursday which offer advancement to the quarter-finals, while the The last one in the group will immediately say goodbye to the company. To achieve this, beyond Cantù, the Bianconeri will have to compete in the Group D with of Reyer Venice e Virtus Pallacanestro Roseto. The last act will be on Sunday 26 June with the final for the awarding of the national title at the Grano Padano Arena in the Lombard city.
STATEMENTS
The managing director of the Derthona Basketball, Ferencz Bartocci"First of all, thanks to the coach, Andrea Ablatico and all the staff who made it possible to achieve this important goal. Dr. Beniamino Gavio, the president Marco Picchi, the entire Board of Directors, truly welcomed this qualification with enthusiasm. It is no coincidence that we are speaking in front of a backdrop that reminds us of a historical figure of Derthona Basket like Luigino Fassino, to demonstrate how the story continues, that Derthona Basket does not forget its origins and that this is a further important stage of what we are doing as a club, at first team level but also in the youth sector. The fact that over the years we have activated a guesthouse that is increasingly taking shape and having increased the quality of players proves this, while also keeping an eye on the young locals: that there are youngsters on the roster going to the Finals of the territory is certainly important. The club is well disposed towards the youth sector and is investing a lot in it, there is maximum trust in the boys, to whom I tell them to leave the pitch in Mantua with the personal awareness of having given everything. It's clear that the desire to win is always there, but the important thing is the attitude, fairness on the pitch, being recognized even off the court as good guys and a serious club.".
The sporting director of Derthona Basketball Lab, Andrea Ablatico"The satisfaction of being at the National Finals is unrelated to being the only representative of Piedmont in Mantua. In reality there is a hint of disappointment that there are not others, the level of the Piedmontese U17 Excellence is quite high, we are friends and in contact with all the most prominent clubs in regional basketball. Having said that, I underline the work that the boys did on the field. We followed the example of the First Team, we missed a step: like last year the crowning of the season with promotion to Serie A was well deserved but partially unexpected, this year too the objective was to go to the pre-Final play-offs , but through the work of Luca and his staff we have arrived among the best 16 in Italy and now we hope to improve. This team must thank the entire club, it is not so easy to find a Serie A team that has the same attention that Bartocci, Picchi, the ownership of the Gavio family place on the youth teams, without obviously forgetting the commitment of the president of the DB Lab, Claudio Coffano . So it is a reward for the efforts that have been made this year and must be a starting point to try to do better in the years to come".
The coach Luca Ansaloni"The approach to the Finals with the two friendlies against Fulgor Fidenza was with a view to regaining the match rhythm, the tension of the match, after more than a month of lack of official matches. They were two useful tests to rediscover certain mechanisms, it is clear that Fidenza, champions of Emilia Romagna, is an excellent team, as far as we are concerned we have become aware of the level that awaits us. For all our boys it is a first experience at the Finals, they arrive with a lot of adrenaline which we are trying to channel in the right direction, so that each match is played with maximum enthusiasm but also with concentration and the willingness to do the maximum for the squad. The opponents in the group? Basically they are teams with different pasts, Venezia is a team that always reaches the National Finals, the same goes for Cantù and we know the quality of the teams there in Lombardy, a little less is known about Roseto, but I know their reality is enough, they have a guesthouse with players taken from outside so they too have a high level, obviously they come from a different path because Abruzzo in terms of competitiveness is not Lombardy or Veneto, but also having arrived in Mantua from Playoffs are a team that remains fearsome for us".
The Company's expectation of results explains it Ablatic"We are already among the best 16 in Italy, let's say that if we arrive among the best 12 we can offer a cake to the kids, if we arrive among the top 8 and up we can talk about lavish dinners... The kids have done an excellent preparatory job for these Finals , but there are also opponents, so let's take this nice trip to Mantua because having arrived is already a historic result".
MEDIA All matches will be broadcast in live streaming On the canal YouTube di Italbasket.
ROSTER Below is the squad of the U17 Eccellenza of Bertram Yachts Tortona for the Mantua Finals (the players' year of birth in brackets)
TAMBWE Gloris (2005)
LISINI Pietro (2005)
JOKANOVIC Marko (2006)
BESOSTRI Pietro (2005)
MILADINOVIC Ilija (2006)
BELLINASO Remigio (2005)
ANSEVINI Davide (2005)
INTINI Marco (2005)
BALDI Lorenzo (2005)
VIO Stefano (2005)
MORO Alessandro (2005)
SEGATTO Simone (2005)
LAM Noah (2005)
Head coach: ANSALONI Luca
Assistant: DE ROS Paolo
Assistant: PALUMBO Marco
Physical trainer: MEDURI Federico
Physiotherapist: TURINI Alberto
Warehouse worker: STALLONE Vito
Press office: MATTACHEO Massimo
Accompanying managers: MANASSERO Diego, DE PERSIS Paolo
