Bertram Derthona continues to write history. Trieste beat and qualifies for the next round
Alma Trieste – Bertram Derthona
(19-17, 29-40, 48-61)
ALMA TRIESTE: Janelidze 4, Schina 2, Cavaliero 14, Cittadini 4, Deangeli 2, Loschi 8, Bowers 6, Prandin 2, Coronica 2, Da Ros 5, Fernandez 2, Green 15 All. Dalmasson
BERTRAM DERTHONA: Quaglia 2, Cremaschi, Johnson 24, Alibegovic 15, Apuzzo, Stefanelli 6, Garri 9, Sorokas 17, Spanghero 9, Radonjic 2, Gergati 7 All. Pansa
Bertram Derthona continues to write history. He does it in front of over one hundred people from Tortona who reached Jesi with a bus and their own vehicles, braving ice and snow to watch a thrilling match, decided by an irresistible crescendo of coach Pansa's boys, capable of overturning every prediction and closing a incredible feat by overcoming the number 1 seed in the draw 66-91.
After a first quarter characterized by Trieste, it was Juventus alone starting from the second period: the defense organized by coach Pansa closed the Triestine guns, fueling Derthona's overtaking and escape. The double-digit lead at the break only wobbles at the end of the third quarter, when Alma closes to -8 with 10 almost consecutive points from Green: here a triple from Alibegovic and one from Spanghero keep the bianconeri ahead, who then definitively extend their lead with an unreal fourth quarter (16 in the period) by Melvin Johnson, until the final 66-91.
Tomorrow the Lions will be on the field at 18.00 pm live on Sportitalia and LnpTvPass against the winner of Biella - Udine, quarter-final currently underway.
