Assistant coach Olivieri and Alibegovic present the match against Cassino
Championship eve for Bertram Derthona, awaiting the match against Virtus Cassino scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday 24 February, and valid for the 23rd day of the West Group of the Serie A2 Old Wild West championship. The Bianconeri are fresh from the derby with Junior Casale, which ended with It is an important success to confirm the positive trend that the group has been having in recent weeks. Also in Rieti the week before – says assistant coach Olivieri – we fought the whole match and lost due to an episode favorable to them. These days of work have been good, even if we continue to live with the physical problems of our players which force us to find new technical and tactical solutions to face the match against Cassinoʺ.
The Lazio team ʺHe could have at least 6-8 points more in the standings – continues the Juventus assistant coach – because he lost several games just in the last few possessions. It is one of the few teams against which Virtus Roma has lost, therefore we must work to continue the positive trend of the last few weeks knowing that this is the stage of a journey that must lead us to the end of the seasonʺ.
Moving on to the technical analysis of the Bianconeri's next opponents, Olivieri recognizes how ʺCassino is not an easy team to face, as it plays at a low pace and has the most talented players in Pepper, Hall and Sorrentino, capable of producing points and scores at any timeʺ.
Focusing on what Bertram will have to do to try to win the two points against the Lazio team, the Juventus assistant coach believes it is necessary ʺimposing our pace right from the start of the match and being mentally ready to face the match, knowing full well that Cassino has never given up against any opponent. As for the offensive phase, we will have to attack the basket to find advantages over their defense, while defensively the main focus will be to limit Mike Hall, a player with great charisma and capable of scoring at any moment of the match. The other point of reference is Pepper, who is also able to score with ease.
Thus Mirza Alibegovic: ʺThe match against Casale was very tough and allowed us to obtain two important points to try to get out of the playout zone. This has been a tough season for us: we know that with Cassino we have a good opportunity to improve our ranking and continue the positive trend of the last period which must accompany us until the end of the season. Cassino is a team that has its strengths in the two foreigners, as Hall and Pepper are the two most talented players on whom we will have to pay great defensive attention. It will be necessary to be constant over the forty minutes because Virtus is able to produce partials during the match.
