Assistant coach Olivieri and Alibegovic present the match against Legnano
Championship eve for Bertram Derthona, awaiting the match against Legnano scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday 31 March, at 18.30 pm at the PalaOltrepò in Voghera. The Bianconeri are fresh from the derby with Biella, a match that ʺIt was a bit of a reflection of our season, because – begins the assistant coach Olivieri – we alternated moments of lack of clarity with others in which we were united both in attack and defense. Heading into the final four games of the regular season, the team must ʺtrying to prolong the positive moments that we must and can haveʺ.
Moving on to the analysis of Legnano, Bertram's next opponent, the Juventus assistant coach maintains that it is a ʺwhich has changed its balance compared to the first leg: previously the go to guy was Raffa, now it has become Thomas who manages almost twenty-four possessions per game. This is a player who can play both behind and in front of the basket, in addition to paying a lot of attention in one-on-one defense, we will have to be good at executing good defensive team collaborations. Legnano is a very extemporaneous team that thrives on partials and is good at shooting quickly in transition with Raffa, Bortolani and Laganà. They alternate man and zone defenses, we will have to prepare ourselves as best we can to exploit our technical and tactical options.
Among the possible keys to the match, assistant coach Olivieri identifies the ability to ʺfind balanced shots in attack that allow us a quick and appropriate defensive transition. Furthermore, it will be necessary to put so much pressure on the ball that it prevents easy passes that could trigger their shooters.
Thus Mirza Alibegovic: ʺIn the match against Legnano we will have to show the same intensity as in the second half of the match in Biella: the Knights are a team that has a lot of talent in attack and that has high-level references in the two foreigners. The additions of Thomas, a player who made the difference in Serie A, and Laganà make them more competitive than in the first leg. Among the keys to the match I identify the ability to limit Thomas and Raffa, not to give Legnano easy baskets and to be able to impose our pace on the match, because if we follow theirs the Lombards become a very dangerous teamʺ.
