Bertram plays on par with Virtus and only falls in the final
Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Bertram Derthona 74-66
(16-14, 36-36, 54-46)
Scoreboards:
Bologna: Tessitori 14, Belinelli 6, Pajola 2, Alibegovic 2, Hervey 18, Udoh 4, Ruzzier, Jaiteh 4, Alexander 2, Weems 11, Teodosic 3, Abass 8. Coach Scariolo
Derthona: Wright 6, Rota ne, Cannon, Tavernelli 7, Filloy 11, Mascolo 7, Severini, Mobio ne, Sanders 2, Daum 19, Cain 8, Macura 6. Coach Ramondino
Bertram Derthona comes out of the Discovery+ Supercup 2021 presented by Unipolsai with her head held high, playing a match of great intensity against Virtus Bologna, resisting the opponent's decisive attempt to overrun in the last quarter and only surrendering in the final stages at the end of a great comeback that reopened the match.
Positive approach to the match for Bertram, who found effective offensive solutions in the first minutes and led the match. At the end of the half, Virtus reacted, overtaking and finishing ahead 16-14. The second period of an intense match flows in balance, between partials and against partials: Derthona ends the first half tied at 36 thanks to Daum's basket. Upon returning from the locker rooms, the team coached by coach Ramondino started off better, extending up to +4 (36-40), before suffering a setback from Virtus, which earned them the maximum advantage in the match (54-46 in the 30th minute). In the last quarter the Italian champion team reaches the double-digit margin (60-46), but Bertram with pride and quality closes the gap to just one possession. In the final, the extra possessions allow Bologna to win 74-66. Derthona will return to the field on Sunday 26 September at 19pm at PalaFerraris for their championship debut against Nutribullet Treviso.
Thus coach Ramondino at the end of the race: ʺCongratulations to Virtus for the victory, we must be happy to play matches against opponents of this type because they are the best possible verification of the work. The commitment and application of the boys were very good, on a technical level we come away with the awareness that we can improve in terms of execution against teams of this level, of great physical size. Virtus showed us how important details are because the margin for error is very small. When we managed to play better we performed well, even if the level of offensive and defensive execution required is very high.
