The U19 Eccellenza flies with 3 rounds to spare to the National Finals in Rome: victory over Vado was decisive
Allianz Derthona Tortona – Cogeim Vado 86-56
(28-10, 51-23, 69-36)
Derthona: Cissè 12, Brizzi 15, P. Lisini 12, Aprile 3, Farias 7, Albertinazzi 7, Fogliato 2, Korlatovic 7, Di Meo 8, Borasi 3, Fonio Fracchia 4, Josovic 6. Coach Ansaloni, assistant Fanaletti, Lombardi.
I go: Mana 7, Patrone, Berta, Tridondani, Migone 7, Serafini 1, Pellegrino 22, Lomtadze 10, Mbeledogu ne, Traore 9. Coach Imarisio.
Referees: Suriano and Velli.
THEU19 Excellence ofAllianz Derthona Tortona qualifies for the National Finals for the second consecutive year, winning the home match against I think Basketball I go with a net 86-56 of 23th day of the Group 4 NationalWith this victory, the black and white team obtains, with three rounds to spare, the mathematical certainty of finishing in the top two positions in the group, securing direct passage to the tricolor tournament. From the 27 April to the 3 May a Rome The Lions will also be among the 16 teams that will compete for the title category.
With an 8-point margin over the third-placed team, Allianz presented themselves for the challenge at home PalaCamagna of Tortona with the aim of scoring the first match point for qualification to the tricolor tournament. The team trained by coach Luca Ansaloni led the game with authority since the first quarter, finding themselves in double digits of advantage already after the first minutes thanks to the excellent contribution of the whole team in front of Pellegrino's baskets on the Ligurian side. The black and whites managed to go to a maximum gap of +30, managing the advantage with ease for the entire duration of the game. The final result marked the 21st victory in 22 games, thus confirming thereaching the National Finals for the second consecutive year, after reaching the championship final last year in Chiusi-Chianciano Terme.
From here to Rome, the Bianconeri now have the last two days of the championship to play, separated by a rest day: the penultimate home game against Gran Torino on Monday 24 March and the last away game on the Conforama Varese pitch on Tuesday 1 April.
“Here we risk passing off the extraordinary as ordinary. We are getting used to it.” It starts like this Andrea Ablatico, manager responsible for the youth sector of the Derthona Basketball the day after the Under 19 excellence group achieved the national finals in their category (the first team in Italy to achieve the goal) with 3 days to go in the regular season. “The result achieved by coach Ansaloni's team was unexpected at the beginning of the year. Especially in proportion. We were convinced that we had assembled a competitive group, with boys with a promising future, but their run (only 1 defeat so far in the entire championship) left us stunned. Credit to the boys and the entire staff for having gone beyond their limits with continuity. It was not trivial. Now we go to Rome, in April, among the 16 best in Italy to do our best. We have no goals other than to give the boys the opportunity to improve in comparison with the top Italian teams... but we are too. And besides... we didn't have any goals last year either, and yet....”
