Legnano Knights Basket vs Bertram Tortona

It's the eve of the championship for Bertram Derthona, who will play against Legnano in the 12th matchday of the Serie A2 Old Wild West championship. The Bianconeri are coming off three consecutive defeats—to Virtus Roma, Agrigento, and Biella—and aren't in good overall health, both physically and emotionally. For this reason , says coach Ramondino, we must maintain our focus on the technical aspect, where we haven't improved in recent weeks, delivering subpar performances. We need to improve the quality of our play, which we can control, and mentally combat distrust and negativity in order to show a different face. Our goal must be to align the facts on the field with this desire we have to grow.

The three consecutive defeats have highlighted "the team's poor ability to react. For this reason, as a staff, we decided to facilitate the game, limiting our solutions but with the intention of making them more precise. The players ," continues the Juventus coach, " are aware that the performances of the last period have not been adequate ."

As mentioned, Derthona's opponent will be Legnano, a team that, especially at home, has proven to be "extremely competitive and capable of producing devastating set pieces: their performances haven't always coincided with victories, but they remain a fearsome team. Going into detail, they aren't deep or experienced, but —says coach Ramondino— they have talented players like Raffa, Bortolani, Serpilli, and London. In particular, in a team with such clear hierarchies, Raffa is the point of reference Legnano can rely on in difficult or decisive moments of matches ."

Among the keys to the game, the Bertram coach identified "the ability to play as a team against their pick'n'roll and 1-on-1 players and the ability to maintain balance and control when they run runs. We will have to be good at not getting dragged into a too high pace that favors Legnano . "

Kenneth Viglianisi said: "We only know one way out of this difficult situation: working with the right attitude, spirit, and mentality. No one likes losing; we must be humble during this time: it's clear that the best medicine for us is victory. The game against Legnano will be a delicate challenge for the standings: they are a team that has Raffa as their offensive point of reference, capable of creating for themselves and for others. As in the other games, it will be important to try to impose our basketball, limiting their fast breaks and their ability to get offensive rebounds ."