Bertram Tortona vs Leonis Roma

Championship eve for Bertram Derthona, awaited by the home match against Leonis Roma, valid for the 17th matchday of the West Group of the Serie A2 Old Wild West championship and scheduled for Sunday 20 January at 17.00 pm at the PalaOltrepò in Voghera. The Bianconeri are fresh from the success on the pitch in Siena, which must be ʺa stage, if not the starting point of a journeyʺ. Saturday's victory gave new impetus to Derthona, who in recent weeks ʺHe is working with intensity and greater precision – begins coach Ramondino – knowing that every Sunday there will be a review of the progress we are thinking of making. As always, we have to go beyond physical problems because the opportunities to get results decrease week after week.

The match in Siena saw the debut in the Bertram jersey of Pablo Bertone and Tau Lydeka, whose inclusion ʺIt's progressing well thanks to the spirit and excellent attitude with which they showed up in Tortona: they are experienced players and they understood the context in which they arrived. The rest was done by the group of players already present – continues the Juventus coach – who made their first days as comfortable as possibleʺ.

Among the strengths of Leonis, the Bianconeri's next opponent, coach Ramondino identifies the defense he uses ʺsystematic changes that aim to force opponents into static game solutions that favor the athleticism and physical size of their players. In attack, however, they often look for solutions in the first seconds of the action, even from the basket immediately, and this has allowed them in every game to achieve important partials in a very short time..

Among the keys to the match, the Juventus coach considers it important ʺunderstand how to attack their defense, trying to get around it with collaborations and not with individual plays. Defensively it will be important not to allow many easy and open solutions to their attack in the first seconds of the action.

So Brett Alan Blizzard: ʺThe arrival of Bertone and Lydeka was very important because it added something that we didn't have before: Pablo is giving energy and creativity, Tau experience and physical size. We won a point-to-point match against Siena which can give us confidence for the rest of the season, even if it's already time to think about Leonis, a team full of talent and well coached. We will have to be solid in everything we do and not rely on individual solutions against their defense. It will be important to be positive even in difficult moments of the match and react to their possible partial scores. The only way we can gain further trust is to win, we must therefore try to continue the path we took with Sienaʺ.