Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste vs Bertram Derthona Tortona

Championship eve for Bertram Derthona, awaiting the second consecutive away match of their LBA championship: the team coached by Marco Ramondino will be on stage againstAllianz Basketball Trieste tomorrow, Sunday, October 24 pm 18.30 in the match valid for the 5th day of the tournament.

The Derthona coach introduced the challenge as follows: ʺA very tough race awaits us in a very warm and cohesive environment. Trieste is a team with clear hierarchies, good at finding the offensive and defensive solutions he prefers. It's about a very solid and continuous training, different from us who have ups and downs during the matches.

Allianz were Bertram's opponents also in Group D of the Discovery+ Supercup 2021 presented by Unipolsai: compared to those two matches, both won by the bianconeri, ʺTrieste has changed a lot and has come a long way compared to two months ago. This is a team that has grown a lot and has highly performing players both in attack and defense: this is their main strength. For this reason we will have to find continuity in defense over the course of the forty minutesʺ.

Ramondino then spoke about the championship and the team's room for growth, underlining how ʺthe level we are dealing with is very high, so the focus must be on all aspects: physical, technical and mental. Reliability and continuity in the execution of plays are very important: for this reason in training we must find the right moments of growth to be better on Sundaysʺ.

Bertram's coach analyzed the role of some players who come off the bench: ʺI want to underline the ability of athletes like Tavernelli and Severini to have a great impact in the few minutes available and I would like to underline that Mortellaro he was a great professional from the first day he arrived, exactly as we expected.

Alongside coach Ramondino, he was the one to present Sunday's match Jamarr Rodez Sanders, one of the exes of the challenge, who began his speech by stating that ʺA difficult match awaits us in front of a very hot and noisy audience. For this reason, it will be important to control the pace to prevent the fans from pushing and supporting Trieste, becoming an important factor in the forty minutesʺ.

The American player then returned to his experience in the Allianz shirt, in 2018/19, recalling that that year he was It's incredible and very nice because I've always felt at home and I've felt the great affection and warmth of the fans. On Sunday I expect a very energetic crowd, who will support the whole match both in the good moments and in the most difficult onesʺ.

Sanders then continued his speech by talking about the level of Serie A and the team: ʺI like playing against the best and I am happy to do it together with coach Ramondino, who was the first coach I had in Italy. It's really nice to be able to see the journey we've made over the years together. This year our team is made up of a group of excellent guys, we like playing together and each of us manages to be protagonists in decisive moments. Playing as a team is the key to success.

ʺEvery day that passes I get better and better – concluded Sanders – as the staff and teammates are helping me to regain 100% fitness. For some reasons I wasn't able to start training with the team but now I'm improving in condition.