Intense test for the Bertram Derthona, which addressed the Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in the friendly match in Castelnuovo ne' Monti.
The second outing of the season for coach Pansa's team saw the Bianconeri - without Garri, who was absent due to a back injury - opposed to a superior category opponent who made the most of his physical strength against Derthona.
The greater freshness of the roster available to Cagnardi, who started preparing for next season a few days after Bertram, and the great three-point shooting percentages were decisive for the fate of the match.
Derthona's reaction in the last quarter was also positive after the difficulties encountered in the central periods of the match.
For the Bianconeri the match was useful to have a direct comparison against a Serie A opponent and to continue with work: the next friendly match will see coach Pansa's team engaged in Varese on Wednesday 5 September at 18pm.
Thus coach Pansa: ˝We played a match with a higher difficulty coefficient than the first outing: it was a test that was needed to better establish some of our offensive collaborations.
We achieved this objective in the first part and at the end of the match, in which we also had a great reaction that allowed us to get back into the game after Reggio Emilia had taken the lead in the score in the third quarter, when we lost brilliance in our offensive executions , in defensive attitude and mental toughness.
We are satisfied with what we saw in the first and last quarter, we start from here knowing that we have to work on certain offensive and defensive tactical situations but also knowing that we were able to react to a big difficulty by deploying defensive intensity and the desire to play together in attack . We must not forget that this was the thirteenth consecutive day of work for us, so our physical condition, as is natural, could not be optimal: this also gave rise to our difficulties in the third partial˝.
