Next Gen Cup: Easter in Naples for the Final Eight for Bertram Tortona. Waiting for the quarter final against EA7 Milan
La Bertram Yachts Derthona Tortona she is ready to wait final stage of IBSA extension Next Gen Cup di Legabasket. Gained access to the Final Eight of the competition thanks to third place in qualifying Group A resulting from 5 victories and 2 defeats between the two stages of Pesaro and Rovereto, the young Juventus team will leave on the morning of Easter Sunday for Napoli, Where from Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th April the "magnificent eight" who passed the first phase to win the 2022/23 title of the tournament reserved for teams will meet again U19 Excellence of the sixteen clubs of Serie A.
The three days to PalaBarbuto, home of GeVi Napoli, is structured in single elimination competitions with quarter-finals and semi-finals which will designate the two finalists. To try to get to the end, the Tortona Lions coached by Luca Ansaloni - fresh from a final fourth place in the National Group 4 of their championship and the first of those excluded from the National Category Final despite 16 victories in 22 matches - will first of all have to overcome the obstacle initial of quarterfinal scheduled at 18 hours of the Easter Monday against theEA7 Emporio Armani Milan, second place in Group B with the same roadmap, 5 wins and 2 losses, as Bertram. During the season, the two teams faced each other exactly one month ago in the 3rd-4th place final of the prestigious Piombino Carnival Cup, where the Milanese won 58-55.
If they advance to the round, in the semi-final Captain Zonca and his teammates will challenge the winner between Carpegna Prosciutto Papalini Pesaro – winner with full points of the group in which Tortona was present – e Umana Reyer Venice, fourth place in the other group. On the other side of the draw, the number 1 seed is Dolomites Energy Trentino, opposed in the quarter final to Trieste basketball, whoever prevails will take the winner of the semi-final Nutribullet Treviso-Tezenis Verona.
STATEMENTS The coach Luca Ansaloni"Since we have already met Milan in the Piombino tournament, we will at least try to play on equal terms as we did in Tuscany, trying to be more determined and incisive to do something better in terms of tactics and energy to put them in difficulty. Moving forward in the competition would be a great achievement given that with the U19 Eccellenza we have finished our seasonal commitment in the championship. It's true that this same group of players will soon be expected from the Serie C Gold playoffs so the season is still long, but the Next Gen season is always a beautiful showcase. The boys really appreciate the high quality of both the competition and the organization throughout all its stages, so we hope to enjoy a few more matches to be played at a high level".
MEDIA All matches will be broadcast on Eleven sports, Discovery+, legabasket.it and on Italhoop YouTube channel. The semi-finals and final will also have live coverage on LBA Facebook page. The final will also be visible on Eurosport 2.
FINAL EIGHT NEXT GEN CUP 2022/23 CALENDAR
MONDAY 10 APRIL – QUARTER-FINALS
12:00 Dolomiti Energia Trentino Trento – Pallacanestro Trieste
14 pm Nutribullet Treviso – Tezenis Verona
16 pm Carpegna Prosciutto Papalini Pesaro – Umana Reyer Venice
18 pm EA00 Emporio Armani Milan – Bertram Yachts Tortona
TUESDAY 11 APRIL – SEMI-FINALS
15 pm Winner Trento – Trieste / Winner Treviso – Verona (Race 00)
17 pm Winner Pesaro – Venice / Winner Milan – Tortona (Race 00)
WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL – FINAL
15pm Winner of Race 00 – Winner of Race 1
ROSTER This is the workforce (the year of birth in brackets) and the staff of Bertram Yachts Tortona for the Final Eight of the Next Gen Cup:
Gloris Tambwe (2005)
Peter Lisini (2005)
Nicholas Erica (2005)
Dimitriye Jankovic (2004)
Lamine Prepare (2004)
Remigius Bellinaso (2005)
Davide Ansevini (2005)
Bruno Farias (2006)
Riccardo Armanino (2004)
Alessandro Moor (2005)
Alessandro Biaggini (2005)
James Zanetti (2005)
Carlo Zonca (2004)
Lorenzo Baldi (2005)
Head coach: Luca Ansaloni
Assistants: Federico Shearers, Marco Palumbo
Athletic trainer: Marco Paccioni
Physiotherapist: Samuele Sangiorgi
Accompanying manager: Paolo De Persis
