Crucial match for Bertram against the black beast Treviso. Coach De Raffaele's words
There is no more margin for error, or almost, for Bertram Derthona Tortona. The Easter Saturday match at the PalaVerde against the home team Nutribullet Treviso, scheduled for 19:15 for the 27th matchday of the Serie A Unipol, must be won successfully to give themselves some chance of qualifying for the playoffs. With 4 rounds to go in the regular season and 2 points behind and in a direct clash with eighth place in the standings occupied by Venice, who are playing this round on the field of league leaders Trapani, the black and white team will probably need to take a clean sweep from here to the end and hope for more than a few defeats by those ahead of them.
A TABOO TO BREAK. Coming off three consecutive league defeats and a Champions League quarterfinal elimination against Tenerife, Weems and his teammates' pursuit of the postseason will resume against an opponent who is relatively comfortable in the standings, sitting in eleventh place with 18 points, 10 points behind ninth-place Bertram. Their results have been disappointing for several weeks, with three losses in their last three games (the last one in Trapani, 95-82) and seven in their last eight, but Frank Vitucci's squad is still two points away from mathematically relegating the team. Derthona hasn't had a good run against the Venetians in Serie A, having won just one game in seven league matches. The last three matches have all gone to Treviso, including the first leg in Casale Monferrato, the 95-90 victory obtained in early December on matchday ten by the team of former players Mascolo and Macura, resisting Vital's 22 points and 8 assists (his season high) and Kamagate's 18+10 rebounds and 4 blocks.
WHERE TO WATCH IT ON TV The race will be broadcast live on DAZN and Eurosport 2.
QUOTES “A tough match awaits us in Treviso. We'll need to recharge our batteries from all our players, given the close matches, the challenging away games we've had this season, and the condition of our roster,” said coach Walter De Raffaele . “We're coming off a fantastic European run in the Champions League, where we grew, giving the club a historic run to the quarterfinals against a great team like Tenerife, against whom we often played on equal terms, especially in Game 1.”
