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Towards Autosped BCC Derthona-O.ME.PS Battipaglia: coach Cutugno's words and the curiosities of the match

Towards Autosped BCC Derthona-O.ME.PS Battipaglia: coach Cutugno's words and the curiosities of the match

Tomorrow at 17:XNUMX pm at the Cittadella dello Sport the first qualifying round for the Coppa Italia Final Four will take place for Autosped BCC Derthona. The team trained by coach Cutugno, who finished in fourth place in the first round of the championship, will face O.ME.PS Battipaglia (ninth after the first eleven days).

This season the two teams faced each other at the PalaZauli in Battipaglia on Saturday 1st November: the match ended with the Giraffes winning with a score of 55-66.

The winner of this match will face the winner of Geas Sesto San Giovanni-E-Work Faenza in the second qualifying round for the Coppa Italia. The match will be played again at the Cittadella dello Sport.

As usual, the coach introduced the meeting that awaits the BCC Orazio Cutugno: "Battipaglia is a different team compared to the one we faced in the first half of the season, in November. It is a team that has found new balances and expresses a fast game, finding effectiveness in some high-level individuals. We expect an intense match in which we will have to have the ability to control the pace and the rebounds".

EX OF THE RACE – The former of the match is Giovanna Elena Smorto, who wore the Autosped BCC Derthona jersey in the 2022/23 season. For her 32 appearances in all competitions and the success in the A2 Italian Cup, the first trophy at national level for BCC. Smorto won the Italian Cup together with her teammates at PalaZauli, in Battipaglia, in March 2023.