Blissful Casa, prohibitive match towards Olimpia in Milan? Historical past says no!

TOAST – Sunday is the Olimpia Milano – Blissful Casa Brindisi conflict once more. The match performed on Friday night on the Mediolanum Discussion board in Assago, towards Alba Berlin, ended with the defeat of coach Messina’s staff (74-80), after an extension and closed from 22.30, will definitely not deceive coach Vitucci and his. boys Olimpia Milano certainly has a rare squad that ranges from Melli to Tonut, from Shields to Hines, from Davies to Ricci to Kevin Pangos, who was wonderful within the match towards the Germans at Alba Berlin, and all the pieces else of the template . Olimpia Milano, then, is a staff used to shut engagements, a lot in order that it doesn’t endure explicit criticism even when it returns to play league video games a number of hours later. (Pictured under, Tonut in motion towards Alba Berlin, picture taken from Olimpia Milano’s official web site)

Blissful Casa Brindisi wants no explicit notices and coach Vitucci’s staff has labored in the course of the week anticipating an more and more fierce rival and definitely neither drained nor unmotivated. The Brindisi coach and his employees, as is understood, should take higher care of the defensive division, which to date appeared very fragile and handle the defensive mechanisms, which nonetheless appeared underworked, adapting them to an uneven problem that can require, subsequently, most focus and willpower and a higher expenditure of vitality, in an try to shut the wonderful weapons of coach Messina’s staff.

Dike Dixon nonetheless “out”

Nonetheless “out” Dike Dixon, entrusted to the care of the physician Dino Furioso, and subjected to the therapy of the specialist docs Peppino Palaia and Antonio Orgiani, for his or her respective skilled expertise, however nonetheless removed from being recovered. Coach Vitucci will ask Nick Perkins for extra spirit of sacrifice and extra consideration particularly within the defensive part, making use of the great vein of Jason Burnell, the contribution of Junior Etou and Andrea Mezzanotte, Joonas Riismaa and Jordan Bayehe who did loads properly in entrance of Gevi. Naples The management room will probably be entrusted to Ky Bowman, who is predicted to play an enormous recreation in a setting that ought to additional improve his expertise, at the same time as coach Vitucci must deploy him within the function of guard to depart go to Bruno Mascolo, who was already showing in good high quality. form Marcquise Reed, protagonist of the victory towards Gevi Napoli, deserves a separate dialogue, a participant who may be decisive towards Milan if solely he managed to amass extra continuity of efficiency. (Pictured under, Reed)

The historic firms of the Brindisi staff from Bartolini to Blissful Casa

These are the video games that have to be known as “forbidding” for any staff that dares to step onto the taking part in discipline on the Mediolanum Discussion board in Assago. Nevertheless, basketball tells the story of the good achievements of a suburban staff that humbly, wrote pages of historical past, challenged the large of basketball and overtly introduced him down in his house after which in his personal modest constructing, with humility and means, however with modesty. very desirous to struggle. It’s the story written by Blissful Casa Brindisi that on three historic and improbable events had the audacity and audacity to beat the giants of Olimpia Milano first on the parquet ground of the Mediolanum Discussion board in Assago after which within the modest and slim sports activities corridor that leads the title. the “Nice” Elio Pentassuglia.

From the strongest staff to the brightest firm

Tales from different occasions? Not solely that, but additionally tales from a number of years in the past, when Blissful Casa Brindisi was completely within the prime positions of the rating to beat the Olimpia Milano discipline and rise to the highest of the rating of the nationwide basketball championship Serie A. 2020 , the truth is, when the Blissful Casa staff gained in Milan (82-88), presenting essentially the most full and strongest staff in recent times, with a squad that would depend on an outsider like Harrison D’Angelo (20 factors scored). , 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 11 fouls!), about a rare Darius Thompson (16 factors), concerning the tactical intelligence of Derek Willis, concerning the bodily energy of Nick Perkins and when decided gamers like Krubally (10 factors). the bench and Bell, with Gaspardo scoring large factors. A unprecedented and unthinkable feat that allowed Blissful Casa Brindisi to succeed in first place within the classification, though in a condominium with Olimpia Milano, however with the benefit of the direct confrontation.

Dan Peterson: Even the “large” screamer

And in Brindisi, a “nice” has additionally fallen within the historical past of nationwide basketball. It’s Dan Peterson who together with his Billy, sturdy with gamers like D’Antoni, Gallinari, Ferracini, Giannelli and with the standard objective of profitable the championship, misplaced 74-72 towards Bartolini Brindisi coached by coach Rudy D’Amico which lined up. the unforgettable Claudio Malagoli (22 factors), the unspeakable Otis Howard (28 factors), led within the management room by Francesco Fischetto and Carmine Spinosa. It was November 15, 1981 and that date has been so etched within the reminiscence of the improbable Dan Peterson that even in the present day, assembly a boy from Brindisi, he repeatedly anticipates the query with the standard “curtain”. (On the event, seeing me within the firm of coach Piero Pasini in Bologna, on the Casalecchio sports activities corridor, Dan Peterson was fast to ask me the identical query to get the identical reply! “Are you from Brindisi? Do you bear in mind which staff gained the championship that 12 months that my Billy misplaced to Bartolini?”). (Pictured under, Dan Peterson at PalaPentassuglia)

The reply I naturally anticipated was “Billy Milano.” It had been greater than 40 years since that recreation however the defeat of his Billy nonetheless hadn’t digested him. That very same night, to reassure him and console him for the humiliating defeat he had suffered, Elio Pentassuglia, who had attended the match, determined to host the good Dan for dinner, and didn’t fail to comment that “in fact I will pay.” “.

This time once more on the PalaPentassuglia

Then there may be one other nice feat that has made historical past, as soon as once more achieved in PalaPentassuglia by a Blissful Casa that appeared lowered by the Covid, which went out on the sphere with out two colonists like Perkins and Thompson however with a rare assistant like Alberto Morea within the bench. , changing coach Vitucci compelled to cease as a result of virus. We’re on April 11 of final 12 months when Bostic, Willis with their teammates Krubally, Bell and Gaspardo despatched Olimpia Milano house with the rating of 80-71, amid the final shock, attaining a victory thrilling due to how he had matured and in essentially the most difficult circumstances.

Return to Milan. It’s performed at 4 pm on the Assago Discussion board

Olimpia Milano-Blissful Casa Brindisi is performed with the ball in two at 4 pm on the Mediolanum Discussion board in Assago. The path of the race is assigned to the ability and expertise of Carmelo Paternicò from Piazza Armenia (Enna) who can have as collaborators Valerio Grigioni from Rome and Giulio Pepponi from Spello (Pg). The LBA has made official the tv schedule for this match which incorporates the reside broadcast on the Eleven Sports activities tv channel and the free broadcast on Eurosport 2 on channel 211 of the Sky platform. The commentary of the match, then again, will probably be entrusted to the expertise of the Brindisi broadcaster Ciccio Riccio, with the path within the studio of Lilly Mazzone and the competent technical commentary of the coach Tonino Bray.