Serie B – Virtus Imola fall to Sebastiani’s Rieti by a whisker

One minute, precisely one minute on the siren. And Virtus Imola leads 79-78 over Rieti, due to the two/2 from Tommasini’s line. The locals shoot within the yellow and black half. Ceparano, on the left, doesn’t discover clear passing traces, due to the aggressiveness of the company, however takes the wild card with a penetration that ends with a two-handed block (79-80). Imola doesn’t make the most of the final full possession, hitting the iron with Galassi 20” from the siren. Mladenov commits a foul on Spanghero, the two/2 of the charity line places 3 lengths between the 2 groups (79-82). There are nonetheless 4” left on the clock and coach Regazzi blocks every part with a timeout to get the service on the offensive facet. On the resumption of the sport, within the combine within the space, Mladenov is freed and shoots from the arc, however the ball of hope goes again to the iron. And the Sabines are having a celebration in the midst of the sphere. Who’ve the chance to honor the reminiscence and anniversary of the dying of Willard Leon “Willie” Sojourner, Rieti basketball star who died in a visitors accident on October 20, 2005 (and who obtain the title of the sports activities corridor).

However Virtus within the earlier 39′ introduced an depth and density that first scared, then trapped the opposing staff, predicted by all as the primary candidate for promotion to Serie A2. Who will hardly endure on this manner on the native monitor. As a result of Virtus is sweet at slowing down the strengths of coach Dell’Agnello’s staff, stopping the Rieti from operating away at excessive pace and dampening their principal weapons. Level to level all through the match (benefit by no means exceeding 8 lengths), with many feelings for the 70 or so followers who arrived in Rieti in automobiles and buses witnessing a take a look at of character in addition to depth technicotactic

A failed victory (sensational, contemplating the forecasts) that escapes from the arms of the Gialloneri as a result of two errors of two absolute protagonists like Luca Galassi and “Bobby” Mladenov, who usually ship the Lazio rearguard badly, along with an immense Jacopo Aglio: the captain completes 3 triple turns within the final minutes that carry the locals to their knees, who at 60-68 7′ from the siren thought that they had already closed the dispute. Then again, Aglio’s hail of triples (and Galassi’s leg) provides oxygen to Virtus Imola, who arrive (3′ from the tip) down by 1 (77-78).

Both to construct the sport, or to include the opponents, Virtus proves to have the ability to “preserve” the tempo of the candidate of the A2 sequence, additionally due to the muscle groups of Morara (offside 90″ from the tip for five fouls) and Magagnoli Among the many locals, Ceparano stands out (double-double, 11 factors and 11 rebounds, for the previous Ozzano) and captain Piazza who hits 3 triples in vital moments for his staff.

However it’s the monumental Ferdinando Matrone (210 cm and loads of presence within the field) who’s decisive for Rieti’s victory: within the final quarter, it’s the pivot from Pompeii who guidelines the video games within the first 4′ when he scores 9 factors adopted by 3 photographs from under, a free and a dunk that drags Rieti from 60-61 to 64-70. His recreation ends with the fifth foul on Tommasini 1′ from the tip.

For the remaining, rather less devastating than the forecasts (or reasonably, incisive solely in flashes) Feliz (in any case 13 factors for him within the 40′ (1/4 of two, 2/7 of three), Chinellato ( 8 factors with 2/5 from mid-range) and Spanghero (11 factors with 2/3 from 2 and 1/7 from 3) the common senators and scorers of Rieti.

Within the distance capturing “competitors”, Imola wins and closes with 36% (10/28) towards 26% (8/31). An actual disgrace, all in all, a loopy missed alternative within the finale on the finish of a efficiency characterised by nice character and nice coronary heart. Subsequent Sunday the Gialloneri will return to the PalaRuggi to face Fiorenzuola in a match that evokes titanic challenges within the decrease division.

REAL SEBASTIANI RIETI-VIRTUS IMOLA 82-79 (19-16 / 39-40 / 58-60)

Rieti: Mastrangelo 7, Pavicevic ne, Paesano 3, Contento 13, Piccin 3, Chinellato 8, Matrone 13, Piazza 13, Nohanovic ne, Ceparano 9, Okiljevic, Spanghero 9. All: Dell’Agnello

Virtus Imola: Mladenov 15, Galassi 16, Carta 3, Tommasini 6, Aglio 16, Morara 10, Magagnoli 8, Pellegrini ne, Soliani, Milovanovic 3. All: Regazzi

Referees: Luchi de Prato (Po) and Buoncristiani de Prato (Po)