Bertram, Mascolo greets Candi, former Reggio, on pole to replace him after three years

TORTONA

Bertram Tortona remains very active on the market, especially in the playmaker sector. The Piedmontese club, which in the meantime sees the convocation of Luca Severini and Leonardo Okeke in the senior national team, greets Bruno Mascolo: for him three seasons with the Juventus jersey, 127 appearances in various events, the Supercoppa Lnp 2019 and promotion to Serie A as best player of the 2021 finals. Now the roads separate: Tortona thanked him for the emotions experienced in the shared path. According to market rumors, the Stabiese play could be replaced by the Bolognese Leonardo Candi, born in 1997, captain in the season just spent at Unahotels Reggio Emilia of the Pavia-based coach Attilio Caja. He seemed destined for Reyer Venezia, but it seems that the club owned by Beniamino Gavio and the possibility of having good spaces convinced him to prefer Piedmont.

At Bertram there is enthusiasm for the winger Luca Severini (born in 1996) and the pivot Leonardo Okeke (born in 2003), who have been included in the list of fifteen players for the national team meeting, on June 20 in Trieste, under the guide of the new coach Gianmarco Pozzecco. The friendly match against Slovenia will take place on 25 June at the Allianz Dome.

In the meantime, with the promotion of Scafati, who beat Cantù in the final (3-2 the series for the Campania region), the picture of the 16 participants in the next Serie A has been completed. The other formation that has reached the top series is Tezenis Verona, who defeated Apu Udine 3-1 in the final of the other play-off draw. For both newly promoted it is a return to the top of national basketball. These are admitted to the next Serie A: Virtus Bologna, Milan, Brescia, Tortona, Venice, Sassari, Reggio Emilia, Pesaro, Trieste, Treviso, Brindisi, Varese, Trentino, Naples, Verona and Scafati. –

FRANCO SCABROSETTI