Broni doesn’t want to stop, but it will be tough in Sesto

Today at 6pm the Lombard derby with Geas. Coach Castelli: “They defend well, we will have to give our best”

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It is derby time (Lombard) for Costruzioni Italia Broni which today (6 pm) at the PalaNat in Sesto San Giovanni will be engaged on the Allianz Geas parquet (game directed by Gianfranco Ciaglia of Caserta, Maria Cristina Culmone of Bologna and Nicolò Bertuccioli of Pesaro).

The Milanese team is back from the clear external success in Moncalieri. The foreign package is two thirds the same as the previous season. Alongside the newcomer, the Serbian winger Ivana Raca (10.2 points per game), the two Americans from last season remained, the pivot Graves (14.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game) and the guard Gwathmey ( 11.7 points on average). In the control room, the experience of Caterina Dotto, in her second season with the Rossoneri shirt, and the recent addition of Elena Fietta, who had started the championship in Serie A2 with Vicenza. The highly confirmed coach Cinzia Zanotti can then count on very interesting players such as the 1995 class winger Sara Crudo, already last year in the Geas jersey; the 1999 wing Valeria Trucco, which comes from the experience with the Passalacqua Ragusa; and Ilaria Panzera, play-guard born in 2002, with the Milanese team from an early age. The historic playmaker Giulia Arturi, injured and whose recovery times will not be short, will not be in the match.

No weak points

«A complicated opponent to face, she has no weaknesses, she is complete. – Andrea Castelli, Broni’s coach warns – We will have to give our best, without suffering under and do well with the winger, because they defend well. It’s a derby, I know a lot of fans will follow us, we will have to play our game. The 3 victories have certainly raised the morale of the group, we have laid the foundations to do well, we must continue. It will be a busy December month, we have to think one game at a time. We will face some very important matches, with teams in our range with which we must try to win. The team is ok, the new foreign Mia Masic is integrated: we are all fine ».

9th day: San Martino-Ragusa 58-65. Today: Empoli-Moncalieri (18), Sesto San Giovanni-Weapons (18), Campobasso-Schio (18), Sassari-Faenza (18), Costa Masnaga-Venice (18). Tomorrow (19): Virtus Bologna-Lucca.

Ranking: Schio 16; Virtus Bologna, Venice, Ragusa 12; Campobasso, Lucca 10; San Martino di Lupari, Geas Sesto San Giovanni 8; Weapons 6; Sassari *, Costa Masnaga, Moncalieri, Faenza 4; Empoli 2. (* one game less). –

FRANCO SCABROSETTI