The three foreigners from Dinamo make the difference in Game 1. Rematch on Wednesday, you need a success to go beautiful
SASSARI
Pf Broni 93 starts the first play out round in the worst way, falling on the field of Dinamo Sassari, who now leads the series in the best of three games for 1-0. A heavy defeat that further undermines the morale of the Oltrepadana team which appears in difficulty especially in the second half, after a first part of the match played with a certain concreteness and conviction. Then, as the minutes pass, it goes out and gives way to the Sardinians who still find in their three foreigners an offensive terminal of absolute value: their booty 60 points.
Initial illusion
Coach Alessandro Fontana’s line-up starts well, finding good solutions in transition and under the basket, where Reimer is worth his centimeters, so much so that the guests touch +6 (6-12) in the middle of the first period. The green-and-whites control and continue to shoot with good percentages, increasing the advantage: 20-29 at 13 ‘when Togliani places a bomb. Coach Antonello Restivo calls the time out and the home team comes out refreshed, recovering the disadvantage in an amen, with Broni quickly running out of the foul bonus, allowing the Sardinians to go to the line: at the end of the first half there are 11 shots from the Dinamo’s bezel against 6 of the Oltrepadane. As in the regular season match at PalaBrera, when the three foreigners of Banco di Sardegna light up they are painful because they score 36 of their team’s 41 points in the first 20 minutes. Broni begins to struggle in attack, he sees all the gates closed, sparacchia from the media and no longer finds the iron with the same ease of starting. On the other hand, Sassari finds greater security and Fekete from the corner, on the last action of the first half, hits the triple of +5 (41-36). The inertia of the game is now on the side of the hosts who find the advantage in double figures during the third quarter. From that moment on Broni is no longer able to react; while Dinamo continues to play with ever greater fluidity, dragged by the plays of its foreigners who hit the defense from every position. Sassari continues to put the right intensity on the parquet, without allowing Broni to try to get back on track. As coach Fontana warned during the week, the play-out series would have been very different from the regular season matches and unfortunately it did. The challenge is now over and the green-and-whites just have to think about match 2 on Wednesday evening (ball at two at 6 pm) at PalaBrera. The Pf absolutely must win to bring the series to the beautiful, otherwise it will be forced to play the second round against the loser of Battipaglia-Lucca. Remember that whoever wins the 1st round is safe; while the two losers must play another round to avoid Serie A2. In short, in the next two challenges, Broni will have to find a certain continuity over the 40 minutes, the one that failed in the PalaSerradimigni match, in which the Oltrepadane played inconsistently and paid with a second half of poor quality. This is the situation in the other challenges. In the playoffs, quarter-finals in game 1: Sesto San Giovanni-Bologna 87-59 (game 2 tomorrow in Bologna), Costa Masnaga-Venice 58-78 (game 2 tomorrow in Venice). Tomorrow, match 2: Ragusa-Empoli (1-0 series for Ragusa). Famila Schio directly in the semifinal for the renunciation of San Martino due to Covid. Play out, 1st round, race 1: Sassari-Broni 74-60, Battipaglia-Lucca today (6 pm). – FRANCO SCABROSETTI