After 4 consecutive victories, Dinamo are already thinking about the playoffs
SASSARI. The response on the pitch, the one off and the one that each of the protagonists has in their heads. In the week of sensational free-kicks, heavy absences and flying rags, there is still a Dynamo-team that takes the field, wins and has no intention of taking off the accelerator.
Splinters & slags. The theme of the tense relations between the president Stefano Sardara and coach Gianmarco Pozzecco, with the former having suspended the second for ten days in one of the hottest moments of the season, obviously holds the bench and risks overshadowing the raids of biancoblù . Who, having passed the horrible month of Covid and the repeated commitments faced “without legs”, quietly put their fourth consecutive victory in their pockets. Wednesday night’s blitz in Brindisi, with Edoardo Casalone at the helm, allowed Banco to put a perhaps decisive piece in the hunt for fourth place. Not to mention that, by pure theory, there is also the possibility that Bilan and his teammates can close the regular season with the same points as the second in the standings (even if they would still remain fourth). A sporting result that certainly cannot be overshadowed by off-field issues, which are still there and need to be somehow smoothed out, if not really resolved.
On the same page. At the end of the Brindisi race the whole team had their photos taken in the locker room with the arm wrestling pose that characterized Pozzecco throughout the great ride two seasons ago. The photo was then posted on Twitter by Miro Bilan. A gesture of closeness on a human level that cannot surprise anyone who knows the locker room dynamics that characterize all team sports. All the more so in a context like that of Dinamo, in which Poz works on a daily basis, placing in front of the whole relationship with the players and the need to have all the components firmly together. “On the same page”, on the same page, as the Americans say and as the coach from Trieste likes to repeat. The group has therefore shown, not only on the pitch, to be healthy, confident and that the unity of purpose is total: these are the most important news in view of the playoffs. Also because, to the fans, the personal relationships between president and coach are of interest not so much in the order of how many times the two go to eat pizza together, as in the perspective of a serene, fun and, why not, even winning season finale. .
A group in gas. Happy Casa, which returned from quarantine, gave up two important elements (Gaspardo and Krubally), but confirmed to be a very solid team. That of the Banco was therefore a real victory, obtained with a good mental management of the most complicated moment (the start of the Salento was overwhelming) and a great contribution from the men of the bench, in particular Kruslin and Katic. After the shoals of the post Covid period, the blows in Europe and the three consecutive defeats in the league, Gentile and his teammates have therefore caught up, killing Brescia, Trento, Reggio Emilia and Brindisi one after the other. The 97 points scored at PalaPentassuglia also confirm that even in the days of low mood of one or more players (this time it was the case of Spissu), the vocation to go beyond 90 is now acquired. Getting to the second phase on gas is not always a guarantee of the great playoff dispute, but certainly at this moment in terms of physical fitness, team chemistry and momentum, Banco is almost back to the top. If there was also a clearing up at the company level, we could really focus on a few more weeks of excellent basketball, to be lived without too many thoughts.
The final rush. Only one day at the end of the regular season, then they will be playoffs. In the monday night that will close the regular phase, Dinamo (36 points) will visit the already relegated Cantù, while Venezia (36) will take the field in Reggio Emilia. With a finish on equal points, the Sassari would be fourth and in the first round they would face the lagoons relying on the home factor. Brindisi (38) will recover the match against Trento today and will host Varese on Monday, while Virtus Bologna (38) will play at home with Trento itself. The home factor will have no weight, it is true, but the rankings printed on the almanacs are forever.
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