Vigevano leaves the scene in the first round of the playoffs after a regular season at times exciting, beyond expectations
VIGEVANO
Elachem Vigevano’s season ends after the first round of the playoffs. It is a heavy 3-0 that San Miniato trims to the ducals, closing the series prematurely.
In Vigevano there remains the honor of arms and the regret for having closed too early a season that deserved some more satisfaction. Not for the initial aspirations, which were to save himself in a season with a limited budget for a reality that thrives on the public and small local sponsors, but for how things had turned out at a certain point. And for the determination that this group showed even last night away from home, fighting until the end against a team with a strong collective and great determination in conquering a historic goal for the square.
Vigevano really lacked luck but not value, because of the 24 wrong 2 baskets, most of them broke on the iron. As well as those from 3. The value is confirmed by the many actions started with balls recovered in defense and by having been in front for a good part of the match.
Since in the opening Borsato’s triple and Cucchiaro’s 2/2 to the free players have given us hope for a different epilogue. But no. San Miniato systematically attacked the area often set up by coach Paolo Piazza, freeing shots that entered even from sidereal distances. He found a different interpreter in every minute of the game. First Benites was able to keep his team attached to the wheel of the ducals who were trying to escape, then Neri had the yellow-blue defense damned and finally Carpanzano didn’t care about the painting transformed into an impregnable quadrilateral and dropped bombs from afar. The Vigevanesi held out until the end thanks to the slouching Borsato who intercepted and stole balls here and there, a portentous Mazzucchelli and the ferrets Passerini and Cucchiaro who ran everywhere both in attack and in defense.
At the end of the third period Bugatti put the halt to the escape attempt at San Miniato bringing the scoreboard to 52-51. But nothing to do. The inaccuracies perhaps due to fatigue, but also to inexperience, once again penalized Vigevano. From the two free throws that Cucchiaro gave to Benites on the counterattack, to the bomb put by an undisturbed Capozio, to the foul again by Borsato on Benites sent to the bezel. But what also weighed were the offensive uncertainties and a pinch of bad luck. Combined with a prodigious tap-in by Lorenzetti on a mistake by Neri who after 1’30 from the fourth period forced Piazza to time out to put his team back in order.
From then on, Vigevano found a triple from Borsato, but also one of the opponents, many transitions that ended badly and a Carpanzano able to light up at the right moment before Lorenzetti’s triple final of 74-66 that made the credits roll. on the season of one of the most united groups of players in Vigevano, which in a crazy and foolish season, between covid and injuries, represents a fixed point. From which to start to build the next year, hopefully finally with the public who could not fully appreciate players who at any time of the year have never given up even against opponents who on paper were given for more than favorites, taking off here and there of satisfactions. –
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