Scotti blocks 5th place but trembles for Corral Vigevano is still in the running for the record

Pavia anxious for the pivot (Livorno and Omegna will skip). Elachem, the direct clash on Sunday with S. Miniato was decisive

PAVIA

The injury to Diego Corral casts a shadow on the PalaRavizza party for the large victory of Riso Scotti over Oleggio, on the 25th birthday of Alessio Donadoni, top scorer of the match with 18 points, and of the certainty of fifth mathematical place in the championship , best placing ever in Omnia history.

The condition of the calf of the Argentine pivot (who left the field with a showy bandage and limping) will be evaluated today, with an ultrasound, the hope – authorized by the fact that Corral was able to walk alone by supporting his foot and did not have to be supported – is whether it is a simple stretch and not something more serious that would jeopardize participation in the playoffs, in a very delicate phase of the season in which Pavia – already deprived of the “wild card” D’Alessandro and with the expert play Sorrentino who has yet to recover – he can no longer intervene on the market to remedy the absence.

Certainly Corral, 36 years old on 29 June, will miss tomorrow night’s recovery (20.30) at the Modigliani Forum against Unicusano Pielle Livorno (still in the running for the playoffs) and the last regular season on Sunday in Omegna. . Scotti, at least on paper, can still hope to catch and overtake Legnano in fourth place, winning the last two games, and trusting in a slip of the Milanese in Alba against Langhe Roero, but it is likely that coach Ducarello will still make a turnover – giving space to young people like Rajacic, who scored 14 points against Oleggio, best score of the season, Birra and Lebediev – to save the energies of the front lines and better prepare the opening round of the playoffs, which will probably be against the current Gemini Mestre fourth of group B.

Vigevano, for its part, liquidates the Cecina practice at PalaBasletta without worries, reaches the summit of San Miniato at an altitude of 46 and the primacy will be played in the direct clash on Sunday 8 May in Tuscany: whoever wins will face the play-offs promotion from before group A. opponent, in this case, would be Antenore Energia Padova, while the second classified would have to contend with Fiorenzuola, provided that the last round does not further reshuffle the positions in the other group. –