The young Mattia (19 points) ideal shoulder of Bazani and Garcia The lomellini still hope to move to poule A
NERVIANO (MI)
External blow of personality of Expo Inox Mortara who, in yesterday afternoon’s postponement in the Green group of Serie C gold, conquered the difficult field of Nerviano at the end of a match that was essentially always conducted. It ends 68-77 for the yellow and blue Lomellini who jump ahead very early even if the first quarter is actually a path of great balance until the first break at 22-23. On the day when at the last minute coach Alfonso Zanellati has to do without Monacelli, who is unavailable, an excellent Mattia Sacchi takes the chair who scores 19 points and becomes the ideal shoulder for the Argentine duo formed by Bazani and Garcia who scores 47 points in all ( 24 the play, 23 the long). It is in the second quarter that the Expo Inox Mortara produces the shoulder that will then prove decisive by conceding only eight points to the Milanese attack and closing at the mid-race break 14 points ahead (30-44). Nerviano tries to react in the third period, but it is here that the team of coach Alfonso Zanellati builds the company and manages to manage the home team’s attempts to return who, on the third and final break, recover something (49-58).
Zanellati finally satisfied
“Finally a victory and a match of personality and solidity”, comments coach Alfonso Zanellati at the end of the match with satisfaction. “When Nerviano tried to come and get us, we reacted with team plays, rational, difficult, with personality, differently from what we had done in the last game of 2021 lost in Basiglio with Milanotre, when on the comeback we let ourselves be recovered by playing without authority “. Thus, in the final quarter, the Gialloblu Lomellini did not break down, managing the advantage and taking home a victory that still leaves the race for fifth place open, which he promotes in the second phase to Poule A. As for the individuals, Zanellati says: «Sacchi he played well. In important moments he has done things as a player who, as we know, is not afraid to take responsibility. And if in the past he made mistakes, this time he limited them and made the right bets showing growth, he certainly seemed very sure of himself and for him too this is an excellent point from which to start again ».
There will be the hard nut of the big Gallarate next Saturday at home and this is how Zanellati sees it: «“ Gallarate is one of the favorites of the group, we have always done well at home and this gives us courage ». –
Fabio Babetto