Tortona also thinks about the future Severini renews for two seasons

TORTONA

Bertram Tortona looks to the present and thinks to the future. The present is the fight for fourth place against Umana Reyer Venezia; the future is represented by the biennial renewal of Luca Severini’s contract. With two days to go until the end of the regular season, Tortona is fifth with 30 points, two less than Venice, now fourth. On Sunday the Lions will host the Allianz Trieste at the PalaFerraris; the lagoons will be on stage in Pesaro. On the last day, scheduled for Sunday 8 May, the Piedmontese will go to Brindisi and the orogranata will receive Milan. In case of arrival on equal points Tortona would have a better goal difference in direct matches: +12 in the first leg for the team of coach Ramondino, +8 for Venice in the return leg. Except for jolts, it is likely that the match between the bianconeri and the Venetians will be repeated in the first playoff round. However, Bertram must also look over her shoulder from Sassari (28 points) and the trio made up of Reggio Emilia, Trieste and Pesaro (26 points). A success on Sunday would suggest 4th place.

Biennial for Severini

Meanwhile, after the renewal of Captain Riccardo Tavernelli’s contract, Derthona continues to define the roster for next season: the club has reached an agreement for the two-year renewal of the contract with Luca Severini, a 25-year-old winger from the Marche region. The former Pistoia, Casale and Treviso, who arrived in Tortona in January 2020, was part of the team that won the A2 2020-21 championship. In 2022/23 he will play the fourth consecutive season with the Juventus jersey. In the current championship he averages 3.7 points per match: his best performance against Sassari on Matchday 22, 14 points. For Sunday’s match in Casale against Trieste (duo 20.45) it is possible to buy tickets at the headquarters in via San Marziano 4 today (10-12 and 16-19) and tomorrow (9.30-12.30) or directly at PalaFerraris on Sunday from 19.15; or on the website https://www.vivaticket.com/it/biglietto/bertram-derthona-vs-allianz-pallacanestro-trieste/178962.

FRANCO SCABROSETTI