Objective third place in the group, then everything would be played in a playoff series The decisive match on May 30 against rivals, but another match must be won
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The very painful, but at the same time very precious, victory won last Sunday at the Polisportivo in front of the Reba basket Turin projected the white-blue rivarolesi of coach Titto Porcelli to third place alone in the standings, a position that, if maintained until the end of the championship team of president Castagna the jump of category. Let’s see how. If on the one hand Arona basket and Bea Basket Chieri are the two absolute dominators of the tournament and will land arm in arm in the C Gold championship, as well as the first two classified of the other group, the fifth promotion will arise from the playoff between the third classified of the two. rounds.
At the end of the championship, scheduled for June 13, the playoff will be played, at the best of three games, on June 20 and 26 and possibly on July 4. Starting at home, and therefore with the possibility of playing the third and decisive match on the friendly parquet, who between the two thirds will have obtained the best score.
In the Rivarolese home there is a certain optimism also because Titto Porcelli has slowly recovered the long-term patients even if someone, in particular Oberto, has yet to recover the best form. The greatest danger for Usac is represented by the Rices Vercelli who in the standings chase the rivarolesi two points away but played one game less having already observed their rest time. For Astegiano and his companions, however, the will is to try to the end: “Certainly we will try to conquer third place – says Porcelli – To reach it we will need to win two matches out of the three we have to play, in particular the one that will see us opposite with Vercelli Rices at the Polisportivo on May 30th. Then eventually we can think about the playoff. We will do our best to achieve this goal which for us represents a goal that we hadn’t thought of at the beginning of the season. Should we reach him – continues Porcelli – it would change little for us because we would face the C Gold championship with the same men we have now, since they are all owned and not on loan. The only gripe would be the parquet of the Polisportivo which is not approved for the C Gold. This, however, is the least of the problems, first let’s see to be able to hit the promotion ».
Certainly it hadn’t been the Covid tile that hit four rivarolese basketball players, decimating the long section so as to force Porcelli to field out-of-position players, things could have been different. However, we need to focus on the present and seize the opportunities that will arise also because now all the boys are available to Porcelli who will thus be able to choose both the quintet to be sent on the field and the changes to be made for a championship final that promises to be heart-pounding. It starts on Saturday at 9 pm in the house of San Mauro. –