The Italian champions from Venice arrive at the Cittadella dello Sport: coach Cutugno’s words and the curiosities of the match
Last championship appointment in 2024 for Autosped BCC Derthona, who will host the reigning Italian champions of the Cittadella dello SportUmana Reyer Venice. The super challenge is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 21 December, at 18pm: the match is valid for the 1st day of the return round of the Serie A1 championship. The match sponsor of the match is Allianz, a leading company in the insurance sector in Italy and Europe.
The Lagunari have won the title of ‘winter champions’ this season, also securing the number 1 seed in the Coppa Italia Final Four table to which they are directly qualified, while the Giraffes – fourth, tied on points with Campobasso but behind the Molise team by virtue of the result achieved in the direct clash – will face the O.ME.PS Battipaglia Saturday 28 December at 17pm at the Cittadella dello Sport.
The match against Venice is therefore a match with many interesting themes, starting with the fact that both clubs boast the top men’s and women’s teams in the top division, continuing with the level of the players on the field and the crowd expected for this great challenge.
As usual, it is presented by coach Orazio Cutugno: “We are already commenting on the start of the second half of the season, which puts us in front of the league leaders. We hope that a little more experience and awareness for what we have done so far will allow us to fuel the desire to compete at our best against a great team like Venezia, which will also arrive with the desire to redeem the latest setbacks between the cup and the championship”.
CURIOSITIES AND EX OF THE RACE – There will be a stand at the match Tortona Dog Kennelwhich will sell typical local products, with the aim of financing the activities of the kennel itself and of the Casa dei Mici. There will also be a stand with the Company’s merchandising where you can buy official Club products, including the Derthona Basket Christmas sweater.
Beatrice Attura (993 points) is 7 points away from 1000 scored in Serie A1 between the regular season and playoffs, and will have the chance to reach the milestone in tomorrow’s match. The captain of the Giraffes, who played in Venice from 2020 to 2022, is one of the many exes of the match: together with her Caterina Dotto (in Laguna from 2015 to 2018), Sofia Marangoni (in Venice from 2012 to 2014), Francesca Leonardi (from 2017 to 2021), Francesca Melchiori (currently injured, who played in Reyer from 2012 to 2017) and Elisa Penna (from 2012 to 2015 and from 2019 to 2022).
