Fortitudo, zero distractions. Fans and grit to run

Second consecutive home challenge for the Fortitude. This afternoon at 18pm, in a PalaDozza festive to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Fossa, with a dedicated choreography and a completely blue Schull curve, the formation of Attilio Caja hosts the second-to-last in the class in the most classic of spins Nardò. Home field advantage, ambitions and technical quality tip the scales in favor of Fortitudo, who however must not make the mistake of facing the challenge without the right concentration. Keeping on the ropes Matthew Fantinelli and his companions, coach Caja thought about it, who in the last few days had underlined the strengths and weaknesses of the performance against Urania Milano, underlining how the one that awaits Fortitudo will be a difficult, demanding end of season, with 6 challenges scheduled where the points up for grabs will be very important both for Flats Service and for the opponent of the day, starting as mentioned with Nardò, second to last, but which does not arrive in Piazza Azzarita to be the sacrificial victim.

Fortitudo called to win and to do it with the right attitude, as surely shown in the last quarter of the match in Urania Milano where thanks to the points of kenny gabriel e Peter Aradori, but above all thanks to the defense of Alessandro Panni and the rest of the team, Flats Service completely changed the inertia of the challenge.

Gherardo Sabatini and Luca Vencato are missing on one side, while Avery Woodson is missing on the Apulian side for a match that will see Marco Giuri return to the PalaDozza as an opponent, as well as another former player, the sports director of Nardò, Matteo Malaventura. He now sits on the bench of the Apulians Matteo Mecacci, formerly of Cento, who during the season took over from another former Fortitudo player, Luca Dalmonte.

This afternoon, two completely different teams will face each other compared to the ones that faced each other on October 20th in Lecce and that saw the victory of Nardò di Dalmonte by 82-77 over Fortitudo directed by Devis Cagnardi. Today's match refereeing is entrusted to the trio Berlangieri, Coraggio, Roiaz. Live streaming on Lnp Pass, radio broadcast on Radio Sanluchino and audio commentary on Canale 88.

The other matches: Rimini-Pesaro 99-81, Piacenza-Forlì 82-100, Cividale-Turin 54-56, Urania Milano-Vigevano 63-70, Real Sebastiani Rieti-Avellino 92-93, Juvi Cremona-Udine, Tezenis Verona-Orzinuovi, Brindisi-Cantù, Libertas Livorno-Cento.

The ranking: Udine 46; Rimini 42; Cantù 40; Urania Milano, Real Sebastiani Rieti, Cividale and Flats Service Fortitudo Bologna and Forlì 38; Verona, Pesaro and Avellino 36; Brindisi and Turin 34; Orzinuovi 26; Cento 24; Juvi Cremona, Libertas Livorno and Vigevano 22; Nardò 18; Piacenza 12.