Scudetto final, Brescia: Peppe Poeta explains key points to face Virtus Bologna

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The 2025 Italian basketball championship scudetto final will kick off at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, with Virtus Bologna, which has reached the final act after beating Reyer Venezia and Olimpia Milano, playing Germani Brescia, the third-place finisher in the regular season and capable of eliminating first Trieste and then Trapani in the playoffs.

The final will be the final of the 2025 Italian basketball championship.

This year&#8217s is an important opportunity as much for Brescia as for its coach Peppe Poeta, the latter able to reach the final in his first ever year as head coach: “We are happy and proud to take part in the first scudetto final in Brescia–s history, explained the Biancoblù coach. We are looking forward to a series facing Virtus Bologna, a club among the most titled ever and that needs no introduction”.

“We will have to be good at approaching the challenge in the right way, impacting their physicality rate and protecting our own pitturato, where they can hurt us – explained Poeta, talking about the possible keys to the best-of-five series -. On offense, it will be important to try to run to play in the open court and, in the half-court, to try to express a fluid circulation of the ball, avoiding being stagnant, because Virtus, through its physical size and aggressiveness, is capable of throwing sand in the opponent” gears.

“During the week we have been working a lot on these aspects, but fundamental will also be our energy level, presence and responsiveness in the rebounding battle and individual responsibility on the defensive end. It is a scudetto final and it is wonderful to be there, we have to enjoy it and try to break the eggs in the basket of a strong team” concluded the Germani Brescia coach.

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