Frank Vitucci Loses Talented Player Simone Ventura Ahead of the Trieste Game
Frank Vitucci loses a player ahead of the crucial matchup in Trieste: Acqua S.Bernardo Pallacanestro Cantù has announced that Simone Ventura has suffered a first-degree strain to the soleus muscle in his left leg. The young talent, one of the few to have performed well in the Brianza team’s recent home game against Napoli (the final score at PalaDesio was 99-80 in favor of the Campania team), has already begun rehabilitation and will be reevaluated periodically to determine when he can rejoin the team. Trieste and Cantù are two of the three teams still at zero points; the third is the newly promoted Scafati.
The matchup at the PalaTrieste is therefore shaping up to be a highly charged head-to-head clash, with both teams desperately seeking their first points of the season. The Giuliani head into the game on the heels of three consecutive losses in close contests, the latest of which was particularly painful: last Sunday, in Masnago, Pallacanestro Trieste was defeated by Varese 85-84 in a game decided controversially with just seven-tenths of a second left on the clock, when the referees called a foul on Amedeo Della Valle with the score tied at 84-84, sending the former Brescia player to the free-throw line. ADV missed the first and third free throws, but the second was enough for Varese to secure the victory, amid protests from Trieste coach Taccetti and his players. Neither Ross’s 25 points and 8 assists nor Jones’s double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds were enough to prevent the team’s third loss in as many games.
Cantù, for its part, is not having an easy time of it either. In fact, the situation is even more delicate than that of the Biancorossi. In addition to their on-court results, the Brianza-based club must also contend with a 1,200-euro fine imposed by the Sports Judge for the collective and frequent insults directed by spectators at the PalaDesio toward the referees and the Serie A Basketball League during the home game against Napoli. This hefty bill adds to the difficulties of a team still searching for its first win of the season and struggling immensely to put together a cohesive game..
Trieste vs. Cantà takes place on Sunday, October 18, at 6 p.m.
