Fortitudo Bologna, duel for the bench with a favorite

In basketball, the future always comes quickly: time to close out the last game of the season and already thinking about the next one. For the Fortitudo Bologna, the defeat in Verona represented not only the end of the year, but also the conclusion of a cycle that began three years ago with the arrival of Stefano Tedeschi and Attilio Caja. A period that brought back more stability after the difficulties of the past, but without succeeding in hitting the category jump.

Promotion eluded among controversial episodes, seasons complicated by injuries and final months full of tensions. Yet the Bolognese piazza never failed to show its support: even after elimination, the public greeted team and staff with applause, recognizing the value of a season as unfortunate as it was hard-fought.

On the corporate front, according to Bologna Basket reports in the coming weeks a redistribution of shares is planned that will bring Matteo Gentilini to hold the absolute majority of the club. Meanwhile, Rossano Guerri, current vice president of the Consortium, is already working on the first contacts with prosecutors and players to build the 2026/27 team.

Both Caja and Marco Portaluppi are set to leave. For the role of general manager in recent weeks the name of Patricio Prato, while for the bench the ballot would be between Demis Cavina, still under contract with Scaligera Basket Verona, and Luca Bechi, recently released from the Ju.Vi. Cremona, with the first favorite.