Final Eight Coppa Italia, Trento recovers Reggio Emilia and goes to semifinals

Dolomiti Energia Trentino beat UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 85-80 at the Inalpi Arena in the third quarterfinal of the Italian Cup Final Eight and will now afronterà the winner between Trapani Shark and Pallacanestro Trieste.

It is the Emilians, after the point-to-point start, who dominate the first quarter, touching the 9-point lead and closing it ahead 22-15. The lead increases to +15 (32-17) in the second quarter but Trento recovers thanks mainly with an 8-0 partial and we arrive at the long interval with Reggio Emilia ahead only 44-42.

In the third quarter the Emilians re-along to +11, the last ten minutes begin with the’UNAHOTELS leading 64-56. But here everything changes: with a 22-12 partial Trento completely overturns the situation getting to +9 before the final futile 5-0 partial for Reggio Emilia, for which Cassius Winston scores 25 points, for Dolomiti Energia 22 by Myles Cale.

Giannis Kastritis in Varese

Giannis Kastritis è the new coach of Varese Basketball. It was announced by the Red and White club itself: “Pallacanestro Varese è happy to announce the agreement reached with Giannis Kastritis, Greek coach who from today will hold the role of head coach of Openjobmetis. Kastritis è his first experience in the Italian league, but he has a long career in Europe behind him; at’the beginning of this season he was at the helm of’Aris Thessaloniki, a team he led in both the league and EuroCup”.

“We are excited to welcome coach Kastritis to Varese,” said general manager Zachary Sogolow. His experience and quality as a coach are characteristics that made him attractive to our club from the start, but his energy and passion for the game of basketball, which we believe will be contagious to players and fans, are the attributes that we feel can be instrumental in achieving our goals for this and the coming seasons”;

Born in Tripoli on April 4, 1982, Kastritis, after a brief career as a player in his homeland, soon donned the coaching robes by joining the technical staff of the youth teams of Apollon Patras’Apollon Patras. In 2006 he began his career as an assistant, first for Olympiada Patras and then for Arkadios, a formation whose head coach he became in 2012. The’opportunity è good to prove all his worth: in a couple of seasons, in fact, he leads his team to promotion to the Greek top league, an achievement that earns him the award of coach of the’year in the second division.

In the 2016-2017 season he became coach of Aries Trikala leading it to the best result in its history thanks to a 10th place in the league accrued thanks to 10 wins and 16 losses. This was followed by experiences at Kymis, Aris Thessaloniki and Iraklis Thessaloniki, before trying his hand abroad as head coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv. After only one season, however, he returned to Greece at the helm of’Aris Thessaloniki, a formation with which he had also started the current season.

Parallel to his club career, Kastritis also gained important experience with the youth national teams of Greece. Specifically è he was the coach of the Greek Under-19 national team during the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, in which the Hellenic lineup è ranked 10° place.

Zak Brown warns Red Bull and Ferrari

Somewhat by surprise, McLaren opened the new Formula 1 season. The Woking-based team, in fact, è was the first to unveil the new single-seater (MCL39), which took to the track at Silverstone and will be at the start in the next F1 World Championship.

“Today è a big milestone in our journey towards World 2025 – said CEO Zack Brown -. &It&is&great&to&take&on&the&track&for&the&first&time MCL39,&the&c culmination&of&the&team&s&hard&work. We have to be realistic, every team has made progress over the winter. Last year highlighted how much the gaps on the grid had narrowed, which è a positive thing for the sport”.

“We believe we have made further strides ahead of the MCL38 that won the championship, but we won’t know what our position will be in relation to the others until qualifying in Australia. We are a team that never stops racing and will give our all to bring both championships back to Woking”.

“We are excited to see the MCL39 take to the track for the first time,” added team principal Andrea Stella -. Although last year we ended the season as constructors’ champions, it was a very balanced World Championship and so it will be again this year. We have to stay focused to compete at our best. It&#39s going to be an exciting but incredibly challenging year. The team has worked hard and we have learned a lot from last year’s challenges, we will treasure them to achieve our goals”.