Varese (+ 4.5) - Siena Siena, for the first time in the last season, has begun the championship as an underdog who has lost all five in comparison with last season and not only plus her "architect" from the Pianitziani bench. With the exception of Brown who came from Oldenburg and Kangur playing in today's rival Varese last year, none of the newcomers seem capable of replenishing the gap left by the many summer departures. The team's so-called team games so far are not the most ideal. Cleveland may have fought and hoped that eventually the team might be the protagonist, but it seems that this was due solely to abnormal accuracy in the 3 shootings they attempted. In the match that followed against the theoretically weaker Alba within Euroleague, they were easily defeated. Next Thursday, there is a new match for the top European event, so it's more than likely the minds of the players are not 100% concentrated in tonight's match.
Varese on her part has begun in an ideal way this year with 2 / 2 opposite Avelino and Brindisi. It is traditionally strong when it comes to home, while in previous years, when Siena was a level above all the other teams in Italy, she managed to win her in several games on her court. Although all the players except Talc (who are struggling a bit) came to Varese in the summer, he seems to have found pace, he has a depth in the bench and a variety in the attack scoring both under the Darton spearhead basket that despite the 2.02m strives as a center with great success in defense and attack, and far away with good reputation in the tripe with first violin Nigerian Ere. The aim of the directors is to lay the foundations for a future team similar to the one that has been going on in Europe many years ago when Dino Menegine was still in his duets. Of course it is still too early for this, but at least they are improved compared to last year.
I will look for more balanced odds for this match and although the high prizes for home winners will cause me to go safely to the handicap as a closed match is expected to be judged in the final minutes.
