Trapani basketball: 5 men in the Cup. The union rises up, new judgment tomorrow

“If anyone thinks that not going to Bologna means withdrawing the Sharks, they have understood absolutely nothing. The team will play regularly in the cup and at home with Trento”, said the owner of Trapani Valerio Antonini on Sunday evening, after his team’s failure to show up in the championship match against Virtus cost him the default defeat and a 50,000 euro fine. Not showing up twice means automatic exclusion from the championship, and for this reason the declaration of intent for the match against Trento has its importance. But first today there is the cup.

THE COUNT

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Champions League play-in which qualifies for the round of 16: the first leg will be played today, the second leg will be played on Thursday on reversed pitches. Trapani actually left for Bulgaria yesterday, given that the Israelis of Hapoel Holon play their home matches on the neutral ground of Samokov (two-ball at 5.45pm). The point is how. Only five players left Sicily: Cappelletti, Rossato, Pugliatti and two young players. Therefore no Americans, especially since yesterday an agreement was also reached for the sale of Matthew Hurt to the Turks of Tofas Bursa, after the departures of Allen (Paok), Ford (Bahcesehir) and Alibegovic (Granada), in addition to the resignation of Repesa, with also Eboua, Petrucelli and Rossato himself with suitcases.

THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

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Meanwhile, yesterday the Players Association asked “all the actors involved, clubs and sports institutions, to avoid the risk of a shameful farce match (…). We believe it unacceptable that a small number of players are asked to take to the field if there is no possibility of doing so in conditions of competitive equity. The increased risk of injuries and the concrete possibility of compromising the image of the Italian teams push us to ask to immediately evaluate the cancellation of the matches scheduled by Trapani Shark in the Champions League League”.

NEW SENTENCE

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Tomorrow is the day of another trial at the Federal Court. After having totaled eight penalty points so far (four for failure to comply with last season, one at the end of November) this time the Sicilians have to answer to the accusation of possible false declarations on the pending matters at the time of registration for the championship.