SCUDETTO 1989 - Game 5: May 27, 1989 ENICHEM PHILIPS MILAN v LIVORNO 85-86 ENICHEM LIVORNO: FANTOZZI 18, POWERFUL 6, ALEXIS 32, CARERA 13, Tonut 11, 5 WOOD, DE RAFFAELE. NE: FLINT, Pelletta AND RED. ALL.: ALBERTO BUCCI PHILIPS MILAN: D'ANTONI 9, PREMIER 20, 10 MENEGHIN, MC ADOO 7, 22 KING, Pittis 6, PESSINA 8, 2 MONTAGUE, ALDI 2. NE: BALDI. ALL.: Franco Casalini.
LIVORNO - The 1988/89 championship is decided at the edge of the siren and then immediately begin to describe the attimino end of this match.
missing 34 seconds after the meeting, Philips leads by 1 point, 86-85, with the possession of the ball. The action spread to the limit of 30 seconds. Premier gets suspended but his shot ends up on the iron. The rebound is missing Wendell Alexis and 4 seconds at the end of the meeting. The U.S. opens on the left to Alessandro Fantozzi that dribbles quickly to almost half the field then is strong under the basket. The guard Enichem, also called the "Pink Panther", stood up and realized despite the Menegon foul.
Grotti The referee, who was lurking a few steps from Strong, validates the basket and the foul shall also assign to the pivot milanese. Nel frattempo, Premier e Montecchi reagiscono ad alcuni sberleggi prendendo a pungi chie gli capita sotto tiro. E' la molla che fa scattare una rissa di più vaste proporzioni. Premier viene a sua volta colpito dall'addetto all tribuna stampa della Libertas. Il giocatore milanese, che già si era reso colpevole durante la partita di un grave e provocatorio gesto nei confronti del telecronista della RAI Gianni Decleva, gettandoli in faccia un asciugamano bagnato, reagisce come una furia ed a sua volta aggredisce Barsotti. I due cadono a terra e attorno a loro si forma un capannello di tifosi infuriati. Nella mischia intervengono Restani e Carera come paceri e, dopo aver allontanato gli scalmanati, consentono a Premier di raggiungere lo spogliatoio. Prima di leave the field the player is left Milan to go to a new obscene gesture towards the public Livorno: up the middle fingers of the hands roteandole repeatedly. Going back to last
basket at the table there is still no certainty that it is valid. But after several minutes of heated discussion, the basket is finally given Strong. The board is correct in 87-86 for Livorno. Enichem is champion Italy. While the first news agencies spread their dispatches with this result, even on television, which followed the event live, sopraimpressione appears in the title and the name of the winner, Enichem Livorno. The indoor stadium course explodes in a big bang. And 'big party. Players Gialloblu learn the news in the locker room and they also indulge in gestures of joy and toast to the flag. Outside the sports hall car processions are formed and all the streets are crossed by carousels with yellow and blue flags raised to the wind.
The joy of the championship but only lasts twenty minutes. In the changing room there is a new version of the arbitrators. Zeppilli, they say sure ave heard the siren before Strong was part of the shot and then says that the goal is to be considered annulled, even if his colleague had Grotti valid. After another hurried meeting with the official timekeepers of the meeting comes to the final decision: the goal of Strong is invalid. The Enichem mesh shield from a shift as that of Philips.
The news spread outside: the fans fall silent and disappear from the city carousels. The news on Rai 1, TG1 of 20.00, still gives the news that Enichem won the championship. For Livorno is the last day of bitter mockery.
But we now how was the first game.
Philips has played a game at Philips, which is putting in all the experience, and above all the evil trade. Enichem accused the big-league match of responsibility, taking a long time before taking the emotion of the event. HOWEVER, the game has always been in equilibrium. Almost on the home straight, Philips has taken off, 71-80, but was equally categorical that the response of the locals, thanks to baskets Fantozzi and Alexis and character of the whole team, promptly canceled the advantage Milan . Everything from then redo
80-80 in just over a minute from the siren. Premier reported on the Philips with a bomb, but Alexis responds in kind, even if the shot is validated by two points because his foot had just touched the American line of 6 and 25 meters. New bomb D'Antoni to 52 seconds from the end brings Milan to +4. The replica is of Alexis still 3 to 34 seconds from the end. Then the ball missed by the Milanese and the historic basket Forti validated and then canceled.
Another note, the final one: The U.S. player of the Milanese King remained in the field despite the referees have whistled 5 fouls. Then the application will be judged unacceptable Enichem to repeat the game as for the judges was a miserable technical error. In short, the title was to remain in Milan
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