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06/Jan/26 18:42
Eurohoops.net
Photo: FIBA
By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The first leg of the Basketball Champions League Play-In between Trapani Shark and Hapoel Netanel Holon was stopped after seven minutes in Bulgaria.
Despite recent uncertainty surrounding the club, Trapani had confirmed their participation in the series. However, the Italian side took the court with only five available players: Alessandro Cappelletti, Riccardo Rossato, Fabrizio Pugliatti, and two teenagers, Matteo Patti (born in 2007) and Francesco Martinelli (born in 2008).
The game was played in a near-empty arena, and Trapani head coach Alex Latini called a timeout. Shortly afterward, Rossato left the court, followed by Pugliatti and then Cappelletti.
As a result, Trapani were reduced to just two players on the floor, Patti and Martinelli. Play continued briefly until Patti committed his fifth personal foul, leaving Trapani with only one player available.
At that point, the referees stopped the game in accordance with FIBA regulations, which do not allow a match to continue if a team has fewer than two players. The contest was officially ended after seven minutes of play, with the score at 38–5 in favor of Holon.