Only victory can banish the crisis and avoid a return to the market for a new coach or a new foreigner. There is no point in beating around the bush: after eight days with only two victories and already two defeats at home, Dinamo is forced to beat Trieste tomorrow night at PalaSerradimigni (kick-off at 19:30).

Rookie but solid and with its own well-defined personality, Trieste has 10 points in the standings and is firmly in the Final 8 zone, while Markovic's white and blues are closer to the relegation zone than to that of the Italian Cup.

The key, as indicated by playmaker Cappelletti, is "to control the pace of the game and not suffer Trieste's transition". Talented offensive outsiders (Ross, Valentine and Brown) and solid big men (Uthoff and Jonson) are linked to a good group of Italians where the former Brooks and the playmaker Ruzzier stand out.

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