Delser, with Ponzano it’s time for the play-offs. Coach Riga; “We want to take the semifinal”

Race-one is played at 6 pm at Benedetti, and it is clear to everyone that it is essential to start with a victory to channel the challenge on favorable tracks

Delser, the great dance of the play-offs begins. After the exciting ride in the regular season, the Apu Women open the quarter-final series by hosting Ponzano Basket. Race-one will be played on Saturday 30 April at 6 pm at the Benedetti, and it is clear to everyone that it is essential to start with a victory to channel the challenge on favorable tracks.

STATE OF FORM

Coach Massimo Riga, who in the first season on the Udinese bench won everyone’s approval, releases optimism from all pores. “From a physical and mental point of view we are very well. Beyond the two long-term patients Giordano and Turel, the girls are going through a good moment of form. We closed the first part of the season as winners of the human championship, as Crema is a team from another category. The morale is sky high, we want to go to the semifinals to further cement the group ».

THE ADVERSARY

One thing is certain: after the elimination in the first round of last year against Vicenza, no one in the Juventus environment will underestimate Ponzano. «It’s a young team – says Riga – that must be respected. In the last period it has grown to reach the finish line of the play-offs. We suffered with them in the first leg, at the time we had the problem of approaching the third quarter of the game. But then the team has matured, when we defend and start again at speed we express a good basketball ».

CLIMA PLAY-OFF

The morale is sky high, but it is undeniable that a bit of post-season tension is spreading through the ranks of the Friulian girls. «There are pitfalls – explains the Delser coach – last year the semifinal escaped the club after the third place in the regular season. But the play-offs are a moment in which you can dream, and I say that such young athletes must dream ». In the Delser call-ups there is still room for Giulia Agostini, playmaker class 2005 in the under 18 national team. “With Turel’s injury, it’s up to her to cover the spot as second point guard” underlined coach Riga. plays the best of three games, game two is scheduled at the PalaCicogna in Ponzano Veneto on Wednesday at 20.30.