Here is the first match for the APU, but Chiusi is a terrible freshman

The bianconeri, ahead 2-0, by winning in Tuscany would close the accounts. Coach Boniciolli: “We will have to balance their intensity and their aggressiveness”

UDINE. Apu Old Wild West, to you the first match point for the final. The bianconeri are on stage today at 20.45 in Chiusi with the aim of closing the accounts in three games and enjoying a weekend of rest before starting to prepare the assault on Serie A in the last act. Between saying and doing, however, there is a terrible freshman like Chiusi, who on Tuesday evening kept Udine in check for over 30 ‘.

The Friulian party reached the Chianciano Terme training camp yesterday afternoon. Fourteen players called up by Matteo Boniciolli: the eleven who went on the scoresheet in the first two games of the series, plus Esposito, Suarez and Boniciolli junior. Almost certainly, however, there will be no training changes: Ethan Esposito, recovering from an injury to his left ankle, will support an audition in the finishing this morning, but in the Apu environment there is no great optimism about his recovery.

It is easy to predict that Chiusi will field great intensity and the same aggressive defense from game two today. The APU, for its part, will have to find a certain fluidity in the attacking game and avoid granting extra possessions to the Tuscan team: on Tuesday evening in the competition the guests made 11 shots from the field more than the bianconeri, in addition to benefiting from 9 shots more free. It is the effect of the 17 turnovers and 14 offensive rebounds granted to Musso and his teammates, who fortunately did not take the opportunity to close the match in their favor.

Coach Boniciolli spoke on the eve of the match. The watchword is “intensity”: «I think Chiusi will double the match on Tuesday, played at the limit of perfection, with the addition of anger for having lost an extraordinary opportunity. If we are able to match the intensity and aggression of the Umana, we will close the series there. If we are unable to do so, we will return to Udine to play game five ».

On the same wavelength Nazzareno Italiano: «Both in race one and in race two Chiusi proved to be a team that doesn’t give up. As we have shown throughout the season, matches are almost always determined by how we behave on the pitch. That’s why having the right approach to the match, making our physicality felt and maintaining an aggressive defense will be fundamental in such an important match ».

Umana Chiusi-Old Wild West Udine will be broadcast live on Ms Channel, channel 814 of the Sky package, and live streaming on Lnp Pass for holders of the specific season ticket. –