The bianconeri called to react after the defeats against Tortona and Turin and bad luck. Captain Antonutti makes himself heard: «We will need a great defense immediately». Mobio is back
UDINE. Everything can be said, but not that Orzinuovi-Apu Old Wild West is a game like any other. First of all because it is a crucial point of the championship, since it is a direct match in a play-off perspective. Second for the symbolic value of a challenge that in March a year ago recorded the lockout of the A2 series championship in the midst of the first wave of Coronavirus. The pandemic is still there, but this time we play: for the record, yesterday the swabs in the Biaconera house were all negative.
OBJECTIVE THIRD PLACE
After the double defeat in Piedmont, Udine had to update the goal of this first phase of the championship. We aim for third place, useful for entering the group of top teams in the second phase. The competition, however, is thick and fierce: in the pile there is also Orzinuovi, who has 4 points less than the Friulians but also 3 games to recover.
Furthermore, the Orceans won the direct match of the first leg: for the APU there is the double need to avoid a deleterious 0-2 and overturn the -4 gained in the first leg after an overtime. Yesterday, in the meantime, the very launched Verona overtook Udine in the standings, winning 81-69 in Trapani (Candussi 20).
WORD TO THE DEFENSE
The match against Orzinuovi is a very important crash test for the Udine defense, which in the last two months has been collecting around eighty points per game. The Lombards boast the best attack of the tournament with 85.5 points scored on average and are the ones who shoot better from three, with 39%: eye in particular to Damian Hollis (fifth in the individual general classification with 43.7%) and Martino Mastellari (sixth with 43.2%, Thursday in Milan 7/11 from the arc). Without forgetting the elf Anthony Miles, fourth best scorer in the Green group with 21.9 points per game.
VOICES FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
On the eve of such a delicate match, the spokesperson for the Juventus group could only be captain Michele Antonutti. «A very intense and physical match awaits us. We know that Orzinuovi’s offensive potential is among the best in all of A2. We will have to be able to repeat the excellent defensive performance of the first leg, when we have managed to keep them at a very low score ». Apu without Amato and Mussini, Mobio returns after two weeks.
HOW TO FOLLOW IT
Agribertocchi Orzinuovi-Apu Old Wild West will be broadcast live at 6pm on Udinese TV. Alternatively, there is live streaming on the Lega website for Lnp Pass subscribers. Updates every quarter on the official Apu Udine social networks.
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