Prediction respected in the second quarter-final of the Serie B Italian Cup Final Eight in Roseto degli Abruzzi. The Etruscan La Patrie San Miniato had to capitulate in the presence of the leader of Girone B Cividale del Friuli.
The higher technical rate and the greater experience of Coach Pillastrini’s boys made it prohibitive, already from the eve, the race for the Etruscan, which once again had to deal with bad luck, having to forcibly renounce its play holder Renato Quartuccio. Already in poor physical conditions he had to leave the field due to injury after just 35 seconds from his entry.
“I am sorry first of all for the injury that happened to Renato after not even a minute of play, secondly for how the defeat matured. Cividale is a team superior to us and has shown it on the pitch, but today my team has not fully expressed our technical values and above all the mentality that has distinguished us so far – Coach Marchini commented at the end – There may have been a thousand reasons that did not allow us to play our basketball, what I expect is that this experience is useful for our growth process and represents an important baggage for all the boys who have taken the field today “
The match – The San Miniato, who on the occasion sported a yellow uniform, celebrating the event with references to the historic one of his first championship in 1950, got off to a good start, knowing how to put their heads forward at the start, but they remained in the game only up to a minute from the end of the first quarter, when Luca Tozzi’s two free throws set the score at 15-15.
The bomb on the siren, at the end of the first fraction, of an irrepressible Adrian Chiera (14 points for him only in the first period) marked a 5-0 mini-partial for the Friulians and gave a hard blow, above all
psychological, to the young troop of Coach Marchini.
In the second fraction the dominance of Cividale became more and more evident, both under the planks and in the conclusions from the arch, and the Etruscan slipped further and further back in the score, up to -17 (33-16 at the 14th) with a partial overall of 18-1 for the opponents, which essentially ended the match.
The Etruscan came out of the impasse and with a reaction of pride tried to get back under, until it touched -11 one minute from the long stop (39-28) but was again pushed back by the Gesteco, and we went to the interval on the 43-28.
At the opening of the third quarter Cividale tried a further extension, reaching +19 (47-28 at 21 °) and after having contained the further reaction from San Miniato (which stopped at -13 at 23 °) firmly resumed the reins of the ‘meeting, administering until the end.
The official scoresheet of Gesteco United Eagles Cividale del Friuli – La Patrie Etrusca San Miniato 84-66 (22-15, 21-13, 21-15, 20-23)
Gesteco United Eagles Cividale del Friuli: Miani 12, Chiera 19, Cassese 3, Laudoni 9, Rota 14, Balladino 2, Battistini 10, Frassineti, Paesano 11, Furin ne. Micalich, Ohenhen 4.. Herds Pillastrini, Deputy Gerometta and Mian
La Patrie Etrusca San Miniato: Mastrangelo 9, Lorenzetti 16, Ermelani, Guglielmi 3, Benites 8, Candotto 3, Caversazio 7, Bellachioma 2, Quartuccio, Capozio 3, Scomparin ne, Tozzi 15. All. Marchini, Vice Regoli and Latini
