Apu Udine, Boniciolli: “We are in the final and now we will give everything to lift the trophy”

L’head coach Matteo Boniciolli comments on the round success against Basket Ravenna Piero Manetti which allowed Apu Old Wild West Udine to enter the Italian Cup final for the second consecutive year: “We were very good and very solid mentally to win such an insidious game. The difference is the attitude, the concentration. I am satisfied with the response of the team, which once they had the advantage was able to control the game until the end.

For Nobile today was a legendary match. He started defending on a player who yesterday had 41 points on the scoresheet. He didn’t do anything wrong, he made a really important performance.

When I met President Pedone last summer, who was on the verge of leaving due to a series of behaviors that he did not consider adequate to what had previously been human relationships, I found a wounded but ambitious entrepreneur. He wanted to relaunch Udine, he gave me the impulse to do something more. I think the third final won in less than a year allowed the APU to make a qualitative leap and to regain a certain status. We are now a top team in Italian basketball. I know for sure that to win the finals you must first lose them, in basketball no one is born learned.

Tomorrow we face a final in very serious physical conditions. Lacey had a fever last night, Giuri is fresh from the flu, Walters is still not at his best. Once again we will play in handicap conditions but this must lead us to do something more. My players will give everything to give the club and the city a trophy. “