A bad evening. An evening in which the infernal pace imposed on the clubs by this intense and beautiful Serie A2 season takes its toll. The defeat suffered by Pallacanestro Forlì 2.015 on the parquet of the PalaCarnera in Udine cannot be defined otherwise. A defeat which, all things considered, is also “acceptable” in terms of the score given the conduct of the match in the two central quarters of the match.
It ends 84-75 with Pieffe who pays Pieffe who overpays for Cinciarini‘s absence, he suffered a blow to the shoulder in last Sunday’s penetration, and the staff didn’t want to risk it with Parravicini, Gaspardo and Tavernelli who close the score in double figures but with Perkovic and Harper subdued compared to recent performances. But there isn’t even time to thoroughly analyze the defeat and work in the gym (exhaustion aside), from Thursday after the quick return to the office it’s already time to prepare for the super challenge in the Arena with Cantù.
“We were impalpable and really too bad – the words of coach Antimo Martino -. I apologize to the many fans. I am very angry, there is nothing to save, we played a horrendous match. Udine is a pitch where it is It’s possible to lose, but not like this.” What didn’t work? “We gave up mentally, where the legs don’t reach the head must reach and we didn’t do that – the coach’s analysis -. I don’t accept this. We were what we shouldn’t have been, a few energetic people making mistakes from below, and presenting ourselves with 50 points to recover at half-time. Udine played with more energy. In the total disaster, the difference in goals must be saved after such a bad game.”
The match
The first 16 minutes of the game are a black and white monologue. Forlì fails to stem the Friulian attack and, little by little, the hosts gain the upper hand. With 4’51” left in the first quarter, a triple by Parravicini closes the lead to 16-10, but Udine is definitely in rhythm and the deficit widens quickly. At the end of the quarter Harper, from the middle, scores 27-17. The start of the second quarter sends Udine even up +26, when the Friulian standard-bearers warm up their hand from 6.75. Alibegovic scores 48-22 with 4’07” left. Forlì, however, has the merit of not giving up and in just under 2’30” she scores the break that can give her confidence. Pascolo, a bomb from Gaspardo, Harper and 3 free throws from Perkovic make it 50-34 at the end of the first half.
Forlì tries to fight, but in the first half of the third quarter Udine regains a 20-point advantage, thanks to the deadly continuity in attack with which it surgically punishes every red and white defensive lapse. After Gaspardo’s 56-39, Johnson’s basket arrives at 64-41, before Tavernelli’s triple. However, Da Ros strikes from the arc after the Romagna team’s unsuccessful attack and the red and whites are unable to reverse the inertia of the match. At 2’23’, after a loss by the hosts, Gaspardo hits the big target but is only worth -20 at 67-47. When Stefanelli hits from 6.75 to make it 70-47, the credits roll on the game. THE
In the last quarter Udine can control, while Forlì, at the end of a double midweek round with more kilometers than training in the legs, between Turin and Udine, can only limit itself to managing precious minutes in view of Sunday’s match against Cantù. 6’27” from the siren, the young Tommaso Pinza is on the pitch. At 1’45” Tavernelli’s triple is worth double figures for the Forlì point guard and the 82-65. The game ends at 84-75 with Forlì shortening the score thanks to a basket from Pinza, with his foot on the arc, and triples from Tavernelli and Parravicini.
The scoreboard
Apu Old Wild West Udine – Unieuro Forlì 84-75 (27-14, 23-20, 22-13, 12-28)
Apu Old Wild West Udine: Xavier Johnson 17 (6/8, 1/2), Matteo Da ros 17 (2/2, 4/8), Anthony Hickey 16 (3/4, 3/5), Mirza Alibegovic 11 ( 2/5, 1/5), Davide Bruttini 9 (4/6, 0/0), Francesco Stefanelli 7 (2/4, 1/2), Lorenzo Ambrosin 5 (0/0, 1/1), Lorenzo Caroti 2 (1/4, 0/3), Iris Ikangi 0 (0/0, 0/3), Pietro Sara 0 (0/1, 0/0), Giovanni Pines 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 11 / 15 – Rebounds: 31 11 + 20 (Xavier Johnson, Davide Bruttini 7) – Assists: 16 (Anthony Hickey, Francesco Stefanelli 4)
Unieuro Forlì: Matteo Parravicini 15 (1/4, 3/9), Raphael Gaspardo 14 (4/5, 2/6), Riccardo Tavernelli 13 (2/3, 3/5), Toni Perkovic 8 (1/2, 0/3), Demonte Harper 6 (3/5, 0/2), Angelo Del Chiaro 6 (1/3, 0/0), Davide Pascolo 6 (3/6, 0/0), Luca Pollone 3 (0/0, 1/4), Daniele Magro 2 (1/5, 0/0), Tommaso Pinza 2 (1/1, 0/1), Daniele Cinciarini 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 14 / 15 – Rebounds: 28 9 + 19 (Davide Pascolo 7) – Assists: 13 (Demonte Harper 4)
