CIVIDALE. Gesteco Cividale is hunting for another prestigious scalp on Saturday 30 April. The yellow-blue team, which we can now define as great-killers, is preparing to receive the noble fallen Pallacanestro Cantù and is thinking of tripping up a big name yet again in this magical 2024.
After beating Fortitudo Bologna twice and dueling on equal terms with Udine last season, this year the Eagles began to show off their claws on the day of the Epiphany: 86-77 against Unieuro Forlì, leaders of the Red group, and the first step in the comeback in the rankings.
Two weeks later another ring, and what a ring: Pallacanestro Trieste falls at the PalaGesteco, defeated almost easily (81-66) by Redivo and his teammates. «The best is yet to come» sang Ligabue, in fact on 9 February under the Rai spotlight the “Pilla” band created a masterpiece, also defeating the leaders of the Green group Trapani. It ends 73-68, the ducal public is in raptures and the Sicilians’ record streak is interrupted after 17 consecutive victories.
Around Via Perusini the opposing teams don’t have much fun, and on March 15th Reale Mutua Torino also dies. In a match between undefeated teams in the play-off phase, Cividale won 78-68 and moved close to the play-off zone. Tomorrow at 8pm Gesteco wants to reserve the same treatment for coach Cagnardi’s Cantù, already defeated by Pillastrini and his men in the semi-final (and not in the final, as we reported yesterday due to an error for which we apologize to the readers) of the play-offs 2021/2022 when he coached Bergamo.
In view of tomorrow’s big match the yellow and blue can smile. Lamb, who is recovering from the after-effects of the flu, and Dell’Agnello, who has a sore calf, trained regularly with their teammates yesterday and should be available to Pillastrini tomorrow evening.
The Eagles are preparing for the last four matches of the scheduled phase, in which they will try to close the question of survival and open the play-off question. 30 points will hardly be enough, perhaps 32 will be needed: to toast you need three victories out of four.
2024-03-29 06:30:43
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