The Ueb Cividale wins in a carriage recovery con l’Urania Milanwithout the need for extra time as in the two defeats, home and away, in the last A2 against the Milanese. Thanks to the other recovery of the 14th first leg of this other A2 2025-2026 won by Bergamo on Fortitudo Bologna it is fourth in the standings with Fortitudo itselfwho beat her at the PalaDozza, and Libertas Livornoinstead defeated at the PalaPerusini. With the sixth success in a row, eighth in the last 9 racesit is no longer alone in quarter-final area of the play-offs at the end of the regular season – reserved for the top seven placed, excluding the leaders who go directly to Serie A – but also in full swing to participate in the again Italian Cup final four for the second year in a rowin which the top 4 at the end of the first leg will participate.
Among other things, compared to Fortitudo and Livorno it has another recovery to playthat of the 15th first leg in Rimini on Wednesday 17 December after the away match of the 17th (too many 17, knock on wood…) on Sunday 14th in Pistoia, against the most Fvg team in the championship. Second in points in the standings (22 vs 20) only to the three co-leaders Brindisi, Verona and VL Pesaro, Ueb also played one less match than Scaligerawho beat Perusini at the palate, and Victory Freedomwho won at home when he was on the run at +4 on the second ones. Which is to say that if he gets his fill of victories between now and the end of the first leg, even with Avellino on Saturday 20th December in Cividale and at JuVi Cremona on Sunday 28th to close it out, he can compete for the title of winter champion in Toaststhe only ducal defeat in the last 9 matches and which has a recovery to do like Ueb itself. It would be 10 victories in a row, which closely resembles the 10 out of 10 in the scheduled phase of A2 2023-2024, a season of disgrace until January turned inside out like a glove by coach Stefano Pillastrini in the second phase.
Il Pilla remains the real secret of this team and this clubfor continuity of results, individual and team improvements season after season since he has been on the bench (not in the gardens) in Cividale for five years. Take the vittoria itself from last night against Urania Milano, perhaps a little too vaunted on the eve, but which Ueb defeated with contributionat least ballistic, less than the minimum wage of the two foreigners: 2 points Lucio Redivo in the end, 4 at the beginning Deshawn Freeman. For two USA he did mister Europa Under 20 Francesco Ferrari to a career high of 36 points in A2 under his eyes this time, as the president Davide Micalich in the press room after the match, by scout Nba of the Cleveland Cavaliers after those of the Oklahoma City Thunder against Bergamo, when in truth they will not have rubbed their eyes for the 2005 performance.
It was the icing on the cake indigenous victory, very ducal on which Francesco Ferrari he put out not 43 candles, but his own 43 of individual evaluation (36 points with 5/5 three-point shooting + 7 rebounds) well supported by Martino Mastellari which has continued to express itself at least since Italian MVP of A2 as he was nominated by the LNP in November, by Matteo Berti (8 + 7) that he gained conviction as the body language also says, from Captain Eugenio Rota that even if it only scores from the line of charity nothing gives to anyone on the parquet and from Leonardo Marangon which he now has always his why. Here it is then Freeman he can also be on the bench waving the towel to continue to fuel his roster 10 vinte su 10 gare (2 in the Super Cup won by MVP in the final and 8 in the championship) more as a talisman than a totem in the last two outings. While I just returned from the match against Livornofor an out of order shoulder, he can continue to start from the bench with Rota playing in the quintet and with coach Pilla who finds the right words at the end of the match to keep his morale and role in the team high. A sop to Luca Cesanawho is unable to recover from the abyss, is given by his teammates themselves by sending him to hit the free throw for a technician on the visiting bench in the second half to score the only point against his former Urania, after in the first half he had a basket on the counterattack disallowed one against zero for having scored it outside the maximum time. The sugar of the last coins of the match Pilla gives Also to Alessandro Ferrari, Giacomo Brizzi and under Filip Pejovic; the only one who did not enter was Alessandro AmiciWhat have you done friend?
Let’s enjoy them, let’s enjoy the moment as President Micalich repeats. Let’s enjoy them all, but above all one: Francesco Ferrari. Because after having witnessed the match, hearing the usual well-informed people on the sidelines who predict his departure during the current season to take advantage of the by-out in favor of Ueb which would not be expected next summer (it will then be true…), in addition to the resurgent rumors from Bologna of an anticipated interest on the part of Virtus, champions of Italy, the news bounces from the press room that after two matches at the PalaPerusini (in Cividale, mind you) NBA scouts arrive to watch it. If the auction hasn’t started, we don’t have much left. Although in a post-match video on the Ueb Facebook page, Mister Europa Under 20, thanking the Yellow Sea, invites them en masse to Pistoia on Sunday. The A2 continues, despite the sirens.
Below are the results of last night’s recoveries, Wednesday 10 December, for the 14th day of the A2 Old Wild West 2025-2026 series, the ranking and the program of the next round:
SERIE A2 OLD WILD WEST 2025-2026 – 14th matchday recovery sessions – Wednesday 10 December
Gruppo Mascio Bergamo-Flats Service Fortitudo Bologna 65-56
Ueb Gesteco Cividale-Wegreenit Urania Milan 78-65
Ranking after 16 days:
Valtur Brindisi 22 11-4
Tezenis Verona 22 11-5
Victoria Libertas Pesaro 22 11-5
Ueb Gesteco Cividale 20 10-5
Flats Service Strength Bologna 20 10-6
Bi.Emme Service Libertas Livorno 20 10-6
Rsr Sebastiani Rieti 18 9-6
Dole Basket Rimini 18 9-6
Unicusano Avellino Basket 18 9-7
Reale Mutua Torino 16 8-8
Givova Scafati 16 8-8
Sella Cento 16 8-8
Mascio Bergamo Group 14 7-8
Gemini Master 12 6-9
Ferraroni JuVi Cremona 12 6-10
Unieuro Forlì 12 6-10
Estra Pistoia 12 6-10
Wegreenit Urania Milan 10 5-11
Crifo Wines Ruvo di Puglia 8 4-12
Liofilchem Roseto 6 3-13
USE – Points, victories and defeats are indicated next to each team
Next round (17th matchday):
12/13/2025 8.00pm Gemini Mestre-Tezenis Verona
14/12/2025 18:00 Gruppo Mascio Bergamo-Valtur Brindisi
14/12/2025 18:00 Victoria Libertas Pesaro-Sella Cento
14/12/2025 18:00 Dole Basket Rimini-Flats Service Fortitudo Bologna
14/12/2025 18:00 Ferraroni Juvi Cremona-Reale Mutua Torino
14/12/2025 orors 18 Syst Pistoia-Ueb Civil
14/12/2025 18:00 Liofilchem Roseto-Givova Scafati
14/12/2025 18:00 Unicusano Avellino Basket-Unieuro Forlì
14/12/2025 18:00 RSR Sebastiani Rieti-Bi.Emme Service Libertas Livorno
14/12/2025 18:00 Crifo Wines Ruvo di Puglia-Wegreenit Urania Milan
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Cover image Lnp Photo/Blu Basket Bergamo
