Read by: 8
Molfetta-Monteroni. Free admission for the match with Monteroni. It is the initiative that the Molfetta basketball promoted in view of Maundy Thursday, to try to fill the PalaPoli in the big match of the twenty-third round of the single C series regional championship.
President Solimini’s red and whites will try to turn their season around and cross the finishing line of the promotion play-offs: they are currently second with 30 points in the standings, but with morale that is anything but sky-high after the unexpected defeat of Altamura. «We can only draw advantages from missteps – he has declared Giuseppe Ippedico analyzing the last match away from home -.
We are aware of Altamura’s defeat and now, from Thursday against Monteroni, four real finals await us, in which we will try to limit the our lapses in energy and attention». After Easter, for the final rush, the people of Molfetta will be busy with Matera, Fasano and Mesagne.
First, however, it will be necessary to fold Monteroni in order to secure the post-season for the jump to the inter-regional Serie B: «We had a full week to prepare this match at its best – Ippedico said again – and now we can’t wait to redeem ourselves against it a team with which we lost in the first leg», 85-77.
Winning to make up for the defeat in Salento. And if the club calls together the fans in view of the big match with Monteroni, the formation of coach Gesmundo will try to win the fifteenth victory of the season to gain the pass to the next phase with four rounds to spare: in front of us, however, we will have a team, «Monteroni – continued Ippedico -, who will come to Molfetta hungry to also make up for the defeat at home against Barletta and, on the other hand, they will try to get serious about it difficulty until the last second, until the arithmetic declares the first four places for the play-offs».
The Salento team, directed by coach Romano (called in place of Marra), is a roster expertly built, with a mix of experience and athleticism, with experienced players and many young people with good technique. It is the right combination between experienced players such as the Argentine point guard Bautista Fouce (the team’s best scorer with an average of 19.4 points per game), the center Birindelli (8.9 per game) and young players with absolute prospects such as the Nigerian point guard Oyo (12.0 points per game). game) and the Montenegrin power forward Milijanic (9.7 per game).
«But we are not any less – Ippedico concluded -, we want to close the practice, secure the playoff grid tomorrow and then think about a match at a time». The appointment is for today Thursday 28 March at the PalaPoli. Tap-off at 8.30pm, Gates open at 7.30pm. Free entry.
