ACQUA S.BERNARDO IS PREPARING FOR THE PLAYOFFS BY HOSTING APU UDINE IN THE LAST ROUND OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Last day before the playoffs forS.Bernardo Cantù waterwhich closes its regular season by hosting theAPU Udineat 6pm Of Sunday 21st April. Cantù will take the field already certain of its positioning in the playoff grid, while Udine still has the possibility of overtaking Fortitudo in second place in the red group.
Curtis Nwohuocha is in doubt for this match due to a muscle strain suffered after the victory in Forlì.

THE OPPONENTS – The pillar on the pitch of the team coached by coach Adriano Vertemati is point guard Diego Monaldi. A guarantee for a category in which he was already MVP of the Finals in 2021/22, when with Scafati he defeated Cantù in the last act of the championship. Alongside him, in the plan of the Bianconeri management, there was to be Jason Clark in the role of main offensive terminal. However, the American guard has been out of action for a few weeks due to a muscle problem. To make up for his absence, coach Vertemati has launched a quintet with an out-of-class physicality. The other two wingers are in fact Mirza Alibegovic, Udine’s best scorer in the second phase with 13.2 points per game, and Raphael Gaspardo who, also thanks to his 207 cm, contributes almost 8 points on average. Completing this quintet is a pair of big men made up of center Marcos Delia, 206 cm, and Jalen Cannon. The American big man was the big transfer coup at the end of the season in Udine and in the 4 games played with the Friulians he is already averaging 11 points. Physicality, talent and experience are not lacking even on the Bianconeri bench. Starting with another player who was among the protagonists of Scafati’s promotion to A1: the winger Iris Ikangi, who almost reaches double figures on average. Even the change of playmaker, Lorenzo Caroti, boasts the victory of A2 in his trophy case, also in 2021/22 but with the Verona shirt. The great ex of the match also starts from the bench: Matteo Da Ros. Udine’s second center is Quirino De Laurentiis, who arrived during the current season and is actually the third former Scafati on the Friulian roster. The talented winger Gianmarco Arletti completes the rotations of the Friulians.

COACH CAGNARDI’S COMMENT – “It is the last match of the regular season, we are playing in front of our fans and we have the will to continue the positive moment we are experiencing. Our goal is to play a solid game from a mental point of view, because it would project us in the right way towards the playoffs. It’s important to finish well and continue the work we are doing. We meet Udine which is a team that can aspire to win and therefore there are all the conditions for our team to enter the field with the right tension and the right concentration.”

INFO – The match will be visible live on LNP Pass, a streaming platform for subscribers only; while the radio commentary will be broadcast on the FM frequencies of Radio Cantù 89.600 (Lombardy) and on the radiocantu.com website.