Givova Scafati in the “lair” of the battleship Milano

With the serenity of those who have achieved the seasonal goal and are already sure of participating in the next 2024/2025 Serie A championship, the Givova Scafati is preparing for the third to last round of the regular season, which will see it away at Assago Forum against the home teamEA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Duo ball at ore 17 Of Sunday 21 April.

Coach Boniciolli for this difficult external commitment, he will be able to count on all the players at his disposal, who trained vigorously during the week, with the aim of preparing as best as possible for the challenge against one of the strongest and most fearsome opponents of the entire championship.

The opponent

Current third force of the tournament, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano is a team that needs no introduction, both for its rich palmares (8 Italian Cups, 4 Super Cups, 3 Cup Winners’ Cups, 3 Champions Cups, 2 Korac Cups and 30 league titles ), and for the composition of his team, starting from the technical guide (coach Ettore Messina), and then move on to the composition of its large roster, from which, however, injured players must be excluded Lo, Hall, Mirotic e Baron: certainly heavy absences, but still solvable, by virtue of the depth of the red and white squad. Among the prominent elements of the Milanese team, it is worth mentioning the American point guard Napier (14.2 points and 3.8 assists on average), the Danish winger Shields (13 points, 2.7 assists average), the center Melli (8.7 points and 5.6 rebounds on average), the wingers Tonut, Flaccadori e Bortolanias well as the long ones Poythress, Voightmann, Ricci, Hines e Caruso.

The statements

The outside Alessandro Gentile: «We are coming off an important victory in the last round of the championship against Varese, which allowed us to secure mathematical salvation, thus achieving a goal we had set ourselves since August. Now let’s look ahead to this championship finale, which immediately puts us in front of a very difficult and very important challenge against Milan, one of the teams built to get to the bottom, both in Italy and in Europe, with a very deep roster and many weapons at its disposal. own disposition. We will have to be able to control the pace of the game, without allowing them to go to the basket on the counterattack and limiting offensive rebounds, so as to preclude them from second chances. For me it will be a special match: having played for many years in Milan, I have many wonderful memories and successes. We want to finish the championship on a high note, to end the season in the best possible way: playing against Milan at the Forum provides us with a lot of stimuli, so we are excited and eager to do well».