Scafati enterprise, Attilio Caja is over the moon: “Sacrifices paid off”

Clamorous feat of Givova, which expels Virtus Segafredo Arena

Okoye’s graft gave Givova Scafati an extraordinary success. The game valid for the tenth day of the A series championship, in which the Nigerian player made his debut in the yellow-blue jersey, coincided with an extraordinary away victory, on the parquet of the unbeaten leader Virtus Segafredo Bologna, with the final score of 77-84.

David beat Goliath. A victory that has the flavor of a feat to be handed down to posterity, and that wrote another unforgettable sports page of Scafatese basketball. An almost perfect performance, but above all a solid contest of substance, which rewarded the work of the men under Caja’s orders and the umpteenth economic effort made by the company.

Ahead in the score for about three quarters of the game, the Agro team had the merit of never letting up, always keeping their concentration high and never lending the court to the highest-ranked opponent, never disuniting, not even in the most difficult moments.

Without the injured Butjankovs, but with newcomer Okoye on the court, captain Rossato and his teammates shot with higher scoring percentages, recovered more rebounds and possessions and circulated the ball in an exemplary manner, inflicting a hard lesson on the emblazoned Bologna lineup that, for the occasion, had returned to the Virtus Segafredo Arena, after the forced exile at PalaDozza. Indoor debut wet, however, by a defeat, the first in the league since the beginning of the competitive season.

The official website of the Campania-based club reported the statements issued by Attilio Caja at the end of the feat in the Bologna land: “I congratulate the guys, who beyond the game and the result that makes us very happy, are working very well, with intensity, commitment and sacrifice. We thus managed to pull off a solid game, as a team that wants to save itself must do, starting from the defense, without ever disuniting,” the coach began. “We conceded something from two, however, we made the right choices at the right time. We then circulated the ball well, as evidenced by the 22 assists. I thank the club that allowed us to insert Okoye, increasing the quality, and I am happy that these sacrifices paid off,” he concluded.