Udine: president lashes out at referee after derby loss to Trieste

The words of the president of Apu Udine Alessandro Pedone 

Apu Udine president Alessandro Pedone got mad at the referee after the derby loss to Pallacanestro Trieste. "Last night we saw an overall ugly, but tight game from start to finish, with low shooting percentages and unfortunately too many mistakes on our part. We started very contracted, perhaps also because of the fiery weather in the palace, and many things did not turn as they should. I waited until today to blow off steam, but I can’t help but say that personally I was stunned by some referee choices, among all the whistle on Da Ros for an offensive foul with 17 seconds left" said, in the words reported by Sportando.

"Especially in light of the fact that throughout the game the two teams did not spare each other even hard contacts – he added -. C’è also to be said forò that Trieste shot as many as 20 free throws while Udine è went only 3 times to the lunette. With this disproportion in my humble opinion, è impossible to win. And then Clark in the final had to invent a half-carpiato to manage to score, despite the fact that the defender had blatantly thwarted him with a foul, not whistled. In the future our team must not be subjected to such treatment".

 "A special thanks to the 670 Friulians present in Trieste who incessantly cheered the team from’the beginning to the end, they are the sap, the propulsion, the hinge of everything we do: beautiful HCL hearts, thank you! At the return we will make up for it, even against the luck that mockingly turned its back on us with that scoreboard at the end of the period, but this è the cruel rule of our beautiful sport!" concluded Pedone.