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“If we don’t get into rhythm in the first quarter, we’ll struggle. We turn the page, there’s the Lavrio”

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Coach Menetti: “We broke up, against opponents it becomes hard” Bortolani confirms: “We started badly, we always chased”

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It is not easy to show up in the press room after the fourth consecutive defeat in the championship, without ever having worried Virtus or having been ahead in the score in 40 ‘, but coach Max Lost he maintains the usual lucidity of analysis: «Well, obviously a deserved victory for Virtus. Unfortunately, at this moment, also due to some difficulties linked to the injuries we have, we are not able to have the personality, the clarity and also the strength not to tie our first quarters to what happens on an offensive level. This is a fact, one of our macro-defects that we manage to hide alternately – and this time we didn’t make it – because naturally a first quarter of 29 points completely changes the pace of the game. First of all to our opponents, and above all it changes our emotionality. So we unfortunately started with some difficulties on an offensive level, also thanks to what Virtus was doing, and unfortunately we broke up, especially from the defensive aspect. After our opponents got into the rhythm, and against teams of the caliber of Virtus Bologna you can’t afford it. In addition to this, the opponents have given us very little in this match, in the sense that they have never given us two or three situations in a row in which to gain pace and confidence. Beyond this, we will soon play game-2 of the play-ins, it is a very important match for the path we have made, and we are the only Italian team that can access the top-16 which would be a great source of pride. for us. We must also be proud of what we have tried to do, after having been under a lot and we must understand that when we have a certain approach and the tranquility of thinking that we can miss even three baskets if we are solid in defense, all our games then change ».

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Fifteen points in a game where he had so many opportunities to show off, 5/16 overall. For Giordano Bortolani it was a tough match: «We expected it would be a tough match, but we got off to a bad start, a bit like against Brescia. When you start like this then you run for the whole game and unfortunately we have always kept that distance ». Luckily there is already a new game to think about: «If we win we will qualify for the Top16 and we will certainly give our best. It will be different, we will play away from home but it is our job and we will be ready ». How does it feel to play against champions like those on the Virtus roster? «They are stimulating games. It’s a shame that it went like this, we all hoped for better but it will be for the next one. My 15 points? The coach asks not to back down in these matches, I tried to give my best as long as I was on the pitch ». –

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