At 20.45 match 3 in Sassari, Olimpia has the match ball. Bucchi: «Let’s try to extend the series». Spissu: “You deserve it”
SASSARI. He would have had to have an overflowing match to think of equalizing the semifinal evenings of the Scudetto playoffs in Milan, and the beauty is that Dinamo really did it, even if with so much Olimpia it wasn’t enough. But now think about trying again this evening (20.45) in race 3, but in front of the PalaSerradimigni audience and with an even greater load of anger. Because on Monday in race 2 the Sassari held an Olimpia by the throat for a long time who was really afraid of not making it against a Banco that was always able to recover, a bit like in the kung fu films that went in the ’70s. Today is another day, it may be the one in which Milan gains access to the final thanks to its excessive technical power, but also the one that puts everything back into play and it would not be surprising after having witnessed the second race of the series. It will be nice to find out.
After limiting the post-match declarations to a greeting and congratulations in Milan (evidently due to a lack of refereeing), coach Piero Bucchi returns to the match: “No, no, I spoke – he explains with a smile – only that it was a very “short” conference because I was still high for the game and I would have said things that were not very linear … »With a cool head:« We had a high level match against an excellent team, ‘right in the end, but the guys were really good. Let’s go back to Sassari sorry for the two defeats, but also reassured for what we can do at home ».
Olimpia faltered under your gusts: «It is a team built to go to the Euroleague final four, which it touched, but we showed that we were willing and able to extend the series at home. The key was in the attitude, in the defense capable of containing them (not always, since they have a very high talent), in finding the knot of passing the ball in their defensive traps and in the big steps forward in attack where the ball has turned. much better. It’s not enough for us to just play one more game. It will be tough, we face Milan, but we try ».
«It was nice to be back in Italy, before returning home I wanted to make this pit stop to see Dinamo – commented Marco Spissu, Kazan playmaker – I was sorry for the defeat, we were almost there, but it can be done. Now we hope to extend the series, Sassari deserves it and they deserve it. They will have a great team up front and you need to play to your full potential. They have changed face and it has been seen, thanks to the experience of Piero (Bucchi, ndc) and the grafts of Bilan, Kruslin and Robinson. Not for nothing are they among the top 4 in Italy, but now they are cornered and have to react ».