Bologna –
Virtus Segafredo Bologna CEO Luca Baraldi was heard by Corriere dello Sport Stadio after the Final Eight of the Italian Women’s Basketball League Cup.
It’s a sign for the future, and the demonstration that the group and the technical staff deserved to play the cup. Against a team that arrived at the doorstep of the Euroleague Final Four, at 37′ we were tied. Then their experience was decisive, for many of our girls it was their first final. The sporting win went to Schio, the moral one that gives us momentum went to Virtus.
What is the women’s team for Segafredo? The most important project we have, President Zanetti and I with him would like to give Basket City a women’s championship. We are working for this, the next step will be the youth sector. We would like Bologna to be Italian champion like with the men. And if our balance between men and women is 7-0 with a club that we respect so much like Venice, for what it has been able to do both in the men’s and women’s fields in these years, it means that we are working well.
What did you say to coach Lardo? I had already paid my compliments before the final and I repeated them at the end. If these are the answers of the group, whoever leads it has great merit. There’s a fantastic atmosphere, teams and staff pull each other along. And then there’s the shadow woman. Angela Gianolla, she’s one of the main drivers, she has great merit as well.
What do you expect for the playoffs? I make an appeal to the fans. In the playoffs all Virtus subscribers, even those of the men’s team, will be able to get in with bargain prices, and it will be important to have a large audience. In the Coppa Italia there were dozens of Virtus fans, they made themselves felt, our players felt it. If there will be a lot of fans in Bologna, we will be able to dream even more.
