Bologna, June 18 –
Virtus Segafredo Bologna President Massimo Zanetti’s words during the 17thtricolor celebration: “Second scudetto, we kept our promise to win a cup again this year. I wish all the best to Polonara, he is an illness from which we recover. hope to see him back on the court. And I dedicate to our audience, commendable guys who always support the team for 40′. We always said we had a good team, there are so many issues, but the real values came out.
I have been here for 10 years, we have won the A2, the A2 Italian Cup, the Champions League, the Super Cups, the championships, almost one a year. It has a special flavor, it has been a difficult year but it is the triumph of the city of Bologna, with the results in soccer and now beautiful basketball: we hope it will be a harbinger of new victories, now we hope to make a good team for next year.
Budget? We don’t think about it now, it depends on sponsors and many other things. After the defeat in the Italian Cup quarterfinals I had no doubts, because I believed in this coach even though I couldn’t put my signature on the fact that we would win: he doesn’t play with precise schemes, he interprets the game a lot and I like that.
The future? We’ve already set something, we’ve already taken players even though we couldn’t tell yet. We will rejuvenate: Belinelli will quit, Shengelia will leave, and it will be a very long season with 38 in Euroleague and 30 in the league, we will need strong and robust players. We will see, I want players who want to come to Virtus. Let’s start from an assumption: the coach will make the team, not me, he will tell us his needs and we will try to please him, and from the first things I see I am happy.
Shengelia? His growth is a great satisfaction, in Barcelona I will go to see him and he will be waiting for us: he made a life choice, and they made him an offer that could not be refused. He has his residence in Spain, he goes back to what is his country, but in these last few games of his he gave his heart, he made the best performances even though he knew he was going to leave. Commendable.
