Bologna –
After the game against Bourg, coach Sergio Scariolo spoke in press conference: “I’m satisfied with this win because no game is easy in this Eurocup. You have to fight, never lose focus. There’s no such thing as a comfort zone and we saw that tonight when we made dangerous mistakes in the final. But we have shown that this team has heart and even when it goes down by raising the intensity of the defense can always respond and overturn a result. Now we must already prepare for the next battle. A
Milan we lost in overtime with many things done well, today we won even with some mistakes in the final. There is always something to improve in victories and there is always something to save in defeats. It would be stupid to think otherwise. Tomorrow we will do our video analysis sessions and then each player will do individual video sessions and then we will train. That way we prepare each time.
Mannion played more than expected. I had doubts in the second half about bringing him in and I know Michele is always there as a great professional when needed. I think Nico has paid back the minutes playing better in the second half and also putting a good defensive attitude. The good news is that he was not injured. Valencia has a roster with more talent in the group, Buducnost is tough, there are no bad teams, the level is very high. Every game is difficult and challenging and every victory for this has an even more valuable value.”
