Bologna –

After the EuroCup Women’s debut for Virtus Segafredo Bologna, defeated by Gernika, coach Lino Lardo spoke in the post-game: “We never gave up, despite the difficulties in the first half. We suffered pressure and contact. In the second half we played better on offense and defensively we allowed only 24 points. There is the regret of not having completed the comeback. We’ll start from here. It was a tough game, very intense: we lost the game in the first half, we suffered some counterattacks and attacked badly. Some of our players weren’t used to this level, we knew that.”

Cecilia Zandalasini also commented on the game: “For us it was the first, for some of the girls the first at the European level. A game like this can give us a lot of confidence, now let’s rest and think about the championship. I’m fine, better than expected.”