Bologna, Jan. 15 –
These are the statements of coach Sergio Scariolo at the end of the game won by Virtus Segafredo Bologna over Venezia:
Very hard-fought game, both teams gave their all. I think our fans can be happy with the effort, some players were running out of gas and others recovering from injuries. Our destiny — for the team structure we have — is to struggle at the Italian level, just look at the waivers we have to make every time. I am really happy with the win, against a talented and experienced team. The comeback from -9 was important, the third quarter was important. But in the dynamic of the season we have, it’s a very important win.
In the area we had no difficulties. Bako and Camara held one of the 2-3 best pivots in the league well, they did a great job. The problem was too many lost balls, and Venice’s three-point shooting, as soon as you get distracted they have very good shooters. Those who played helped out, I expect growth and always something more from everyone. I felt Milos we had to play him, I was a good prophet, hopefully he can recover at least acceptably
To try to compete you need to have four outside players, so we can only keep two long ones. We have three Italian players – the ones who can really play – who are in the same role. Belinelli can help out, and hopefully Abass can compete at a high level already this year, otherwise it’s not a puzzle, it’s a maze with no exit
Polonara? There was a concatenation of unfortunate events, Alibegovic and Tessitori went out and no other Italian players came in, neither in the summer nor now. The coaches’ job is to make suggestions, if they are listened to well, otherwise we go ahead and try to find the square. At the overall talent level we are there, but at roles I bite my liver having to give up such players every Va. We have our size, we are proud of that, we have to move forward and do the best we can.”
