Venice –
Coach Luca Banchi’s words at the end of the game won against Reyer: “Game that we tried to control, we knew that Venice’s emergency would give them great stimulus even in a moment of great difficulty. For long stretches we saw a team ready to play a great game, and I am sorry for Casarin’s injury. We were careful and serious, we dosed our energy, it was the first time we had a double away game. We dosed men well, found advantages and found defensive consistency, which must become our trademark. We won the rebounding battle, against real specialists like Kabengele and Tessitori. We lacked a bit of lucidity in the final but I saw a careful and focused team. Now we are thinking about the first Euroleague double week, we are still looking for our game identity. Let’s not forget that 6 of the 7 newcomers are rookies in the Euroleague, we have to figure out how to find the maximum intensity for 40′, and tonight I think we didn’t see much flexing on that.”
