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Coach Luca Banchi spoke in press conference after the win with Sassari:<\/strong> “Another valuable win, which comes after two close commitments in the Euroleague. You could see the difference in energy but this is the reality, teams like ours have to find the strength to compete against teams like Sassari who, after making their debut in the BCL, came here with courage and determination and put us in trouble. We were good at regaining control of the pace of the game in an edgy and physical contest: we made a mistake in our approach however afterwards we were more ready. Let’s treasure this, this is the history of the league, as time goes on we will be tested physically. We have to be a little bit more cynical, otherwise there is a greater expenditure of energy: very often we make the canvas and then unravel it with too much superficiality. The championship will be long, with many matches to be played: this was a first test, we enjoy these three victories that give us confidence and courage. Now a day of well-deserved rest and then to work for the upcoming away matches in Lyon and Naples.”<\/em><\/p>\n “We were competitive, there was a need to make choices about turnover, we talked for a long time trying to find the most suitable formula. We are getting a big hand from Abi who is adapting in a role that is not exactly his but he is doing it very effectively. A team that wants to compete at a high level must show pliability in the face of emergencies and situations. Even tonight from the point of view we were able to overcome the defensive solutions of our opponents. Still too many lost balls, however, I like the idea that we change faces and quintet types. “<\/em><\/p>\n “Cacok?<\/strong> He is struggling, European basketball is a beast to tame. We can’t compare him with Lundberg and Smith who are of proven experience in European basketball. Let’s give it time and see how things go, the important thing is that there is willingness on his part. The guys are giving me a big hand to make my job easier. I hope to repay their efforts and become a boost for their season. Belinelli? A physical problem, the staff in agreement with me thought it was advisable to have a small rest period, we took advantage of yesterday, today, tomorrow and the beginning of the week to continue working with our physical therapists and medical staff. This can be constructive for the future: even small discomforts should not be underestimated, especially at the beginning of the season and especially when it comes to players of a certain technical level. This does not mean that we have to stop players with toothache. With Marco the situation is manageable, it was also right to have a broader reflection on him after the two Euroleague games.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":62087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,256,248],"tags":[308,269,265],"class_list":["post-62112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-primo-piano-en","category-a-league","category-news","tag-euroleague-en","tag-app-en","tag-evidence"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}