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Coach Luca Banchi<\/strong><\/b> spoke in press conference after the game against Panathinaikos : “Really intense game, we were facing one of the best teams in the Euroleague that tonight used all its resources to win it.<\/em> For some parts of the game we had the feeling we could win it, but in the end it’s always the details that make the difference.<\/em> There is so much to be proud of my team, which put all the energy needed to compete at this level.<\/em> There are recriminations for sure, bad shots from underneath, bad free throws, bad dunks, a few too many lost balls that perhaps don’t do justice to our game: we gave the clear feeling to Pana that we knew where and how to attack, especially in the first half.<\/em> Then in the second half the two boxers lowered their intensity more and more, then Grant’s shot against a good defense.<\/em> Marco’s last shot could have put us back in the game, however, there is no denying that the energy we put in was the right energy, especially considering the period of games we were coming from and the ones ahead of us.<\/em> Let’s continue to keep the tiller straight and believe, we will take satisfaction if we continue to grind out our game even when fatigue sets in.<\/em> Each of us, staff and club, must continue to fill in those details that prevent us from perhaps achieving what we deserve. <\/em>With Maccabi we were clear-headed, tonight we lacked the edge: now it’s about keeping the bar straight and continuing with determination to play.<\/em> We have the right spirit, we have to combine it with the quality of basketball it takes to fight against certain opponents.<\/em> I remember a year ago the excitement generated by our winning streak: my attempt was to try to keep everyone at a level of balance where they understood that things could change, because this is the Euroleague, every night you play against the best.<\/em> I’m not looking at the record right now, I’m looking at the fact that I would like to feed this group with successes, like the one with Maccabi or in Belgrade, rewarding them for the effort they’re putting in.<\/em> Of course it’s frustrating, I remember each of our defeats perfectly; we lack the gasoline that nights like this would give us if we were able to complete it.<\/em> I’m trying to get this team to a better level as possible; we don’t have the time to work on the details.<\/em> I keep getting the feeling that we are close to expressing a quality that allows us to compete against anyone: tonight we were no less than Panathinaikos.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69433,"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":[307,268,256,248],"tags":[308,269,265],"class_list":["post-69443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague-en","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\/69443","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=69443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virtus.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}