Olimpia Milano, Ettore Messina does not trust Alba

The words of Ettore Messina

Olimpia Milano’s EuroLeague home debut comes against the team that scored the most on opening night, Alba Berlin capable of scoring 100 points in the wide victory over Partizan, including 61 in an unreal first half, with 31 assists, the result of great ball movement.

For this reason, Ettore Messina urges his team to be very careful: “We have great respect for Alba Berlin, a team that for years, first with Coach Aito and now with Coach Gonzalez, has been playing well and facing the EuroLeague with great spirit. Its players know each other very well, while we have many new ones and we are only now getting used to knowing each other. This is a very complex game, against their man and ball movement: if we cannot limit their rebounding and counterattack points, it will become very difficult to get the result we want. However, we are determined to do what it takes to play a good game.”

Among the players confirmed by Olimpia Milano over the summer are Paul Biligha and Gigi Datome. The latter, born in 1987, returned to Italy in the summer of 2020 to don the red and white jersey after ending a fruitful experience in Turkey, at Fenerbahce. Previously, the Montebelluna native small forward had walked the parquet floors of the NBA, wearing the colors of the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics. Mens Sana Siena, Scafati Basket and Virtus Roma were Datome’s other Italian teams.