Max Menetti challenges Virtus: “We will be brazen.”

Reggio Emilia coach ahead of derby with Virtus Bologna: “We have to create the opportunity to win.”

Reggio Emilia coach Menetti spoke on the eve of the championship match against top-ranked Virtus Bologna at PalaDozza: “The derby of the Via Emilia is back and I welcome it back with great pleasure. The Reggio-Bologna axis is a regional reference and not only for the entire basketball movement. It is now a classic, which in the past has also been able, at times, to give us a lot of satisfaction.”

“Besides that there is the pleasure of playing in a fantastic stage like PalaDozza. About Virtus there is little to say, the blazon of the club, the value of their coach, the even sixteen players on the roster and the fact that they are playing in the Euroleague speak for themselves.”

On his team’s chances: “From our point of view, I think the key will be the spirit with which we will face this match: we will have to take the court with the dream of winning, with the desire to play a great game putting ourselves in the conditions to build, within the forty minutes, an opportunity that can make us tangible this goal. Our focuses will be two: the first is to measure ourselves, facing a team that can really give you an idea of the level you have reached, and the second is to use this game to grow. We will have to play with boldness, heart and courage.”