Virtus Bologna knocked out, Scariolo bows to Brescia

The words of Sergio Scariolo

Sergio Scariolo spoke after the defeat suffered by his Virtus Bologna in the Italian Cup final. “Congratulations to Germani Brescia, they deserved to win by playing an excellent game. Unfortunately, I was not able to keep the team away from the risk of pressure, which we have also seen in other teams around the Euroleague. The nervousness in the first half was very evident, 6/14 at the free is clear. We managed to come back a couple of times within a possession, certainly more due to tactics and individual generosity than defensive tightness.”

“We never managed to hold the guards and especially Della Valle. Something with the zone, but it has to be the icing on the cake, not the cake. We got back to one possession, but every time a guard made us a basket, and the one time it didn’t happen they got an offensive rebound. We had our opportunity, we didn’t take advantage of it. Kudos to our opponent.”