Olimpia decimated, intelligence needed for Ettore Messina

The words of Ettore Messina on the eve of Olympiacos-Olimpia Milano

Coach Ettore Messina presented in a press conference the Euroleague challenge against Olympiacos, scheduled for Tuesday night in Athens: "Olympiacos è a very physical, well-organized team that currently has the best defense in the competition. For us, it will be crucial to play carefully, to defend well especially on their central pick and roll and without drops in intensity" for all 40 minutes".

"On offense we will first of all have to be patient and move the ball – added the coach of the meneghina team -. We know we have a roster decimated by absences but precisely because of this we will have to play a smart game helping each other as we did in similar circumstances against Baskonia".

"Olympiacos è an experienced team, solid, well organized and with a significant court factor – the words of Nicolò Melli -. We have absences but we have also shown that we can play good games regardless of the problems we may have, playing with a spirit of sacrifice and attention. In Athens we will try to repeat ourselves and to do so we will have to stay united for all 40 minutes, helping each other both in defense and offense".