Euroleague, Virtus Bologna dominates Alba in Berlin

Euroleague, Virtus Bologna dominates Alba in Berlin

At the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin, Virtus Segafredo Bologna won clearly control’Alba the 19th game of the Euroleague regular season. 83-68 the partial in favor of the Black Vs, who with their third consecutive victory confirm their second place behind Real Madrid.

Decisive, on closer inspection, è was the 26-9 partial in favor of Luca Banchi’s team in the first quarter. which even expanded to +26, 48-22, just before the end of the second quarter. In the third, the Berliners climbed back up to -9 but the Felsinei managed to contain them and then to retake the lead. 12 points each for Tornike Shengelia and Bryant Dunston, for the hosts 13 by Matteo Spagnolo and Johannes Thiemann.

These are the words at the end of the match of coach Banchi: “È a very important and impressive victory for the way our team faced the opponent, we gathered a very good lead during the first 20 minutes".

"After halftime we expected Alba to respond, to react and we were not as aggressive as we were in the first half and this è cost us energy. But we controlled well, both before the end of the third and the whole fourth period their will to retaliate. And we ended this first of two consecutive double weeks with two important wins. And now we move on to the next competition".