Olimpia Milano, Ettore Messina identifies three factors to beat Partizan

The words of Ettore Messina on the eve of the challenge with Partizan

Olimpia Milano is preparing to take on Partizan Belgrade in the Euroleague. Game two Friday at 8:30 p.m. at the Assago Forum. The Milanese team at home has won five of the last six, is fresh off successes over Barcelona and Real Madrid and wants to continue the series to improve its position in the standings as far as possible. The Serbs need a win to improve their external record and go in the hunt for the playoffs.

Coach Ettore Messina spoke this way in the press conference on the eve of the challenge against the Serbs: "We face a very physical team that obviously, like all Coach Obradovic’s teams, è also very well organized. For us, control of rebounds, defense in transition and a well-balanced offense between playing inside and playing outside" will be very important.

"It will also be a pleasure to see Kevin Punter and Zach LeDay again, two excellent players who have accompanied us during the 2020/21" season,” said Messina, who compared to the last championship game will be able to count on Shabazz Napier, Nikola Mirotic and Diego Flaccadori