The words of Luca Banchi

It will be Virtus Bologna-Olimpia Milano the scudetto final. Coach Banchi spoke in a press conference after the game-4 win over Venezia: “Obviously satisfied with ending this series, a balanced series. We coped with emergencies, increased by Zizic’s injury in the second quarter. Venice has quality players and a prepared staff: this shows that we have all the cards to compete. Beyond the particularity of these 4 games, we have the right confidence for the next step: it was not a given, we found a tough and combative opponent.”

“Tonight we produced a high-level collective effort. The previous contests had generated a state of frustration for our third quarters, as a coach I had to convey confidence: tonight it seemed to relive the usual movie, it seemed to get into a dangerous loop again, however, I continue to believe that we have all the qualities to stay in our game plan and structure, enforcing our qualities, including moral ones.”

“I am pleased that this effort paid off with a victory. Tonight Venice started with charge and energy, we responded with patience and continuity.I understand the difficulties in keeping certain regimes for 40′ but we like the idea of imposing our basketball.”