Olimpia wins game 3: Ettore Messina thanks fans and extols Nicolo Melli
Ettore Messina’s statements after Game 3 of the Scudetto Finals
The third act of the scudetto finals series between Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna has è ended in favor of the red shoes, who in game 4 will have a chance to win the title. At the end of the match, the head coach of the meneghini Ettore Messina, among the various topics discussed, wanted to send a sincere thanks to the Forum audience for the continuous support and extol the performance of Nicolò Melli especially in defense on Toko Shengelia.
"It's been a very tough game, we are grateful to the public who supported us in the best moments and in the most complex ones. Two different contests, in the first half the teams found it easyà to score, in the second we limited their shooting three obviously exposing ourselves to their penetrations. I think we built good shots, but we did not have good percentages, defense made the difference. These are the most difficult games to win, so it was important to stay in the game mentally possession after possession" began Olimpia Milano's head coach.
"We tried to speed up the offensive action, with fewer passes, we focused on a couple of simple actions. The guys did well in spacing. Melli played a great game especially defensively on Shengelia. He asked to be able to miss him and I è felt he was a great example of personality and leadership. Today defensively è he was superlative and also in offense è he was mobile" added the'former Italy coach.
"Virtus's complaints about the last play? The referees saw the replay, but all my players were sure it was our ball. I don't have much to say. Then, if you will pass me the joke, we in Game 1, on the’last play, we were not lucky enough to have a replay on Napier's last shot," concluded Ettore Messina.
