Olimpia Milano’s first goal: to win a trophy right away

Milan, Saturday at 6 p.m., challenges Venice

This is it. It begins, with the Final Four of the Italian Supercup, scheduled this weekend at the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno, the new basketball season. Playing for the trophy are Olimpia Milano, Virtus Bologna, Napoli Basket and Reyer Venezia. Last year, success of Virtus Bologna against Leonessa Brescia.

Olimpia Milano comes to Bologna with the favorable odds. In the semifinals (Saturday at 6 p.m.), they will challenge Reyer Venezia. It will be the fourth confrontation with the Laguna players in this event. The precedents: twice in the semifinals (2015 and 2020) and once in the finals, in the 2017 edition, won by the biancorossi.

Biancorossi aiming to return from Bologna with the trophy. The Milanese club has won the Italian Super Cup four times, most recently in 2020, but has also collected four lost finals and some bitter elimination in the semifinals. Last year, AX è was beaten, right in the semifinals, by Brescia.

Captain Ricci charges his team on the eve of the start of the tournament: "We will have to face every game as if it were the game of a lifetime, starting with the Supercup semifinal", his clear words released to Tuttosport. With a completely renewed roster, Coach Messina’s team wants to start the season with a smile.