Euroleague, Milan collapses to -22 then misses comeback, Ettore Messina furious

Euroleague, Milan collapses to -22 then misses comeback, Ettore Messina furious

In the fifth game of the Euroleague regular season, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano è was defeated at the Forum 96-84 by’Anadolu Efes Istanbul.

The first two quarters were disastrous for the hosts led by Ettore Messina, who went to’halftime down by 21 points, 46-25.

The guests got to +22, 49-27, at the beginning of the third quarter, and here Olimpia tried to come back, even getting as close as -4 (25-7 partial!) during the same quarter, which ended 59-66.

But after the scare Efes slowly regained the upper hand in the last ten minutes. For Milan, in its fourth loss in five games, Nikola Mirotic’s 29 points were useless, for the Turks 19 by Elijah Bryant.

Thusì an imbufalanced Ettore Messina commented on the result: “Congratulations to’Efes, it imposed its rhythm. The first half è was shameful, without competitivenessà without effort to do things together, really hard to see. We finished with 5 fouls, which is unacceptable. We can only lock ourselves in the gym and see if there’è a way out of this situation”.