Olimpia Milan defeated in Vitoria, Mario Fioretti explains what went wrong

The words of Mario Fioretti after Olimpia Milano's knockout in Vitoria

Fifth loss overall in the Euroleague, out of six games played, for Olimpia Milano, which comes close in scoring to Baskonia but exits the arena in Vitoria, Basque Country, with an 88-83 loss that is worth another plug in the losing column. On the sidelines of the match, Mario Fioretti, who led the team in place of Ettore Messina, who is still out with an ear infection, explained what è went wrong from the Meneghini side.

"We started out playing decently on offense but honestly we made too many defensive mistakes,‖ he said.

In the second half in general our defense è was better but in too many situations we failed to finish possessions. Their offensive rebounds killed us. Then in the end we mishandled a few offensive possessions".

"In the end,” Fioretti further explained, “in such a tight game these things made the difference. Dimitrijevic è came out three minutes from the end because heé had played so many consecutive minutes and was exhausted. Lì we tried to replace defense and offense in the final possessions. Too bad, è we just missed".

For Olimpia Milano è it was the fourth consecutive defeat in European competition: the only success of the season in the competition remains that of last October 11, when the Red Shoes were able to beat Paris 79-74, although they were in no small risk of capitulating on that occasion as well.