Virtus Bologna wins the big match with Brescia: Dusko Ivanovic explains the key to the comeback
Virtus Bologna won the big match of the 26th day of Serie A basketball against Germani Brescia. At the Segafredo Arena, the Black Vu imposed themselves on Leonessa with a peremptory 91-79.
In the first quarter, after an initial balance and the host lineup to place the first stretch on +9 thanks to the defense and transition combo. It ends 29-18 the first half.
In the second quarter, Germani even reaches +12. At that point, it is Virtus that takes the lead, which arrives at the’halftime down by eight lengths.
In the third period, the Felsinei get off to a rocket start with a 7-0 partial. Brescia, for its part, drops especially from the offensive point of view and the Black Vu take advantage of it to complete the comeback and get to the last quarter leading 73-62, with only 9 points allowed.
The fourth quarter, the Felsinians take the lead.
In the fourth quarter, Virtus closed the score for good with an early 7-2 partial. At that point, the Felsinei were good at limiting Brescia’s comeback attempts until the final buzzer.
At the end of the match, Virtus Bologna head coach Dusko Ivanovic hotly analyzed the performance of his boys: “I think we played well, especially in the second half. In the first half Brescia proved to be a smart and energetic team. In the second half, however, we put our aggressiveness on the field, showing how games should be approached. I hope that this defensive intensity will be seen again in the next games”.
“Clearly I am talking about two games in one. We approached the game well, playing in the open court and taking advantage of our advantages. Virtus never played defense on the back foot, and that was to our credit. In the second half this did not succeed for us, there is a lot of credit to Virtus who turned up the physicality by putting up a very high level of defense as happened in the last challenges. We were not good, then, to play on the counterattack and this we paid for. It is a defeat that serves as a lesson for the future, when we raise the intensity we have to be better in the execution trying to limit the lost balls” these, instead, the statements of Germani Brescia head coach Peppe Poeta.
