Another knockout, Dusko Ivanovic counts fouls for Virtus Bologna

Home defeat of Virtus Bologna: in Emilia passes Red Star Belgrade (102-93 for the Slavs) and for the Bologna team the race towards the play-in gets very complicated.

“Tonight I have to congratulate Red Star because they played very well and they did it because they played well on defense. In contrast we did not defend well. We offered bad defense”: Dusko Ivanovic thus comments on the knockout in the presence of the Serbs.

“Problem of softness in contacts – adds the HCL helmsman -? Our problem I repeat is that defensively we did not play the way Red Star played. They played very well, making the best use of contacts, with constant changes and aggressiveness. We had to do the same thing and that was our problem here. In 40 minutes we committed only 15 fouls, 2 of which were technical, so in 40 minutes we made only 13 fouls”.

Virtus Bologna: Vildoza 7, Edwards 16, Pajola 2, Niang 7, Accorsi, Alston Jr. 18, Canka, Hackett 3, Morgan 14, Jallow 2, Diouf 21, Akele 3.

Red Star Belgrade: Miller-Mc Intyre 10, Graham, Butler 16, Davidovac, Kalinic 13, Dobric 2, Izundu 12, Motiejunas 4, Nwora 15, Ojeleye 11, Moneke 13, Dos Santos 6.