Virtus Bologna, bitter night: Luca Banchi explains the drop in recovery

Luca Banchi explains the drop in Virtus in the second half against Bayern

Virtus Bologna returns from Bayern’s den with a 90-76 defeat: on the -14 final weighs heavily on the 46-30 partial in favor of the Bavarians after the long interval, which in fact forced the Felsinians to record their fourth knockout in eleven games in Euroleague 2023-24.

Coach Luca Banchi, in a press conference, tried to explain the origins of the drop: "First of all, I have to say that we are very sorry,” he said. “The approach to the game was good, there was concentration, defensive impact and offensive quality. Two minutes from the end of the second quarter we started to lose fluidity and make poor shooting choices, and also because of foul trouble we disjointed in the second half".

"This è however the Euroleague, we have to move forward with the ability to always produce quality basketball" throughout the game. Kudos to Bayern: it had a physical impact, as evidenced by the seven stoppages and the many rebounds, and it è was able to come back from -14 and then not let us enter the game".

"How to avoid similar results in the future? We have to correct mistakes, have more confidence in our means, plus we have to cope better with injuries, like Smith’s today. We must know how to overcome these situations" concluded the coach of the Black Vu.