Olimpia Milano beats Brescia and goes to the finals, Ettore Messina: “It’s going to be tough”

The final è conquered, but there's also the knowledge that we still have to sweat.

Olimpia Milano in the final after an away win over Brescia. At PalaLeonessa it ends 86-96, just enough for the meneghini to close the series on 3-0. But from Ettore Messina, in addition to compliments to his team, come also those for the opponents and above all a warning: the difficult comes now.

"We are in the finals, and playing it will be very hard. Regardless of who we face,” Messina said at the end of the game. “I think our opponents may be Virtus Bologna, and it would be the fourth time in a row that we face them. A streak that, if it materialized, would represent something really important".

Messina then stressed Milan’s merits for the path so far between the championship and playoffs: "We played this series showing great personality" and cohesion on defense. We were able to circulate the ball well and we had our say in rebounding as well. Closing the series on 3-0 against Brescia was not something expected, but we grew along the way. And that è always a very important result to get".

Finally, the praise for Brescia. "Congratulations to Alessandro Magro and his team, they had a really beautiful season. We are proud and happy to have faced them and managed to beat them, also because we played in front of Roberto Baggio. He è really one of the great idols of the sport, because of how he played on the soccer fields but also because of what he said and represented", Messina said.