Neven Spahija has no doubts about the reason for the knockout with Olimpia Milano
Neven Spahija in no uncertain terms
Olimpia Milano è the first finalist of the 2024 edition of the Italian basketball Super Cup. At the Unipol Arena in Bologna, the tournament’s sole venue, the Red Shoes coached by Ettore Messina prevailed over Reyer Venezia with a final score of 73-62, thus gaining access to Sunday’s game that will award the title.
The coach of the Laguna players, Neven Spahija, è was clear about what he thinks is the main reason for the orogranata knockout, not before giving honor to their opponents: "First of all, congratulations to Milan for the victory, which è was deserved as they played better than us, especially in the first half – he said. We played a good game, but è it is very difficult to compete with a strong team like Milan shooting 0/12 from three, as we did in the first half, with 34 percent overall from the field and very bad percentages even at the free".
"Olimpia plays a physical and tough defense,” added the Croatian coach, “but we missed so many open shots and it's something we need to work on. We need a little more time to get to be the team we want, this game è came a little early for us, but we have great confidence in our work that we will continue to do".
"I è liked the reaction in the second half, for us è it is essential to always continue to defend strong and do well in rebounding, we must never give up. We paid a lot for the negative start by finding the right quintet late, in the final we made few mistakes, they also scored big shots. We move forward, I repeat: Reyer can do much more than what we did tonight. Thanks to our fans who were here with us" concluded Spahija.
