Olimpia Milano, Ettore Messina raises the bar.

Double Euroleague trip for Olimpia Milano

After winning against Real Madrid in the previous round of the Euroleague and suffering but still bringing home the two points against Reyer Venezia in the league, Olimpia Milano is preparing for a week entirely away from home, which will begin with a double Euroleague trip to Berlin against Alba (Tuesday) and to Belgrade against Partizan (Friday), and then go on to conclude on Monday at home to Vanoli Cremona in Serie A.

The coach of the Red Shoes, Ettore Messina, wants to build especially in Europe that solidityà which, until the success against the Blancos, had so far been lacking: "For us begins a week obviously very important and also difficult – said the coach -. We want to try to follow up the good proof produced against Real Madrid, starting with the match in Berlin".

"To succeed we will have to build our game as always on defense and rebounding, as well as maintaining concentration and willingnessà to help us both on defense and offense" then concluded Messina, who hopes to find in this week important results to move up in the standings and legitimize the status of playoff pretender.

During the presentation of the European competitions, Argentine point guard Leandro Bolmaro also spoke to the official channels of Olimpia: "In Berlin it will be important for us, above all, to play with continuity for all 40 minutes,” he said, “both offensively and defensively, and to avoid the dips in tension that have created problems for us in the last few games".

"Alba è a proud team, which especially on its court manages to have a lot of energy and physicalityà, so we will have to pay attention to details and play as a team from the two-ball, possession after possession" then explained the basketball player who arrived last summer after his experience at Bayern.