Ettore Messina mourns the death of Gianni Zappi

The words of Ettore Messina

Ettore Messina also expressed his condolences on the death of Gianni Zappi.

“I felt great sorrow to learn of the passing of Gianni Zappi, who not only played a decisive role in the development of basketball in his Imola but was for many coaches, including me, and for many years a point of reference for his commitment to the category, the technical movement and the rights and duties of coaches. At this time my personal hug goes out to his family.”

Last season, Ettore Messina’s team returned to win the scudetto, snatching it from the jerseys of Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The “biancorossi,” who had finished second right behind Sergio Scariolo’s team in the regular season, immediately brought the court factor to their side in the final series and never let the Felsinians catch them again. In the Euroleague, Sergio Rodriguez (who said goodbye to the Red Shoes in the summer to return to Spain) and his teammates were eliminated by Ergin Ataman’s Anadolu Efes, who would win the tournament for the second year in a row.