Harassment. Here’s how to explain clearly, directly and succinctly how Olimpia Milano started the season in the Euroleague. In what was supposed to be a time to restore Italy’s career that had been broken in European competitions for many years, It’s about to be another disaster, it is a very disappointing start to the season, and again, full of defeats.
The last one was last night, again at home, just like it happened last week Zalgiris Kaunas, when the Lithuanian team was able to score 50 points in the last 14 minutes in the game, to win the duel 82-85, and even lost about 30 points at the end of the third quarter. They didn’t even have to go to overtime to win the game.
last thursday, Anadolu Efes visited the Unipol Forum in Milan, and the Turkish team won in Istanbul with 84-96, and bad news about Shane Larkin’s injury. The final margin of 12 points, which masked the terrible first half that the team of Ettore Messina, who went to the break following 21 (25-46). His team’s performance in the third quarter was good, with a small gain of 34-20, but in the final quarter, Efes went up to 30 when it was replaced, preventing any attempt by the locals.
Ettore Messina has not yet been able to improve his team / EFE
After the game, that means Italy’s fourth defeat in five games in the Euroleague, and having the worst record in the competition along with Virtus Bologna and Alba Berlin (1-4), Messina, the leader who was shown by the European press following the competition, had no problem accepting what his team had. what happened in the first half was embarrassing.
Messina’s cruel words
“Our first half was embarrassing. We left with a lack of competition and no desire to do something together, rebuild the team, go to the market? You have the right to ask those questions and we do, but now it is difficult to answer. The question is whether we have the ability to change the mentality of the group in the short term, or if the success that occurred in September was a ruse. We will lock ourselves in the gym and try to see if there is any way to get rid of the problem,” said the Italian coach at a press conference.
Nikola Mirotic tallied 29 points against Anadolu Efes / Twitter: @OlimpiaMI1936
New song ‘barren’ by Mirotic
The poor performance of the team leads to problems for a Nikola Mirotic that, night after night, He continues to shine in the Italian team. His performance against Anadolu Efes was brilliant, scoring 29 points, and three triples, in addition to grabbing four times and causing seven fouls for a total of 27 PIR in about 30 minutes of play. The former Barça captain averages 15 points per game in European competition, and is Italy’s top scorer in the Euroleague, and 11 overall at the start of the season.
The calendar does not give rest to Olimpia Milano who will visit Buesa next Tuesday to meet with Baskonia which left an impression on the good victory of Alba Berlin with 80-57. It will be at the beginning of the week with a double commitment to Europe that will close by hosting the Italian derby against Virtus.
