PREVIEW VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA-ALBA BERLIN
Beaten at the last turn of the clock also in the LBA by Brescia, the black Vs were thrown back to the Euroleague. The arena was reopened at the Fair and for Virtus it will be a double home round, needed to get back on track. First match with Alba, to leave the last place in the standings, followed by Red Star, where the public should skin their hands to greet the latest Juventus icon, Milos Teodosic, and maybe try to hide a tears THE’Dawn This is where it has been placed for many years in the Euroleague, almost fixed there, almost always sure to participate as it is called by the board to find talent, regardless of the final result. And in the year that is probably the weakest roster ever, the first 2 talents have Italian names, the already known and on the launch pad Spagnolo and Procida. The team of coach Gonzales relies heavily on them, because of the important exits they had in the summer (Brown, Thomas, Thiemann) and the disagreements that led to the divorce from Koumadje (the highest player in the competition, it is not Tavares but with him on the pitch you get the steel in a different way) and the many injuries (Olinde, Hermannsson, Bean). The recent arrival of the former Olimpia Mc Cormack closed the hole under the basket, where Travion Williams, who was also discussed in the summer for Virtus, operated alone. Apart from the 2 victories, with Asvel as well as the daring one against Milan, the defeats are all important, more in the end than in the last breath, so the big difference compared to the Bianconeri, despite the same record . Due to the more than 100 point difference in the balance scored/conceived, it is clear that the statistics are all in favor of Virtus, it should be noted that the Germans are the team with the highest number of possessions per game , which is growing very high. fast and constant shooting in the first seconds. Therefore, the maximum defensive attention at the start of the action, strong pressure on the ball is necessary to expand the field for several minutes, avoiding venial fouls paid for by bonus free throws (read Brescia), the -attack rather able to benefit from the worst defense in the continent to go and get a basic victory for the ranking and for getting out of a negative spiral that always sees him winning after fighting for a long time, energy and ranking points were depleted.