Virtus Bologna wins the Eurocup, returns to raise a European trophy and, what perhaps matters even more, takes a ticket to the Euroleague where, next season, they will represent Italy together with Olimpia Milano. Twenty-one years after his last victory in the most important continental competition, he returns to the elite of European basketball. And, above all, he comes back through the front door: no wild cards or corporate diplomacy paths, but winning a prestigious trophy on the field (the second most important in Europe), hitting the first seasonal goal, which escaped a whisker a year ago, for a team built at the court of Sergio Scariolo to restore the virtuoso side of what was Basket City to the glories and glory of the past.
The final, in a dry match, with the home factor in favor (ten thousand fans in the new stadium of the fair which after two years of restrictions due to the pandemic are a party in the party) always saw the Bolognese bianconeri in full control: ahead of thirteen points at the end of the first quarter, Virtus managed, with a great defense, an absolute rebound dominance and a great range of choices in attack, to repel all the Turks’ comeback attempts: 80-67, the final result. On the evening of European glory of Virtus there is above all the signing of Milos Teodosic, expert and charismatic leader, attacking terminal (21 points) but also metronome that marked the times and accelerations. But there are also the heavy points of Belinelli, the intelligence and flexibility of Weems, the presence under the boards of Jaiteh and Samson, all in double figures. And the solidity of a corporate project that does not want to play the role of an extra among the big names in Europe. Waiting to see the return of an Italian derby in the Euroleague, there will be little time to celebrate to immediately focus on the championship, to defend the Scudetto won last year, in a final series against Olimpia Milano which will be another absolute protagonist of the playoffs that are about to begin.
Source: Ansa
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