This is how Coach Mario Fioretti, replacing Coach Ettore Messina, commented on the victory over Bologna: “It was a tough match, as we expected. We started in a very strong, aggressive way, perhaps it was our best defensive quarter of the year, we touched, deflected and stole a lot of balls. Then we tried to maintain that pace, then in the third quarter they played really well. But we were good at not falling apart, we stayed in the race, we overcame the difficult moment. In the fourth for a few minutes we played very good basketball and in the end we were helped by some offensive rebounds, those rebounds that had condemned us to Vitoria. I kept those who were working well on the pitch longer because in the first half we were able to distribute the minutes without overloading anyone. Then we were fine. I believe that gritting your teeth in times of difficulty was a very positive sign. With so many new players and especially some of them new at this level we lack continuity. We work to increase the good minutes and reduce the less good ones. At this moment, even a 17-point lead halfway through the second quarter is important but it is not decisive in a competition of this level. Tonut is a boy who works, with energy, sometimes he is less noticeable because perhaps he spends a lot in defense, as he did in Vitoria against Markus Howard, and is less involved in attack. Today he was and he responded.”
