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Euroleague: grand finale for Milan, Bayern beaten. Real Madrid wins in fourth overtime
Euroleague, Italy beats Germany again: grand final in Milan with Bayern
After that of Virtus Bologna over’Alba Berlin second victory today of an Italian team over a German one: EA7 Emporio Armani Milano beat Bayern Munich 76-62 at the Mediolanum Forum.
Olimpia dominated the first quarter reaching even a +9 lead and closing it ahead 19-12. More’balanced the second quarter but Ettore Messina’s team, after being remounted up to +1 re-along to +11 and arrived at the long interval ahead 34-27.
In the third quarter the Bavarians reached a tie with 20 seconds to go before the buzzer but a triple at the end of the period by Devon Hall kept Milan ahead 50-47 before the last ten minutes. After being taken back again at the start of the last quarter Olimpia took the lead with an 11-0 run and then another 9-2 run and the game practically ended there. Hall finished with 19 points, for the Bavarians 16 by Serge Ibaka.
Among today’s other games, the one between defending champion Real Madrid and Anadolu Efes Istanbul, champions in 2021 and 2022 but currently in crisis, stands out. The Spaniards prevailed in the fourth overtime 130-126 after regulation time had ended on’81-81 and after the Turks, who are on their sixth consecutive sconftta, had come back from 102-93 down in the second suplementary.
For the madridists 40 points and 8 assists by Dzanan Musa and 31 points and 12 rebounds by Mario Hezonja, for Efes 32 points and 9 assists by Shane Larkin. These are the other results today: Barcelona-Baskonia Vitoria 89-85, Valencia-Panathinaikos Athens 81-82.
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Bari still knocked out and last, Modena gets unblocked
Modena-Bari 2-1
Second consecutive defeat (third considering also the elimination from the Coppa Italia at the hands of Cremonese on penalties) for Bari, last in the Serie B standings obviously with zero points.
The Apulian team è was also beaten in the advance of the second day of the cadet championship, played at the Alberto Braglia Stadium in Modena against the hosts coached by Bisoli (expelled for double admonition for protests). Palumbo and Pedro Mendes reversed the guest’s initial lead by Novakovich.
This is the schedule for the rest of the day:
Saturday, August 24, 7:30 pm
Südtirol – Salernitana
Or 20:30
Brescia – Cittadella
Cremonese – Carrarese
Pisa – Palermo
Sampdoria – Reggiana
Sassuolo – Cesena
Spezia – Frosinone
Sunday, August 25, 8:30 pm
Catanzaro – Juve Stabia
Mantua – Cosenza
CLASSIFICATION
Juve Stabia 3
Cesena 3
Salernitana 3
SudTirol 3
Brescia 3
Cosenza 3
Modena 3
Spezia 1
Pisa 1
Frosinone 1
Mantua 1
Reggiana 1
Sampdoria 1
Catanzaro 1
Sassuolo 1
Cittadella 0
Carrarese 0
Cremonese 0
Palermo 0
Bari 0
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Simone Giannelli returns to work after Olympics
The words of Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli, Sir’s blue-blue setter, at the end of his three-year term, has renewed for three more seasons and is thus about to experience his fourth consecutive one in the HCL jersey. In just three years he has won with President Gino Sirci’s club two Club World Cups, two Super Cups, two Italian Cups and a Scudetto.
He underwent a session in the weight room this morning and will join the group in the coming days. Muscle strengthening in the weight room also for center Roberto Russo, who renewed for two more years (until 2025-26) and is about to play his sixth season in a row with Sir Susa Vim Perugia. Kamil Semeniuk è is in his third year at Sir. He, too, took the weight room session this morning and says he is ready to start again toward all the club’s goals.
“I am very happy to be back here in Perugia and to have started the preparation for this new season,” said Simone Gianelli, “this is now my home and I am really happy to have found everyone again! It has already been three years and we start with the fourth, è amazing how fast time goes by, so I am very happy to have ended my last contract and to have opened another cycle, I am very happy becauseé playing here in Perugia è always a pleasure and a pride. I’m very charged up: the successes there have been quite a few these years, I’m glad forò those are now behind us so we have to try to think about what we have to do to try to get back to being “final””.
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Max Verstappen worried, Lewis Hamilton laughs it off
The words of Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen isn’t satisfied with Friday’s fifth time: “We’re a little bit too slow in the short runs and also in the race simulation, there’s a lot of work to do. At the moment there’è no immediate way to improve the situation, but we will look at it in detail”.
“For now we are simply too slow, that’s it. This performance is not è a big surprise: we are where we were in the last few races. We will try to find moreù performance for Sunday”, concluded his analysis the home driver, definitely worried.
In a different mood Lewis Hamilton: ““We finally have a car that allows us to start already on Friday from a good base and then work on the details. That makes everything easier and more enjoyable. We have to improve on pure performance. As for the pace over distance, I don’t know yet. We are not the fastest, but maybe we can play it”.
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