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Virtus Bologna beats Olimpia Milano, the words of Dusko Ivanovic and Ettore Messina

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Virtus Bologna beats Olimpia Milano, the words of Dusko Ivanovic and Ettore Messina

Virtus Bologna rang out, beating EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 86-80 at the Segafredo Arena in the big match of the 20th day of LBA. It went on in spurts in the first quarter: 8-1 for Milan, 15-15 and 17-17, 25-17 for Olimpia ending the first ten minutes on 25-20. In the second quarter from 20-29 Virtus threads an 18-2 partial and goes to the’long interval ahead 38-34.

Same old story in the second half: in the third quarter the hosts stretch to 50-38, get caught up 55-55 but at the last ten minutes they still get there ahead 63-59. In the last quarter Dusko Ivanovic’s team managed to hold off Ettore Messina’s team, in whose ranks there were 22 points by Nikola Mirotic, for Virtus 19 and 7 rebounds by Marco Belinelli. Here are the words of the two coaches.

Dusko Ivanovic: “We started like in the last game then we put the right energy and intensity in the rest of the game. We had Shengelia who due to fever never è trained. A good win for us. I honestly don’t know what people are saying. But I believe in this team, sometimes we play well, sometimes less. We can win or lose. But we fight in every game, until the end. These guys train well and hard. The referees? I don’t want to talk about the referees. Even for them è difficult, I know. I just ask, every time, the same refereeing criteria. Akele? He played well, but he had also played well against’Olympiacos, è an important player for us”.

Ettore Messina: “Congratulations to Virtus that è managed to win a game in two moments. When it recovered our start that had been quite good. Then when we got even in the second half they held on when we lost Belinelli three times in transition and it takes effort to do that. We had reopened the game, with more coolness we could have changed the inertia. In the fourth quarter we missed too many good shots. I am happy becauseé è it was a game, this è an important sign of commitment. Are there more alternatives to Olimpia and Virtus for the Scudetto? I agree, è it is an open championship. Then you know, already in the past there have been teams that did well in the regular season and then felt pressure in the playoffs to have to win. We are more used to it. Also true that this year keeping up with the pace of the EuroLega and the championship is not easy, we have to see how we all get to May. Forò there’s a good level more and more widespread and many teams that can have their say. Everyone who was out couldn&#39t play. Unfortunately for Shields we are a little worried. He played two games with Denmark, especially the last one when he was worthless. He had a tendon inflammation after Thursday&#39s game. We hope to have him for the next one”.

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Lyon, sting on Paulo Fonseca

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Lyon, sting on Paulo Fonseca

Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca è was suspended from his technical role until next November 30 by the disciplinary commission of the French League for threatening the referee in a ‘head-to-head’ during the Ligue 1 match between his team and Brest (2-1) after being sent off.

In addition to that, until Sept. 15 he will not have access to his locker room. The suspension does not è apply for now in European competitions and the Portuguese will sit on the bench in the Europa League match tomorrow against Steaua Bucharest.

Truly a terrible season for the Portuguese coach, who had been signed by AC Milan last summer but è was put through the door on December 30 before landing a month later in Ligue 1 at Lyon. From 2019 to 2021 he had instead coached Roma, picking up a fifth and a seventh place finish.

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  • Daniela Daecher is a twenty-something bookworm and coffee addict with a passion for geeking out over sci fi, tv, movies, and books. In 2013 she completed her BA in English with a specialization in Linguistics. In 2014 she completed her MA in Linguistics, focusing on the relationship between language and communication in written form. She currently lives in Munich, Germany.

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Feyenoord-Inter, Simone Inzaghi puts his hands up, Robin Van Persie doesn’t give up

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Feyenoord-Inter, Simone Inzaghi puts his hands up, Robin Van Persie doesn’t give up

These are the words of Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, interviewed by Amazon Prime Video after the 2-0 win against Feyenoord.

“We are judged every two and a half days and that is fine. We are not qualified, we are missing the second half of this game. But tonight è it was really a very good match”.

” We knew we would have to suffer but then we did not suffer so much. I am very satisfied with the boys,” he continued, “The team follows me, there’è great willingness’”.

“Bastoni played an excellent game, he è made himself available to the team, he è alternated with Acerbi. È a very strong, world-class defender but he è made himself available and played the fifth without any problems”.

Instead, here are the words to Sky Sport of Feyenoord coach Robin Van Persie: “The players gave everything on the pitch and thanks to a good save on a penalty that for me was not there, we are still in the game. And we think we can make it next week in Milan”.

” We will have to run more, but in the second half we really tried: è it was difficult to keep up the pace of the pressure. Inter players have great quality with the ball, we are still in the game fortunately: today we wanted to achieve more, but we are still in the game”.

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WTA 1000 Indian Wells, Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second round

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WTA 1000 Indian Wells, Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second round

Elisabetta Cocciaretto, world number 72, advances to the second round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by beating Mexican Renata Zarazua, number 69, who è withdrew after just under an hour when the Marche woman was ahead 6-4 1-0.

Cocciaretto immediately made the break in the second game and going ahead then 3-0 and 4-1, she missed a 5-1 ball and on 4-2 was countered on the third chance after having two balls for 5-2. From 4-4 però Elisabetta won 8 out of 9 points and won the first set.

In the first game of the second set Cocciaretto holds serve at zero but Zarazua, who had already called medical timeout on 5-4, does not move anymore and raises the white flag. In the second round Cocciaretto will find a very difficult obstacle, and that is the Czech Karolina Muchova.

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