Ettore Messina
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Fourth Bedroom: A foul was immediately contested to open the last ten minutes of the game, by Yebo on Bolmaro. Mirotic two points for the minus 4. Then he again for the minus two with 7' to play. Bolmaro recovers a great ball and launches MIrotic for Brooks who is fouled (invalid basket). Then Nebo for the equalizer. Brooks' triple drives the Forum crazy. With 5 minutes left it's Voigtmann who forcefully dunks for +1 Bayern then Booker again and Milan timeout. Causeur's triple drives the Forum crazy for the +2 2'53'' from the siren, timeout. Then Edwards for the equalizer (76-76) 1'23'' from the final siren.
Third Quarter: Nebo scores the first two points for Olimpia which are worth the overtaking after a few seconds, then Causeur also scores from medium distance for +3 Olimpia after 1' of play. German reaction and counter-overtaking. Dimitrijevic scores two points amidst the German big men, +1 Olimpia after 4' of play. Then Booker for two free throws which he converts. Finally Mirotic from three for + 2 Milan. Great steal from Causeur, but Booker doesn't forgive from three as does Dimitrijevic who also gets a foul. Plus 1 for Bayern after 6' of play. Dimitrijevic scores only one of the two free throws. Booker is still unstoppable at the basket, then Shileds takes care of it with a triple for 54-53. Edwards from three and Bayern take a 5-point lead after 8' of play. Mirotic scores two free throws for him and then on a counterattack he suffers another foul which he converts with two more free throws for the equalizer 2' before the siren. Then he commits a foul on Yebo. Now it's LeDay's turn who scores only one of the two assigned. The third quarter ends 59-65.
Second Quarter: It's Zach LeDay who tries to shock his teammates, enters the German defense and gets a foul which is worth the two free throws he makes. Dimitrjievic takes a well-constructed shot from underneath but scores one soon after and with 8'28'' at the end of the second quarter Bayern are 8 points ahead, timeout for the guests. A reaction arrives with the Milanese defense recovering a ball which Causuer transforms into a triple which he repeats shortly afterwards for the minus 5 after 3' of play. The Munich team responds blow for blow, Nebo scores from below. LeDay's mistake and another Voigtmann dunk, +7 Bayern 4'18'' from the siren. Mirotic scores two free throws from the foul line. Milan's defense finishes well and again Mirotic, served by Shields, gets a foul for two more converted free throws which are worth -3 with 3'45'' left in the quarter. Also the Milanese number 33 who suffers a foul on a three point shot and consequent three free throws made for 35 all with 3'28'' to play. Edwards responds with another triple, then Nebo from underneath the basket. There are 10 points for Zach LeDay and Booker. The second quarter ends 39-40.
First Quarter: emotions and applause at the Forum for the return of Voigtmann and Napier. Then we play and for the two-ball game coach Messina lines up this quintet: Mannion, Causeur, LeDay, Shields and Mirotic. For Bayern: Weiler-Babb, Edwards, Giffey, Voigtmann and Booker. Voigtmann immediately scored after 20 seconds, imitated shortly afterwards by Weiler. Mannion looks for penetration, suffers the foul and scores the first point for the Milanese after 2' of play. Then it's Shields who finds a gap in Bayern's defence. Weiler scores again. Olimpia seems a little tense in this first phase with the Germans finding the +7 after 4' of play. Triple by LeDay which reinvigorates Milan. The Germans score again and Milan time out with 4'32'' left and Bayern +8. Bolmaro and Dimitrjievic enter but it is once again Voigtmann who dunks into the red and white basket for the +10 Bayern which becomes +13 and shortly after +18 with 2' 17'' from the end of the first set. Time out Olimpia. Here are the first two points for Dimitrijevic. Then Nebo finally served under the basket, he was fouled and scored one of the two free throws with 1'32'' to play. The first quarter ends 14-26.
La Preview
This match represents an important passage for both teams, with theOlympiad who tries to find his own form and the Bayern who wants to confirm their value in Euroleague. The match takes on particular importance for the Milanese, fresh from a defeat against Panathinaikos which ended their winning streak of six straight games.
The team of coach Ettore Messina comes to the meeting with some questions about training. In particular, the presence of Or is in doubt, (absence that was felt) just as we will only know before the match whether he is present or not Leandro Bolmaro after the recent muscle problem. Based on the presence or absence of the two players, we will see if the choice of turnover will fall on Giordano Bortolani and Guglielmo Caruso with particular attention also on Diego Flaccadori and Stefano Tonut (excluding against Panathinaikos) also at risk. The Bayern Monaco she presents himself as an opponent not to be underestimated. The Bayern coach, Herbert, he underlined how Olimpia Milano is playing excellently.
Bayern recently played against the Monaco, losing, but prepares for this match with the determination to do well. These are the words of Ettore Messina in presenting the tender: “We had one more day than usual to recover energy and understand if Leandro Bolmaro and Josh Nebo can help us in this match against Bayern. We were very happy after the victory in Barcelona and obviously we are not happy with what happened in Athens. But this is a very long and complex season, so we only have to look at this match in which we will face a team that has an excellent attack, balanced and well organized by Coach Herbert. We are also happy to see two special players again, Shabazz Napier and Johannes Voigtmann, who were the protagonists of two championships with us.”. The taproom is set for 9pm with live television on DAZN and Sky Sport. Also following is our direct text
