“Thanks to the Forum. Melli was excellent”

Ettore Messina analyzed the victory that brings Milan to 2-1 in the Scudetto series, with two match points available. “Was a very tough gamewe are grateful to the public who supported us in the best and most complex moments. Two different games, in the first half the teams found it easy to score, in the second we limited their three-point shooting, obviously discovering ourselves under the basket. I think we made pretty good shots, but we didn’t have any percentage, the defense helped us in the second half. There is great pressurethese they are the most difficult games to win. Minimal benefits, it was important to have been there with our minds possession after possessionthat’s what decided the race for us. Virtus’ complaints on the last action? The referees saw the replay, but all my players were sure it was our ball. I don’t have much to say. Then, if you can tell me, in Game 1, on the last play, we weren’t lucky enough to have a replay on Napier’s last shot. We tried to speed up the offensive action, with fewer dribbles, we focused attention on a couple of simple actions, which could lead us to attack. The boys did well to space themselves out better. Melli on Shengelia? He asked to be able to mark him, it seems like a good proposal from the point of view of affirming his personality. Today he played an excellent defensive game and he was mobile in attack too“.