The championship debut of Germani Brescia is fast approaching, which on Sunday afternoon (contest at 6.15 pm, live TV on NOVE, live streaming on Eleven Sports) will face the Italian champions of EA7 Emporio Armani Milano on the Mediolanum parquet Forum of Assago. The hardest testing ground for the biancoblu team, which arrives at the match with desire, enthusiasm and, according to what coach Alessandro Magro said, with the awareness of their own means, a characteristic that must accompany the Brescia team along a season that will be full of appointments.
“It is a pleasure to be here again to talk about basketball – begins the coach of Germani -. The end of a period that is very nice for us coaches, the one in which we see the team grow, week by week, in which our group takes shape. All the work we did, however, was aimed at playing the games that matter and we have a great desire to do so “.
“On the first day we face the team that not only has the Scudetto sewn on the chest, but that has also made an important market, with the aim of raising its level of quality in the double engagement, in the league and in the EuroLeague – continues Magro -. It is a special moment for all the teams, there are many absences, also because so many players have participated in the European championships and not all the rosters are full. I am convinced that the value of the teams will be seen later. We too have experienced a problematic pre-season in terms of injuries, but we reach the first of the championship with the whole team. In order to have the right chemistry between the old and the new, it will still take some time, especially to understand the distribution of minutes and possessions ”.
“We play against the strongest team in the league, moreover at their home – continues the Tuscan coach -. Last year Olimpia never lost at home and this is the best possible opportunity for us to see where we are on our path, even if we are only at the beginning. I am very sorry to have learned of Mitrou-Long’s absence: I would have been really happy to see him on the pitch and play against him. Given the length of the EA7 roster, we don’t know which players will enter the field. I hope that Sunday’s will be a hard-fought match, it will be important for us to stand up to their athleticism and their depth. Furthermore, I am sure that many Brescian fans will come to Assago to fill that segment of the Forum which is always very nice to see in biancoblu ”.
“Our spirit is to leave without ever feeling beaten – specifies the coach of Pallacanestro Brescia -. Milan has quintets with physicality and physical size that no other team can field. I know it will be a very difficult match but I like to think that I can go to the Forum knowing that I want to play our game. We have changed compared to last season, there are some things that we will try to re-propose, other things that will necessarily change because the interpreters have changed. What must remain is the desire to go there and try to compete in the best possible way and this is something we will always do, in Italy and in EuroCup ”.
“Directions from the Super Cup? To understand the teams, the moment must be analyzed – concludes Magro -. In general, in Italy we need Bologna and Milan to act as the locomotive for the whole movement. They are two great teams, both participating in the EuroLeague, and their presence pushes all the other teams in the league to try to adapt to their level. This, however, is a moment in which the mechanisms are not tested, as we saw in the semifinal of the Super Cup, a game in which the defenses had the better of the attacks. I am sure that coach Messina was not happy with the match played by him and he will have pushed them to train to fix certain situations that did not work, also because next week Olimpia will have their debut in the EuroLeague ”.
Source: Brescia Basketball Press Office
