Banchi: We are determined to produce a performance of great intensity in the derby against Olimpia

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Tip-off tomorrow, Thursday, October 31, 8:30 p.m. Unipol Forum (Milan).

Direct: Sky Sport, DAZN and Nettuno Bologna Uno.

Referees: ILIJA BELOSEVIC, UROS NIKOLIC, ARTURAS SUKYS.

Out: Alessandro Pajola, Devontae Cacok and Daniel Hackett. Ante Zizic returns among the players who can be summoned.

Coach Banchi in the pre-game: “We face Milano game determined to produce a performance of great intensity. The derby against Olimpia always has a special pathos, regardless of the event in which these teams face each other, so the injury emergency we are experiencing will have to serve as an additional stimulus to a careful and cynical game. We will take advantage of every opportunity to find resources within a contest that promises to be hard-fought both from a technical and competitive point of view.”

Achille Polonara’s statements: “A tough and complicated game awaits us, away on a difficult court. We are loaded, it is the derby of Italy and it always has a special importance. Obviously we care a lot, we will go to Milan knowing that to get the victory we will have to play a perfect game, limiting their strengths, deep roster and talented players.”