Messina: “People thought we didn’t have a shot without Gallinari”

2017-09-06T18:59:16+00:00 2017-09-13T21:26:49+00:00.

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06/Sep/17 18:59

Eurohoops.net

The Italian coach was asked to evaluate the group stage and how his squad overcame the problems.

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Messina addressed how he evaluates the team so far: “We had a good balance of veteran and rookies. Ι think most of the world thought when we lost Gallinari that we didn’t have a shot. We worked very hard in preparation though.”

“Here we played 3 good games with equal wins. I think we can be confident and pat ourselves a little bit on the back. We are where we wanted to be, in Istanbul.”

“As I said, we were not completely genius after beating Israel by 20, we were not dumb after losing to Germany”, he continued on how his team is coping with the pressure.

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