Virtus no longer knows how to win, heavy defeat in Trieste

Trieste, 22 March 2025 – The Virtus he doesn't know how to win anymore. After losing at Belgradein Euroleague, it also falls to Trieste. And it does so in a heavy way, because in this way bids farewell to temporary primacy. But maybe also at the idea of ​​closing the regular season in first place.

There are only shards to collect, in Trieste, on a field where Virtus, eight years ago, had also celebrated the promotion to Serie A. Nothing to do, with Belinelli and Holiday on the field in place of Tucker. But Justin only does damage. Yet Virtus runs away with Shengelia who would like to celebrate his 200th game in black and white in a different way. At the beginning, only he scored against Clyburn, Virtus runs away, 19-30. Trieste comes back, Virtus runs away again, 51-58. But there it stops for the first time: partial of 11-0 for the Giulians and everything to start over. Virtus puts its head back in front, 64-68, but then it stops definitively. A 15-0 that sends everyone homeWith an unrecognizable Cordinier, a terrible Holiday (0-6 three-point shooting) and a Zizic never in the game.

There is work to be done in the gym. We need to find that confidence that Ivanovic says was missing. “We defended well, we were in control. Then the Trieste finale”. More than the Trieste finale, the season finale should be written. And now, at Arcoveggio, they really see everything as dark.

The little table

Trieste-Virtus Bologna 85-78

TRIESTE: Ruzzier 11, Brown 18, Valentine 17, Uthoff 11, Johnson 4, Brooks 13, McDermott 9, Candussi 2, Deangeli, Ross ne, Obljubech ne, Campogrande ne. All. Christian.

SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA: Hackett 3, Cordinier, Clyburn 20, Shengelia 25, Zizic 4, Polonara 4, Holiday, Morgan 13, Pajola 9, Akele, Belinelli n/o, Visconti n/o. Coach Ivanovic.

Referees: Giovannetti, Quarta, Valleriani.

Notes: Partials 17-22, 37-41; 57-58. Two-pointers: Trieste 17/34; Virtus 24/37. Three-pointers: 13/33; 8/34. Free throws: 12/19; 6/10. Rebounds: 41; 38.