Virtus Shengelia, Real grit: "Pride out"

The desire to celebrate, with a victory, the 25 years of the Euroleague, but also to continue on the path taken with Monday's victory against Trento and to honor the continental competition until the end. Fresh from the success with Dolomiti Energia that launched it to the top of the championship, together with Brescia, Virtus returns to the field tonight at 20.45:XNUMX on the parquet of the Segafredo Arena for the challenge with Real Madrid.

"We are playing against Real, a team that wants to win and wants to get into the playoffs, but we also want to win because I consider my players and my team a winning team - confirmed coach Dusko Ivanovic -. We want to fight until the end to bring home this game". A challenge and a competition to be honored in the best possible way for the black and whites who, after the presentation on Tuesday, will take to the field today with the Euroleague celebratory jersey. "Strong, Franco, Fermo, Fiero", or the 4Fs arranged in a cross, the first social badge of Sei Virtus, the Parent Company that has granted its use for the occasion, will be the call on the black and whites' jersey. A call to the past, dreaming of a bright future, a nod to history with the aim that Marco Belinelli and his teammates bring the same indomitable and proud spirit of the V Nere back to the field.

From a technical point of view, the challenge with Real, a battleship that for the moment is not managing to repeat the excellent performances of recent years, seems difficult. Virtus has nothing more to ask of its Euroleague adventure and could also unconsciously think already about the championship challenge on Sunday in Naples, the Blancos instead are twelfth and therefore eliminated, but distant for other things only 1 victory from the play-in and 2 from direct access to the playoffs.

But to those who think that the diversity of stimuli could make the difference, Toko Shengelia, leader on the pitch and in the Juventus locker room, answers: "We have a very important match ahead of us because we know that Real Madrid will come here to try to play the best game possible. I think that at this moment we are trying to build something special and winning this match could be an important step to continue in this direction".

Tickets still available for tonight can be purchased on Vivaticket and from this afternoon at the ticket office in Piazza della Costituzione open from 19.15. The refereeing of the match will be entrusted to the trio composed of Difallah, Hordov, Sukys. Live TV on Sky, Dazn and radio on Nettuno Bologna Uno.