EA7 Emporio Armani’c Captain, Alessandro Gentilehad this to say before coming back to Milano in the eve of Game 5 of the playoffs semifinal series against Sassari: “I’m well aware of how tough this situation is. The fact is: we are one loss away from being eliminated. But we are coming back to Milano. We are still Olimpia and we are still the defending Champions. Right now, we are all very angry and disappointed: players, staff and the fans. But, again, we are Olimpia Milano and it’s our job, our mission to believe and fight through the end. Tomorrow we’ll fight all together, the players on the court, the fans off the court. We are asking for all the help you fans can give us. Saturday whatever we’ll do we’ll do it all together, we’ll stay together because being one loss away from the elimination mostly means one thing: it’s not over. It’s not over. We’ll go to the court with the scudetto still on our chests and all together, team and fans, we’ll protect it with every ounce of remaining energy. All together”.