'Toko' Shengelia has avoided a capital surprise in Italy. The virtus of Bologna, champion of the regular phase of the Lega, has exceeded the quarterfinals of the play-off for the title After eliminating Reyr Venezia for a 3-2 in the series. An end that seemed catastrophic, but that the future player of Barça has solved almost him.
And it is that Shengelia ended up injured the third game of the series, after the first victory of Venezia in the tie. Then, he could not play the fourth encounter due to this injury and it seemed that he was not going to play a single minute in the fifth. But with water around the neck, The Georgian has entered to overcome the match and, with a basket of his, has given the pass to the locals.
Injury in the 3rd party
In the final moments of the third meeting, which Reyr Venezia had by the hand, Shengelia suffered a blow from Mfionu Kabengele. Subsequently, the evidence detected that Shengelia suffered a strong blow to the head and his situation became monitored daily.
The injury caused Dusko Ivanovic to rule out the Georgian for the fourth game while for the fifth, 'Toko' has been summoned. At first, the player was not going to participate in the match but With nine below in the absence of 5:36 to finish, Dusko has put all the meat on the grill and has given entry to his best player. And Shengelia has responded.
Despite its very small role, the Georgian has scored 7 points in just over 3 minutes of play. Shengelia has scored five out of six in free and, In the absence of 46 seconds, it has put the basket that would end up being a winner for the Virtus (86-84).
So, The Bologna set has managed to get strong at home and win the three games of the seriesthus avoiding a capital surprise in the lega. And he has achieved it thanks to a Shengelia who, far from thinking about Barça, has played the physicist to continue opting for a title this season.
The black beast in semis
Having won the regular phase, the Virtus will have the field factor in favor during all the play-offs. And in the semifinals, it may be more important than ever because The Bologna team will face Olympia from Milan by Nikola Miroticthe team that has won the last three lega finals to the Virtus.
On the other side of the painting there have also been surprises and they will face the second and third classified. The germani brescia, MVP team of the lega, I look at Bilan, will face Trapani Shark.
