A Euroleague Lion: Josovic shines in 2nd place for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano at the Belgrade stage of the Euroleague Adidas Next Generation
A three days to rememberAleksandar Nikolic Arena di Belgrade for Andrija Josovic in the qualifying stage ofANGT,Euroleague U18. The Montenegrin player born in 2006 from the youth teamAllianz Derthona Tortona, loaned for the occasion toEA7 Emporio Armani Milan, was a great protagonist in the ride of the Milanese who managed to compete for the passage to the Finals of the highest continental U18 club competition in the final which was then lost against FC Barcellona.
Precisely against the Blaugrana, winners 104-85, the Slavic winger was the author of one of his best performances, with 15 points (second best scorer of his team) and 9 rebounds in 24'. Previously for Milan there had been successes in the three games of the qualifying group against the Next Generation Team Euroleague (75-68), a victory which coincided with Josovic's most authoritative statistical performance with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 9 fouls suffered for 26 rating, against Red Star Belgrade (97-90) and Maccabi Tel Aviv (89-81).
Josovic ended his experience with the red and white shirt with notable averages in the 4 games played: 12.5 points (3rd in team), 9.2 rebounds (Milan's first rebounder) e 5.0 fouls conceded for 13.0 as PIE, pulling with the 37.5% from three.
“I thank all the management of Olimpia Milano and coach Michele Catalani for this splendid opportunity given to Andrija. With Milan we hope to see each other soon in Italy in other contexts", comments the manager responsible for the Tortona youth sector Andrea Ablatico.
