Pablo Laso, coach of Real Madrid, admitted after the defeat of his team against Bitci Baskonia (72-80) that one of the keys of the game was that his players completed a second half “Very bad“, which allowed their rival to grow based on a lot of patience until they ended up surprising them in the last quarter.
“Our first half has been quite good in general terms, although we lacked success, and the advantage at half-time was short, but our second half has been very bad in terms of success and, apart from the anxiety for not scoringwe have had defensive and offensive errors, with bad readings that have made us lose control of the game” summed up the coach from Vitoria at a press conference.
Del Baskonia recalled that he has “great players” and what is “a great Euroleague team” with good men in all positionswho this Sunday took advantage of Real Madrid’s doubts and grew patiently “seeing that their rival wasn’t doing so well, gradually entering the match and taking it to the end”.
He recognized that it is a situation “fucked up” because “losing is fucked up, especially because of the feeling that you stay in a game in which we have done many things well and we have not been able to break it“and admitted that he is leaving”worried“Because they are aware that they need to improve some aspects that help them have control of the game.
Finally, he advocated continuing to work because again this week they face a calendar “very demanding” in which they will play again Tuesday and Thursday in the Euroleague and on Sunday in the Endesa League.
Spahija’s words
Neven Spahija, coach of Bitci Baskonia, he stood out after the triumph of his team that they won “with a lot of heart“ and thanks to the fact that, after several injuries and casualties due to covid, the team has been able to train for two weeks together and that has been noticed against the leader of the ACB.
“Today we won with a lot of heart, the team has suffered a lot lately and also the fans and today they deserve this victory. Lately we have been together, without injured players and we have all trained and you can see that on the court“, explained the Croatian coach at a press conference.
He admitted that his men played a “very badly” first half, especially in attack, although they knew how to react after the break, showing “much more confidence” in their chances of victory, which satisfies him especially because in the last engagements they lacked”endsr“the matches and they lost by a few points the clashes they had”almost won“.
“It’s not easy to beat Real Madrid, It’s a team that has been suffering a little lately, but together with Barcelona they are the best in Europe.so it is not easy to win here“, added Spahija, who highlighted the good performance of Steven Enoch, who he said had completed his best performance in the last two or three months.
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