Urbon: Playing against a richer team requires us to reach our potential, and we didn’t



[ad_1]

After eliminating Juventus de Utena from Vilnius Morning, Citadele ended the surprising march in the King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) in the semi-finals, landing at Panevėžys Lietkabelius.

Juventus strategist after the game Žydrūnas Urbonas He did not hide that the game was not played for his team and he did not evade responsibility.

“The game started as we expected, with the physicality of Lietkabelis, who has stronger players. It is a pity that we have still resigned from the board knowing this. Even in the decisive situation, when we were close to five points, he throws nonsense and takes the ball. Sorry for the missed opportunities. Someone could have burned him, he felt, but whatever he has, I don’t blame the players. We do not play to the maximum ”, said the strategist.

– The opponents managed to exclude Vaidas Kariniauskas from the game, what could he not do today?

– Vaidas is one of our leaders, he has to carry that burden and he knows it. Maybe he had to play in such an important game a long time ago that he worked too hard. That heat Dzūkian took over and lost several situations. We were in the game, but we lost simple situations, we didn’t collect the balls. Vaidas could have needed help with the ball. He played an average game today, without a hit.

We played 70, maybe 60 percent of our chances, everything looked good, but we didn’t reach our potential. Even with the fines … we never throw away 50 percent.

– Four years ago, you also emotionally eliminated “Morning” and lost in the semifinals. How much did psychology change this time?

– I always say that psychology is a powerful weapon. Before this match, I would also consider how not to give too much to the players, not burn them. This time we started the game as we wanted, but some players did not get into the game as much, some errors, balls not recovered …

This time I take responsibility, I lost the game. We played against a richer team and we needed to reach our potential. It would be good if “Žalgiris” didn’t lose and we didn’t have to play angrily against them for third place.

Help us create good content: become a Krepsinis.net sponsor >>



[ad_2]