Maskoliūnas retires from the Lithuanian national team. coach stand / News

Darius Maskoliūnas, who did not bring the Lithuanian team to the Tokyo Olympics, is retiring from the team. coach station. This was confirmed by a specialist shortly after the match with Slovenia.

“I really finished my job for the national team, it’s a shame with such an accent. That is already the case, ”Maskoliūnas said after the failure.

The strategist also said that if he could go back in time, it wouldn’t have made a big difference.

“For the preparation, what can be changed? Maskoliūnas asked rhetorically. – There were dates like this, we couldn’t start earlier due to lack of players. As for the twelve, it’s hard to tell about the hot spots. Maybe we would have changed something, etc. “

“I don’t think that much (would have changed anything),” Maskoliūnas added at the end.

Lithuania lost the final of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Kaunas 85:96 and for the first time in the country’s independence history did not enter the Olympics.

“First of all, congratulations to Slovenia, and we are brutally disappointed, we disappointed a lot of people in Lithuania, we disappointed the fans who supported us very strongly,” Maskoliūnas commented after the match. “Like I said, we coaches make a lot of wrong decisions when it comes to tactics, so we lost.”

“The Slovenians were better, especially in attack. We were killed by the defense, we lost almost 100 points. We played poorly in the third half when they hit one shot after another.

They defended in the bottom five and we couldn’t get the ball into the penalty area. As Mantas said, it is sad that we did not win at home, but together we win, together we lose ”, added the strategist.

Man of the match
	EFF 41
Luka doncic
Points	31
Precision	13-23
Bounces	eleven
Effective transfers	13

Maskoliūnas also admitted that the Slovenian defense change had eliminated his cancer students.

“They defended themselves more head-on, at times it seemed that the situation was really complicated. Without a doubt, men want the best that I can assure you. We know where we have the advantage that the ball has to go there (to the penalty area), but the ball did not go in any way (until the highs).

It can be analyzed after watching the video, but what was seen with the naked eye was that initially they defended one by one, and in the second half they changed defense, they went head-on and we did not play in any way. Clearly, there were reckless interpretations at times. The players who have to shoot didn’t even look (at the basket), “said Maskoliūnas.

The Lithuanian national team strategist also drew attention to the fact that the Lithuanians had a hard time stopping the Slovenians picenrole.

“They didn’t build a barrier before (in the match) and they started building with us. We got caught 1-2 times, but we started exchanging defenders, as if everything had settled down.

In the second half again … The big one doesn’t listen, the little one doesn’t say and results in miscommunication, and miscommunication costs us two points, “said Maskoliūnas.

Maskoliūnas was appointed as a strategist for the Lithuanian national team in 2019. November. During this period, Lithuania scored seven victories in official competitions and suffered three defeats: against Belgium (65:86), Denmark (76:80) and on Sunday night – Slovenia (85:96).