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The Lithuanian national team played the first friendly match this summer, which was lost to the Estonian national team after extra time 85:92.
After the game, the strategist of the national team. Darius Maskoliūnas He did not seek guilt, although he highlighted the key aspects that prevented him from achieving victory.
“The only positive thing is that we made Estonians a good anniversary holiday.” We really didn’t want that, but we got a good match with the extension, a lot of excitement. As for the game itself, there are far more negatives than positives. Being taller in all positions, we lost the board and gave him 28 second chance points. They seemed much more willing and tougher, they have three attacks in one attack, we cannot take the ball that is in our hands.
I don’t survive at all due to missed shots, we create opportunities, but we don’t hit due to lack of game pace. There are no problems with that, but we just don’t defend ourselves. We let them control, run the game, and there is a lottery before such a team reaches the deciding seconds. We still had a chance to win, but no one will whistle for such a foul on the guests. Let’s continue unequivocally Kriisa formed triples and proved that it was worth staying in Kaunas. Great, he played a good game, “said the strategist.
– You have also seen Kerra Kriis in “Žalgiris” training, did this player surprise you with something?
– No, that’s why he was training, we knew what he could do, what emotional leader he was. Even on the men’s team, he was never lost, and here is a full-fledged leader. He hit a few shots, threw it, and we didn’t stop him anymore.
– Did you try to introduce complete debutants like Tadas Sedekerski, Marek Blaževičius in the system, how did they look today?
– For Marek everything is fine, young man, the first game for the national team, I would say, it didn’t look bad, although there were tactical errors at the moment. Works well in training, strives and improves. In the future, I think there will be a strong pillar in the Lithuanian national team. So it’s a little bit more complicated because we’re pushing it through some positions. He doesn’t feel his real place, so it’s a little bit harder for him, but I don’t blame him.
– How does it feel to feel the emotion of a real match after a break?
– It is fun, I already mentioned it, a real game, although friendly, a completely different emotion, we also had the opportunity to play against the spectators. It’s fun to have that opportunity.
– At the end of the game, you grabbed your head several times, was there any reproach to the referees?
– No, I have that playful emotion. It seemed different to me than it seemed to the judges, but I really don’t blame them.
– Can it be said that the Estonians had more motivation than the Belgians in the first match?
– Why do you compare the Belgian matches with these? These are different tournaments, there is a selection and here is a friendly match. The fact that they wanted to perform well, they have been training since May, they know each other well. You see how they move in the field and how they understand each other. I would not compare myself to the Belgians.
– Is a leader missing in this match?
– You see, those leaders played, but we wanted to use Eimantas more today, because he will not be there tomorrow. The leaders played a lot and lost their pitches, only it was missing, you could see for yourself what percentage attacked. I don’t blame anything at all, those who had to do it did it and took the initiative. The problem was in the defense and in the fight for the balls.
– Does such a show change anything before tomorrow’s game?
– Nothing changes, we will continue experimenting, we will try several five and all kinds of situations.
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