Jasikevičius is satisfied with the victory: “In the first half we played the best basketball of the season” / News

Barcelona, ​​coached by Šarūnas Jasikevičius, triumphed in the El Clásico duel against Real Madrid and the Lithuanian strategist said he was satisfied, but had comments for his students.

“We have to congratulate the men for a great first half, but I don’t understand anything: Real is our biggest enemy, first we have to close the game. We have to learn from it and improve our mentality,” Jasikevičius said.

The strategist also highlighted a great game in the first half of the game, which Barça won 48:27.

“We probably played the best basketball of the season,” Shar said of the first 20 minutes. – I am happy for the victory, but we have to improve the psychological aspect. We can’t expect Real to do something or react. “

“We also talked about it in the locker room during halftime, but one is saying it and the other is doing it on the field. In the end, we resisted ”, commented the specialist.

Jasikevičius also praised 21-year-old forward Sergi Martínez, who played successfully in the decisive moments.

“Since I came to Barça, I have not seen him tired. He always works hard in training and is energetic. We had five games without Mirotičius and Sergi was the most stable player on the team.

He is doing what a young player has to do: it is a headache for the coach, because when Niko returns, I will have to think about how to adapt, “concluded Jasikevičius.

“I’m very happy,” Martinez himself said. – This is El Clásico. The most important thing is the state of mind, and I just work and do what the coach asks of me ”.

At that moment, Real Pablo Laso’s helmsman highlighted a badly played second half.

“In the second half we lost a lot of balls, we weren’t aggressive enough, we didn’t attack them. They took advantage of that. If you don’t play well during the 40 minutes, it’s very difficult to win, ”Laso said.