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Photo: Imago Images – Scanpix
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The Barcelona Euroleague, coached by Šarūnas Jasikevičius, unexpectedly recognized Vilerban’s victory at ASVEL at home and, after the failure, the strategist pointed out that his students should forget the Spanish King’s Cup won two weeks ago.
Man of the match
“Congratulations to ASVEL and TJ Parker”, Jasikevičius began his speech after the losing game 69:76. – It is a disappointing night for us because we do not show good basketball. In certain situations, we do not behave properly and we pay for it. I think the players had to break away from basketball after an intense match schedule and we gave them time off. It’s time for them to realize that they have to go back and play the kind of basketball that we can. ASVEL played a good game, they were physical, what we expected. We have to understand that the Copa del Rey trophy is already in the museum. That is the past.
We have to give all our energy, play with ambition and attention to detail. Tonight, we lacked the ambition we had for the past few months. I was surprised at how quiet our bench was. I thought after such a break without basketball the guys would be looking forward to playing in the Euroleague again, but that didn’t happen.
We have to give credit to the ASVEL team. It is one of the most physical teams in Europe, has size in third, fourth and fifth positions, as well as highly competitive players such as Lighty and Kahudi. They have lost twice at home in the last three games, which is a bad result in a Euroleague like this. We have to fix that on trips. The Euroleague is very competitive, the difference between first and fifth to sixth place is only a few victories. We need to understand that and move on. “
After the cup break, the Catalan team defeated Kaunas “Žalgiris” at home, and before that they recognized the victory of Istanbul “Anadolu Efes” at home.
After 26 of 34 games, Barcelona occupies the first place with 18 victories. CSKA Moscow (17-8) has the same number of defeats, but this team played one game less and took second place.
On Tuesday, the Jasikevičius students will play Athens’ Panathinaikos in the Euroleague game, and on Friday they will host Vaskija Baskonia at home.
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