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Kaunas “Žalgiris” is preparing for the first Euroleague match with Piraeus “Olympiakos”, and head coach Martin Schiler shared his thoughts ahead of the next match.
“We are preparing for the next meeting. We will have two more practice sessions and a race. I liked the way the team reacted after losing to Lietkabel in training. We can learn from this loss that we should not allow so many attacks in the middle. They pushed too much towards our basket in the middle, “commented the strategist.
When asked if he felt additional pressure, the strategist said he felt confident.
“It just came to our attention then. Losing is not a good thing and it is important for me to analyze how and why it happened. It is very important to correct these mistakes,” Schiller said.
When asked about the game of future rivals, Schiller emphasized the fight for rebounds and Olympia’s tall physique.
“They play very physically, they are strong. We emphasize fighting for bouncing balls because they set highs differently than we do. They build their people tall Pikenrolo at the top, which allows them to create good opportunities to recover the balls in attack, “said the strategist.
“I think the most important thing will be to play hard against him and constantly build different defenses and thus annoy him,” the “Žalgiris” strategist said of Kostas Sloukas’ suspension. “Most of the Olympia game goes through that and we are preparing for it.”
Schiller also revealed that all the people from Žalgiris will be ready for the next match, except Patricio Garino, but because of the Argentine, the specialist also had good knowledge.
“We hope that Garino can return in the first half of October. We will take our twelve regulars to Piraeus, so Marekas Blaževičius will stay in Kaunas,” said the Austrian.
“Žalgiris” announced yesterday that he has loaned Tom Dimš to the Las Canmo Gran Canaria team. Asked about such a decision, Schiller said it was all due to the number of players on the defensive circuit.
“Tom is a great player and we like him. We had to make that decision because we have a lot of players in that position. It was not a decision against Tom. This was just the situation in the team and we had to make the right decisions, ”said Schiller.
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