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Barça, who had won a record 23 points at the beginning of the third quarter, already had a victory in their pocket, but should not relax against eternal rivals: the real club managed to cut almost all the deficit and at the end of the last quarter the team only awarded 5 points.
“I want to congratulate the men for the game in the first half of the match, but I don’t understand it. Real is our fiercest rival, we had to finish them off. We have to learn from this and improve our mentality,” Shar said about the Mundo Deportivo’s lack of killer instinct.
Photo from Twitter / Šarūnas Jasikevičius
However, the 44-year-old Lithuanian strategist did not skimp on praising his students for the impeccable first half, which Barcelona even won 48:27. According to the coach, this was probably the strongest stage in Catalonia this season.
“During the first part of the game, we probably played our best basketball this season. I am very happy with the victory, but we have to work with our psychology. After all, we cannot expect that a team like Real will not react to events on the pitch. We talked about it two quarters later in the dressing room, but one is to talk and the other to do. In the end, we managed to bear it, ”Jasikevičius taught.
Although Nikola Mirotičius, who fell ill with COVID-19, has already returned to the training process, Barcelona’s brightest star, El Clásico, has yet to play. The opening in the rotation has been successfully blocked in recent weeks by young Sergi Martinez, who was also praised by Shar.
“Since I was in Barcelona, I have never seen him tired. He always works very hard. We had to play 5 games without N. Mirotičius and Sergi was our most stable player during this time.”
After the fourth victory in the Euroleague, Barcelona jumped to the top three: together with Bayern Munich and Žalgiris Kaunas share 1-3 places.
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