Žibėnas, concerned about the defense: “This is exactly the game we wanted” / News

Vilnius “Rytas” failed to win the “Vikinglotto” cup – Riga VEF got in the way of the Giedrius Žibėnas students in the final. However, the helmsman of the capital club enjoyed a serious fight on the parquet after the game.

“We wanted such a match during preparation. All the preparations for us are high and low, we are running away, but after a few minutes we have been beaten, we have to find out why this is happening, said Žibėnas. – Today he was a good opponent, I think the spectators liked it, we went back to the match only with the help of an attack, but it stops we do not continue to do so. That’s what we wanted. “

Some “Ryto” players will prepare for injuries and the unfinished team will be forced to compete not at their positions, but Žibėnas doesn’t mean it.

“There will be many such situations during the season, let’s face it. Before the season feels even better, we don’t have 15 players for everyone to play in their positions. We have 12 players, not all are healthy, the team is incomplete and it’s natural that we have to compete in different positions, ”explained the Rytas helmsman.

85, 86, 88 – numbers that reflect the points lost by “Rytas” in the “Vikinglotto” cup. It is the defense that worries the Vilnius strategist the most.

“The numbers speak for themselves: We spent almost 90 points against all teams. That’s the most worrying thing and a lot of points we were able to avoid. We have a lot of defensive players that they can represent, but today we just didn’t do it before Riley. The hands didn’t. they were as active as we wanted, ”Žibėnas said.

In the final, Žibėnas did not use the services of Martynas Pacevičius, although he was only two tall figures in the duel. The morning magician admits that he wants faster progress from Pacevičius.

“Nobody in our team is breaking him psychologically, he has every opportunity and he needs to be solved. We want him to move forward, we want him to react a little faster and we try to help him,” Žibėnas said of Pacevičius’s situation.

Vilnius residents on September 18. The duel with Pasvalys “Pienovaigždės” will kick off the LKL season, and before that he will play one more friendly match with Prienai “Labas GAS”.