The lesson of Rudy, Obradovic and Chus Mateo after the embarrassing fight at Real Madrid

The monumental tangana with which he ended Real Madrid-Partizán left more images outside of the savage assaults that occurred between the players of both teams. One of them was at the moment that the last protagonists left the court. Rudy Fernández and Zeljko Obradovic did it talking, hugging, embarrassed by what they had just witnessed at the WiZink Center.

The Serbian coach was very clear: “This is not good for basketball or for Real Madrid or for Partizán. I don’t know what I can say”. He later revealed that in the guts of the pavilion the spirits seemed to calm down: “The players have emotions, they have greeted each other at the end and nothing happens. From this moment I will try to calm things downI want to talk about basketball. Everyone was always treated well here. In Belgrade I will try to calm all the people down. They are not going to do anything against Real Madrid. We need to talk about basketball,” he stressed.

Obradovic also clarified the decision that led the referees to order the end of the match. “The referees have explained that there is a rule that if the bench players invade the track they are out. And they have decided to end the game. That’s what they told us at the end. You don’t have to think about it anymore, it doesn’t matter who started or who didn’t, what you have to do is talk about basketball,” said the Cacak coach.

Rudy, Madrid’s best player in the game, asked “forgiveness to the Real Madrid fans and to basketball in general. You don’t have to see these situations, but with a lot of keystrokes mistakes are made and this is what has happened.” “We are two friendly clubs. The tension of the match must remain today and we must continue playing basketball and this should not happen again,” said the Spaniard. “Punter, Sergi (Llull), it doesn’t matter who started, the priority is basketball and not the last-minute show. We appreciate the words of Zeljko Obradovic. He is a benchmark. We have experienced many things together, there is a very good connection. There is We have to avoid this type of situation and we have not been able to solve it in a better way. We have all spoken and it has stayed there”, assured Rudy.

Chus Mateo went further and apologized for not having been able to convey to his players what the game meant: “We have been anxious at the beginning. We have not understood where the game should go, we lacked head and discipline. The frustration has made us lose our nerves. This is a sport and we don’t like to see what has happened. With that frustration and fever, it’s hard to stay calm,” he pointed out. The Real Madrid coach advised “to lower the heart rate a bit, the players have spoken here in the locker room and everyone has calmed down. We all apologize.”