MURCIA, September 17 (from Europa Press Special Envoy, Ramón Chamorro) –
The Unicaja coach, Ibon Navarro, was satisfied with the victory in the semifinal of the Endesa Super Cup against UCAM Murcia in a match that they “dominated” and where they needed to close it more firmly, and assured that this Sunday’s final against Real Madrid it will not be “anything” like the friendly they played a week ago and won 83-66 because the Madrid team is “another team” with Walter Tavares and Guerschon Yabusele.
“I think we have been dominating the game, I think there have been three or four situations in which we have gained nine or ten points and coming out of time out we have conceded sets of 6-0, 7-0, which have always allowed UCAM to return to the game,” Ibon Navarro explained in a press conference.
The player from Vitoria indicated that the push in the last quarter “seemed final,” but that was where his players’ mistakes began with an easy basket, started with one by Melvin Ejim. “I think it’s more my fault than his because he had already been on the field for 29 minutes, which is not very common, but he played a ‘great game’. There were some comical mistakes that made us suffer and in the end they had a triple to be able to tie, and that is something that didn’t happen to us much last season because we used to close the games well,” he commented.
“Seeing ourselves with those 14 points advantage with 3:50 remaining may have made us think that the game was won and we were wrong because with UCAM Murcia, especially playing at home, you can never think that a game is closed and there is “We have to give a lot of credit to their defense in the last minutes. I think that once again we have shown the ability to overcome all the problems we have had and we are happy for the victory,” added Navarro, who confirmed that Jonathan Barreiro is a doubt for the final. .
Regarding this match against Real Madrid, he believes that “the problem” will not be “on the outside line” but inside, mainly due to playing against “the most decisive player in Europe” such as Walter Tavares in order to “be able to compete”. “What I don’t know is how we are going to be tomorrow against Yabusele, Poirier and Tavares. It is a problem for sure, but we will invent something,” he warned.
The Unicaja coach ruled out that the match could be similar to the friendly match a week ago in which they won 83-66. “Nothing. The Real Madrid game was without Tavares and without Yabusele, it is another team, it has nothing to do with it,” he stressed.
“Today, the little that I have seen of them, I have seen them with a lot of rhythm. They were lacking success in the first half and as soon as they had some success they controlled it. If it is more or less possible to beat them, I don’t know. They too They are thinking that we are more capable, but what is evident is that we are missing players who are very important to play against them and it is not the same as in last year’s Cup. Real Madrid has won the last five Super Cups It won’t be a coincidence either,” he added.
2023-09-16 22:33:50
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