MADRID, 15 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Baskonia coach, Dusko Ivanovic, warned this Monday that Maccabi, his rival this Tuesday for qualifying for the Euroleague ‘Playoff’ “has players of great quality” with a lot of power “in the inside game” and that it is a “difficult team to play with”, and also made it clear that they do not want to think that a defeat does not still eliminate them from the race to be in the playoffs and has total confidence in their men.
“We only think about this match, we don’t think about more possibilities. We want to go there, fight and try to win,” he said about the match that will face them in Belgrade against Maccabi, in which if they lose they will still have one more chance against the winner of the Efes-Virtus.
Regarding what it would mean for them to get into the quarterfinals, the Montenegrin coach stated that “this team has already achieved a great result,” and that he hopes that the recent away victories against Real Madrid and Virtus Bologna will give them “confidence.” to play “important” games like this.
“I said it, I believe in this team. Many times the players do not believe in themselves and I believe that these two games have shown themselves that if we play as we know best, we can play against everyone,” said Ivanovic. .
Regarding Maccabi’s main dangers, the Baskonista coach recalled that they are “one of the most athletic teams in the Euroleague” and that “they are a team that plays very well in transition.” “I think they are the best team in Europe in offensive rebounding. They have very high-quality players and they almost always dominate the inside game. They are a very difficult team to play with,” he noted.
“I hope we can have this energy that we lacked in the last game because to beat Maccabi we have to play a good game,” he expressed in view of a match that will only be similar “in some details” to those of the Regular Phase. “The atmosphere, the pressure and the way of playing will be different,” he noted, ensuring that his rival “is already used to playing without an audience in Belgrade.”
2024-04-15 16:45:39
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