The Guerrières coach considers the Euroleague final lost against Fenerbahçe (73-106) on Sunday as one of his team’s “worst matches of the season defensively”.
Was the feat possible?
Rachid Meziane : We wanted to play this match with ambition even if we know the value of this team. We quickly realized that this team was superior to us. As long as we existed offensively, we created an illusion. We had one of our worst matches of the season defensively. It wasn’t even a question of strategy, we lost our duels, we got eaten. In this match, we do not have the individuals to neutralize the pure offensive talent of this team. Especially when danger comes from everywhere.
How to explain the thirty points difference?
To be realistic, it is due to their good offensive game at the same time as our poor defensive game. We would have stayed in the match a little longer by defending better. It is regret that predominates. We’ve been competitive all season so there’s a lot of disappointment on the girls’ faces. I hope that tomorrow we will remember that it is a great silver medal. There hadn’t been one since 2004.
There is also the objective of winning the French championship after the final lost last year…
We have a play-off match against Angers on Friday so we’ll have to get our act together quickly; we don’t have much time to procrastinate. We must accept and digest quickly.
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