MADRID, 23 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Lenovo Tenerife coach, Txus Vidorreta, was upset with the referee’s performance this Thursday in the final defeat against Barça that eliminated his team in the quarter-final playoff of the Endesa League, where they were sent “to sleep “with decisions like Fran Guerra’s fouls.
“We deserved to at least force the third game, it was not possible, satisfied with the team’s effort in such adverse conditions,” he said at a press conference after the 92-97 in La Laguna.
The Canarian team arrived with options at the end, but Vidorreta pointed out the fouls called against his center as decisive, including an unsportsmanlike one 45 seconds from the end. “Long before any of those plays I was telling Antonio (Conde) that I was sending the series to sleep. They sent us to sleep and that’s it, it’s nothing different from what happens other times,” he stated.
“We have been ahead on the scoreboard and they have a quality that they pay for that is for these moments. We have been heavily penalized for the fouls that have been called against Fran Guerra in the second half. The two attacking fouls prior to the unsportsmanlike and the unsportsmanlike behavior itself decides the game,” he said.
On the other hand, Vidorreta insisted on the difference between both teams and asked his fans to evaluate the last seasons. “We are very happy to have played a great game, to have even surprised everyone with the ‘playoff’ we have done. We have deserved at least one victory but in front of us we have an extraordinary difference at all levels, and when I say to everyone the levels, I say to everyone,” he stated.
“It is a season, once again, extraordinary. At some point it will end, at some point we will have to suffer. I don’t know if people value everything we are doing to the right extent. We have less physical intensity because we have much less money “We cannot afford the talent and the physique,” he concluded.
2024-05-23 21:30:43
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