The coach of Barça, Xavi Pascualacknowledged after the resounding defeat against Valencia Basket (77-102) at the Palau Blaugrana, with which the Barça team was left without a chance to be seeded, which their team did “the ridiculous“in a match that he described as “very bad in all facets of the game“.
“We have played, by far, our worst ACB game of the entire season. We have made ourselves ridiculous, “It was a horrible match in all facets of the game,” stressed the Catalan coach, visibly upset, in the press room of the Palau Blaugrana.
The Barcelona coach admitted his surprise at the image offered by his team, which came after chaining six consecutive victories in the regular phase, but he broke down especially in defense in a decisive match.
“The importance of the match was enormous and, instead of pushing us, it completely blocked us in an inexplicable way. You have been in this profession for many years and sometimes things happen that you do not expect. Today, no one understands what has happened,” he said.
The defeat leaves the Barça in a delicate situation facing the qualifying rounds for the title, in which the UCAM Murcia without track factor, with barely 48 hours to recover sensations, especially on a mental level.
“You have to go step by step. Every game, from now on, is a final. We have had a great stretch of the season, with a balance of 22-6 since the beginning of this stage, a very good figure, although it has not been enough to be seeded. Now it’s time to get up and compete with everything“he explained.
Paschal He also took responsibility for the bad image before his fans, who dismissed the team with a loud whistle, and recognized that the performance of the Barça team deserves “all the criticism in the world“.
“It seems that when we come to the Palau, after many days without playing here, we break down again. It has happened to us several times this season. We started badly, we collapsed and then we couldn’t react. The rival gains confidence and escapes,” he concluded.
