Sergio Scariolo, coach of the real Madridsaid after the victory achieved by his team at home against Red Star (103-82) that they have played “a great regular season”, which they will finish in second or third position depending on what the team does on Friday. Valencia Basket on his visit to Dubai Basketball.
“I’m very happy about tonight’s game. The rival had a lot of talent and many technical, physical and athletic weapons; He has had moments in which he has put us in trouble. We have been able to respond each time, with a very good contribution from all the players. We have played a great regular season. In this Euroleague, with this participation, being in the top three is an excellent result,” said.
We have to be proud and happy not only of the great result, but of how the team has grown, of how it plays, of the cohesion between the players, of the attitude, of the sacrifice when it comes to passing the ball or defending.
“It is a partial goal, but now is the time to take stock: 38 games are a lot and we have to be proud and happy not only of the great resultbut about how the team has grown, how it plays, the cohesion between the players, the attitude, the sacrifice when it comes to passing the ball or defending. We are happy, we could hardly have achieved a better result. We have to breathe a little now, recover a couple of players who are injured and prepare for the playoff, because whoever touches us is going to be a great rival,” he pointed out.
Very good at home… difficulties at home
Asked about the problems in winning away from home, he indicated: “If we played away from home like at home we would be removed from the competition. You have to have very little sense of reality to think that a team is going to win as much away as at home.. We lost five in a coin toss, we were unlucky. “If overall it’s a great regular season like this one, it’s not so decisive whether you beat them at home or away.”
We are pleased that people are valuing the team’s work very positively, the defensive and offensive improvement, the increasingly better fusion of players, the choice of quintets
Regarding the moments he remembers most in this initial stretch of the tournament, he commented: “I stick with the home victories against Olympiacos and Fenerbahce many months ago, They have been the games that have told us that we were on the right track, with the ability to compete against the best in Europe. It is a heritage that we have kept. Then we have had, like everyone else, more and less brilliant moments, but the consistency has been extraordinary and those two games have given us an injection that we have had within us during these months.”
Identity and competitiveness
“The identity is the result of many months of work and we have achieved it even sooner than I thought. We have had to try to put the pieces together a little, a month has been a minimum time to be able to start acting in a competitive way. We are pleased that people are rating it very positively. team work, defensive and offensive improvement, the fusion of the players getting better, the choice of the quintets,” he concluded.
