The Barça coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, acknowledged that this Friday’s victory at the Palau Blaugrana against Monaco (80-70) gives “a little peace of mind” after the premature elimination of the Barcelona group in the Copa del Rey.
“After Badalona, winning gives you a bit of peace of mind. The answer arrived during the week They have been the best training sessions of the year. All they have been very involved and they have shown a very significant commitment. That is the answer. After you can win or lose”, acknowledged the Lithuanian coach.
Jasikevicius valued the dedication of his players: “If we train well all five days, we can continue like this because the dynamics are good. We had to continue, get up and we had a spectacular first half. Later, Monaco is going to make things difficult for you, but we had to endure and we did it”.
“We played very well for most of the game. It was difficult to sustain the attack in the first half, but the most important thing is that when we had many losses at the beginning of the second and we lost control of the game, we found a way to play better in the last quarter”, summed up the Lithuanian coach.
‘Saras’ recognized that “it was very important” win the basket average and situate itself with two victories more than a direct rival, although he stressed that the team has to “keep your feet on the ground” and pointed out that “the next objective is to achieve the field Advantage, but above all playing well”.
“The key is to keep the defensive intensity, better close possessions and not give away. The other team have to suffer to score against Barça”, settled the Barça coach, who praised the recent improvement of Tomas Satoransky, as well as his score near the basket in tonight’s game.
For his part, the Monaco coach, Sasa Obradovicrecognized that Barça “deserved to win”, although he stressed that the defense in the second half gave them “the chance to win” and relativized having lost the basket average Regarding the Catalan team: “Each game can be decisive, you can expect any surprise.”
