Pablo Laso, coach of Real Madrid, does not trust the Red Star, “a competitive team” and with which they have already lost a game at home, so the coach expected the team to be “very attentive from the beginning.” “In the double rounds of the Euroleague you have to quickly get into the second game. If you come from losing you have to turn it around, change things and dynamics. If you come from winning, try to keep them,” Laso told the club’s media. “Estrella Roja comes from a demanding schedule, like us. It will be very important for the team to quickly engage in the game. We have to give it the importance it has and play serious,” he added.
Casualties and physical fatigue will have their point of importance for both teams. “We know that in the physical aspect the two teams are not going to be at their best and that we both have people touched. They are situations that we have to accept and I am sure that they come with the desire to get a victory. We have lost a game in Madrid with them and we have to be very attentive from the beginning, “he explained.
Laso took a brief X-ray of the Belgrade team. “He has the base position very well covered with Wolters, who is playing at a great level, Ivanovic and Markovic. Then they have a battery of outside players with Dobric, Davidovac and Lazic who can play in different positions, with blocking and continuation and that they change, with Simonovic to the false four “, he warned. “Then there is what Kalinic generates for them, who is a very important player for them. Inside, with Mitrovic and Kuzmic, and the Zirbes rotation, they are solid. They are a team we have to respect and their numbers in the Euroleague show which is very competitive, “continued the coach.
Madrid still cannot find regularity in matches. “We have very good moments with others not so good, some more losses that we can avoid. These are situations that we must polish and improve, but it is part of growth and it is good to value the effort that the team is making in a situation in which we have to five casualties, “he found. “Many players are adding minutes, trips, games and they are being very competitive,” concluded Pablo Laso.