The Real Madrid coach, Chus Mateo, analyzed the victory at the Martín Carpena against Unicaja by 71-76 as a “complicated” game where they knew how to “maintain concentration at the right time” despite a bad exterior success that “I did not expect”.
“It was not going to be easy, even though we were 15 up”, analyzed the Madrid coach, who knows that “playing against Unicaja with a full Carpena is never easy” because “I know what the Malaga fans are pushing”.
“Defending as they defend, it will be difficult to beat Unicaja at home”, praised the coach to the rival team, where he was in the past, so it has been “special” to win in a place where he was “very happy for five years”. “We were capable of defending judiciously and lately we are more solid”, emphasized the coach regarding Real Madrid’s defensive facet, although “the turnovers and fouls in attack are worrying” and he also warned that they should pass the ball “better” in attack.
“The shooting percentages have not been what I expected”, he also pointed out, so “Tyler Kalinoski and Dylan Osetkowski” had to be controlled, players who shoot well from three at Unicaja. “There is no field where you can relax”, continued Mateo, who assumed that his team is “taking steps forward”, but that they know “how long this road is and that it must be combined with the Euroleague”.
