Real Madrid’s Cape Verdean pivot, Walter Tavares, stressed that his team “always steps forward in the big moments” such as the Final Four of the Euroleague that they will play starting this Thursday in Belgrade (Serbia) with a semifinal against Barça (9:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. GMT).
“During the season, it’s normal to have ups and downs, because it’s difficult to be consistent. In the playoffs we knew we had to take a step forward because if we didn’t play well we could be eliminated. At Real Madrid we always take a step forward in the big moments. I am happy to be part of this, it motivates me to be in this moment, we had a great series, we won all three games (against Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the quarterfinals). I hope we make a great Final Four, and try to win,” Tavares said at Stark Arena.
The Madrid interior He knows what it means to win the Euroleague, because he did it precisely on the same stage as this season, in 2018.just a few months after arriving at the white club, which signed him in November 2018. “I arrived at the right time and we won, but every year it is difficult to win. It is a pleasure for us to be here, in the place to fight for the title We want to have a chance to win. I arrived the first year, I don’t know if it was the right time, but I was super happy to win“, he commented.
Leading the Whites will be Pablo Laso, who since his arrival on the Whites’ bench in July 2011 has lived through seven Euroleague finals to four and won two titles. His experience “has a lot of influence” on the players, Tavares said. “He is a coach who takes great care of details, at times like these we usually do things as usual, but it influences that he has been here for many years, He knows what it means to defend the Real Madrid shield and I’m sure he’ll give it his all so that we are the best prepared at this time”, concluded the Cape Verdean interior.
