MADRID, 14 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Madrid basketball coach, Chus Mateo, warned this Thursday that they have to “live up to” what the Virtus of Bologna is going to demand of them in a final stretch of the Euroleague in which “everyone wants to position themselves as best as possible.” possible”.
“We are reaching the end of the Regular League and everyone wants to position themselves as high as possible. At home they have not won more than Olympiacos and Zalgiris, it is a complicated field. We know it and we will try to live up to what we are doing to demand from the rival,” admitted Chus Mateo in the previous press conference.
The Madrid coach announced that “neither Sergio Rodríguez, nor Rudy, nor Causeur are going to travel to Bologna.” “The first two are still recovering from their injuries. They are not serious, but they need time. And Causeur noticed discomfort and we do not want to force it. We hope it is just an overload, but he was not feeling it,” he stated.
In what will be a demanding week for Real Madrid, Chus Mateo pointed out that they are thinking “only about Virtus.” “We have an important match this weekend against the second placed team in the League at home, but we will cross that bridge when we arrive. I have not spoken anything about Unicaja with the team because we do not have the focus on tomorrow’s match,” he remarked. the technician.
“We are not worried about defeats. We continue to do daily work. We face a rival that is fighting to get into the play-offs. It is a physical team, that knows how to play basketball, with clear and very good offensive references players,” he analyzed.
Therefore, he asked his staff to be “concentrated.” “We want to improve the aspect of the rebound and the losses, which may have been due to a lack of freshness. It is an important game that we would like to do well, but we know how long the season is and how much we have to fight for the titles,” he concluded.