MADRID, 3 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça’s coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, was satisfied with having achieved something “difficult” such as reaching a ‘Final Four’ in the Euroleague and considered that once this tough ‘Playoff’ was overcome “it is time” to relax and all about trying to “improve” his basketball.
“Everyone who has played the EuroLeague knows how difficult it is to get to the ‘Final Four’ and we did it, but now is the time to relax a little bit and worry about the ACB, worry about improving our game and hopefully we will get to Belgrade in top form”, said Jasikevicius after the game in statements collected by the competition website.
The Lithuanian congratulated “the players for an incredible effort in the last 48 hours.” “It seemed at times that everything was against us, with many players with injury problems, many with virus problems or many spending their last nights in hospital,” he stressed.
‘Saras’ admitted that he had to “shorten the rotation a lot” after the break because he didn’t see “very well” how things were at that moment. “It was very good that we handled our foul problem and it was good that at the end of the first half we were pretty close,” he said.
Jasikevicius also thanked the fans who created an “incredible atmosphere” at the Palau. “As we say here at the club, we are not Serbs or Greeks, but the Palau on big nights is a huge factor, so congratulations to the fans who I think enjoyed it a lot,” he said.
“I also want to congratulate Andrea (Trinchieri), one of my favorite coaches, and Bayern. For sure he knows more about wine than me and possibly knows more about basketball than me. I was happy with this rivalry and I think it made me a better coach. I am very happy that we have passed and now we are heading to new goals”, sentenced the Blaugrana coach.