BARCELONA, 9 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish basketball player Ricky Rubio, base of FC Barcelona, has stressed that he and his teammates “cannot” “underestimate” their “effort” despite being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague, after losing this Wednesday by 59- 63 against Olympiacos in the fifth and final game (2-3) of their playoff.
In statements to Jijantes FC made from the changing rooms of the Palau Blaugrana, Rubio pointed out that the culé elimination was due to “many things.” “But I think we cannot underestimate our efforts. We fought, it was not the way we wanted, they played better and won the tie,” summarized the El Masnou point guard.
Thus, he admitted that the Blaugrana squad felt “screwed.” And asked if he expected defeat, he was blunt: “Yes, we have made many mistakes.” “But well, we played hard. But not only today, I think that in the fourth game they also scored who wanted it more than us. Today it was heads or tails and, at the crucial moment, they scored and we didn’t,” Rubio added.
“They have taken the game to their game. It is true that in the fourth game they put pressure on the referees. I am never going to talk about the referees, but I think that the Euroleague has to become stronger. The referees rule here. And I think that There has been pressure and here at home many decisions that are 50/50 have gone their way,” he lamented.
“But it’s not a question of the referees at all. I’m never going to complain about the referees and today wasn’t that either. I think that in the first three games we should have had a bigger advantage, we haven’t been right and that’s it. “Rubio concluded.