MADRID, 7 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The forward of Real Madrid Rudy Fernández requested “disconnect” from the bad streak they are currently going through and stated that in such a long and demanding season these types of downturns can happen, but he is clear that they are “trained” to overcome this delicate moment, beginning with a complicated game this Tuesday against Red Star in the Euroleague.
“We have to disconnect from what is happening to us in these last defeats and stand up to a team that is going to make things difficult for us. With such a long and demanding season, sport has this type of thing, that at times you can have a drop in performance both physically and mentally, and it is seen more in defeats than in victories”, Rudy Fernández confessed this Monday to the club’s official media.
The Balearic recalled that “a few months ago” it was said that “everything was going very well” and made it clear that now “the approach that must be taken is to reverse this situation in the best way” that they know, “giving everything in each game and working on it “. And surely the victories will return, he wished.
“The game against Baskonia was the trigger for us to change the chip, that this is very long. We all know that we are not well, but seeing the game and how it was, with the fans we feel it in the bad moments too and who is behind us, we have the responsibility to defend the jersey. We are second in the Euroleague and with the fans and the team’s work we have to get it out, I’m sure the team is capable of doing it”, said Rudy Fernández, who did not hides that Belgrade “is a game that is always complicated there, with a crowd that pulls a lot from their team” and that Red Star “is playing at a high level”. .
For his part, coach Pablo Laso analyzed the Serbian team, “a very aggressive team defensively, that squeezes the ball a lot, physically good”, and referred to Baskonia’s recent defeat there. “They start without that defensive energy and Baskonia take advantage, but as soon as they find it they start to grow, dominate their rival and win the game. It’s something we have to be prepared for, for that energy they show on the pitch and then go recognizing the strengths,” he demanded.
“Walters and Ivanovic are good ‘pick&roll’ players and they lead the team well, rotations on the perimeter with Lazic, Dobric and especially Kalinic, who generates a lot of play for them. Inside, they start with Kuzmic, who is the most ‘five ‘ pure, but then there are always rotations of Mitrovic or White. It is a team that we have to respect from the beginning”, assured the Vitorian.
The Madrid coach confirmed that the well-known casualties of Causeur and Alocén are joined by Gaby Deck “by regulation” and Taylor’s because “he felt a puncture in the adductor”. “It was something that he had been dragging. He was fine and we are going to test him, but in principle he is not going to travel. It is a setback,” he sentenced.