Sekulic: “This is a great victory”

With victories, Alexander Sekulic He usually has words of praise for his men but perhaps after this game of Sofia before him Hapoel (90-93) was one of the times in which he seemed most satisfied.

“We were playing against a great team, the numbers don’t lie,” the coach of the team began by saying. Barça at the post-match press conference. “For this reason, I have to congratulate the boys because they have believed at all times in what we had to do, in how we had to stop them or limit them because they have many weapons in attack. We found a way defensively and offensively, we also made generous plays regardless of who was on the court. It is a great victory for me,” said the Barça coach.

Yes, the technician was very critical. HapoelDimitris Itoudiswho regretted having missed a victory at home.

“Unfortunately it was not a good outcome, it is clear,” declared the Greek coach of the Israeli team. “Every game matters in the Euroleague and this time we played against a team that had more desire than us because 40% of their missed shots were rebounded by them. This was one of the factors that punished us the most,” he said.

Itoudis He regretted not only the lack of desire but also the lack of concentration at a key moment.

“We can draw many conclusions from this game but that third quarter in which we let go of the nine-point lead we had to suffer a partial of almost 20 points against was too much. We have to recover,” he said.

The Barça point guard Justin Robinson He was satisfied with the team’s resilience. “We are a new team and winning like this always has great value,” said Justin, who valued “the personality and character” that Brizuela brings to the group as well as the contribution of Nebo, whom he sees as “unstoppable near the rim.”