Sito Alonso: “We are sad because we wanted to win the Endesa League but this is a victory”

Site Alonsocoach of UCAM Murciaassured that they are “sad” about the defeat that eliminated the university team in the quarterfinals of the Endesa League because they wanted to “win” the championship and added that, despite falling 76-100 against the Barça “This is a victory.”

This is what the Madrid coach said in the press conference after that clash, the last for those from the capital of Segura in a season in which they achieved the most wins in a regular phase in 28 campaigns in the ACB with 25 victories in 34 days.

He began his appearance by addressing his rival. “I congratulate the Barcelona Football Club, a super team that will try to win the League, and that it arrives at a very good moment for this part of the season and has a great squad that is playing with a lot of mobility and defense,” he noted.

“We are sad because we wanted to win the League but this is a victory and the fans showed that they understand where the project of a team, ours, is going, that does not feel inferior to anyone and has ambition, as the fans also have,” he added.

“You have to feel proud and recognize that the rival was better. We will fight so that next season Barça is once again behind us in the regular phase“, also declared the Grana coach, who appreciated what was done during a more even first half than the 36-52 score with which it ended.

“We try to play face to face with Barcelona and we started doing it well. There was a vital moment when we got close but they got a partial that opened the difference at half-time,” he said.

“We always fight to be among the eight best in the League as if that were something normal and We do it without believing ourselves to be more than anyone else but believing ourselves to be what we are.“, he expressed as a reflection at the end of a good UCAM CB campaign.