Chus Mateo: “I'm pleased with the win, now it's time to turn our attentions to Partizan”
“It's a big win for the team's morale ahead of a decisive stretch of the season', said Hezonja.
Chus Mateo and Mario Hezonja assessed Real Madrid's win over Joventut de Badalona. The coach explained: “I'm pleased with the win and now we have to turn our attentions to Tuesday's game, which is hugely important. It was a difficult match against good opposition who are very powerful on the inside."
“They hurt us on the rebound but we improved that in the second half. When we got on top with the rebound, we were able to run more and managed it well to break out on the counter."
Schedule
“I think they could have put Sunday's game somewhere else but it doesn't depend on us and they've taken us to play against another team who also have their minds set on next week's European outing. We have a very short time to prepare for Tuesday's match. It's not even 48 hours. In that sense, it was a game that could have distracted us but the good thing is that nobody has picked up any knocks."
On Hezonja
“He's having an extraordinary campaign and he's a crucial player for me."
Hezonja: “We started the game really strongly"
“It's a big win for the team's morale ahead of a decisive stretch of the season. We started the game really strongly and we were really in synch. We stepped off a little bit in the second quarter but then in the third we got it back and Joventut were unable to come back into the game."
“They hurt us on the rebound but we improved that in the second half. When we got on top with the rebound, we were able to run more and managed it well to break out on the counter."
Schedule
“I think they could have put Sunday's game somewhere else but it doesn't depend on us and they've taken us to play against another team who also have their minds set on next week's European outing. We have a very short time to prepare for Tuesday's match. It's not even 48 hours. In that sense, it was a game that could have distracted us but the good thing is that nobody has picked up any knocks."
On Hezonja
“He's having an extraordinary campaign and he's a crucial player for me."
Hezonja: “We started the game really strongly"
“It's a big win for the team's morale ahead of a decisive stretch of the season. We started the game really strongly and we were really in synch. We stepped off a little bit in the second quarter but then in the third we got it back and Joventut were unable to come back into the game."