Chus Mateo: “We had a very inconsistent game”
“We all want to win and we have to keep working hard to reverse this situation”, said Llull after the match.
Chus Mateo, along with his players Sergio Llull and Mario Hezonja analysed Real Madrid‘s performance against Virtus Bologna on round five of the EuroLeague. At the press conference, the coach had the following to say: “We had a very inconsistent game, we took the lead, but we let it slip away. This has been happening to us quite often. We started the second half poorly and we made it easy for our opponents, who eventually had the belief that they could win. We fought until the end, but we didn't recover from the 14 points they scored against us because of our sloppy defending”.
“We can't start the way we did in the second half. Our defence wasn't as good as we want it to be. As good as we can be in attack, we have to defend well if we want to win. I'm angry that we lost, but it's still too early and we have to improve our defence because they scored 33 points against us in the last quarter in Vitoria and today they scored 55 points against us in the second half”.
Llull: “We have to keep working”
“Obviously, we have to improve. It’s early days. It all started at the back. When you concede 95 points at home it’s hard to win. We all want to do things well, but the key is to improve in defence and control the rebounds. The rest will come. We have some great players and things happen in streaks. We all want to win and we have to keep working to reverse the situation.”
Hezonja: “We conceded too many points”
“You have to suffer to win in the EuroLeague and we have to be tougher. They scored too many points against us today, above all in the second half. It’s a hectic calendar and you hardly have time to think about the game. We now have to focus on what’s to come, change our mentality a bit and learn from our mistakes. But I have no doubt that we are ready.”
“We can't start the way we did in the second half. Our defence wasn't as good as we want it to be. As good as we can be in attack, we have to defend well if we want to win. I'm angry that we lost, but it's still too early and we have to improve our defence because they scored 33 points against us in the last quarter in Vitoria and today they scored 55 points against us in the second half”.
Llull: “We have to keep working”
“Obviously, we have to improve. It’s early days. It all started at the back. When you concede 95 points at home it’s hard to win. We all want to do things well, but the key is to improve in defence and control the rebounds. The rest will come. We have some great players and things happen in streaks. We all want to win and we have to keep working to reverse the situation.”
Hezonja: “We conceded too many points”
“You have to suffer to win in the EuroLeague and we have to be tougher. They scored too many points against us today, above all in the second half. It’s a hectic calendar and you hardly have time to think about the game. We now have to focus on what’s to come, change our mentality a bit and learn from our mistakes. But I have no doubt that we are ready.”