Chus Mateo: “We'll have to put in a strong all-round performance”
'We’ll have to play with a lot of intensity out there because Crvena Zvezda is a tough, high-intensity team,” commented Deck.
Chus Mateo and Gabriel Deck offered their thoughts ahead of Friday's EuroLeague Round 3 match-up between Real Madrid and Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 8:45pm CET. The coach previewed the contest in the following terms: “They are yet to have won a game in the EuroLeague. They’re very dangerous and have players that have been with them a long time. They’re fighters and battle hard, anticipate passing lines, defend well and are very strong on offensive rebounds. But I’d prefer to focus on us and what we do and what we have to do, which is to produce a strong all-round performance, both defensively and offensively.”
“We’ve had little time to train and prepare for two games in quick succession. That’s why you have to focus much more on yourself than the opposition. We look at our strenghts and weaknesses and where we have to attack the opposition, but it’s important to focus on our work and continue to do things as we have been. Each game is unique and we can’t go looking any further ahead in the calendar.”
Deck: “The defense could hold the key”
“We’ll have to play with a lot of intensity out there because Crvena Zvezda is a tough team that plays with intensity and they’ve got some physically strong players who will be going all out. We have to focus on oursleves to try to make the most of our strenghts and improve the things we haven’t done well up until now. I think that the defense could hold the key. We have to try and perform well at the back and look to always find the best option in offense.”
“We’ve had little time to train and prepare for two games in quick succession. That’s why you have to focus much more on yourself than the opposition. We look at our strenghts and weaknesses and where we have to attack the opposition, but it’s important to focus on our work and continue to do things as we have been. Each game is unique and we can’t go looking any further ahead in the calendar.”
Deck: “The defense could hold the key”
“We’ll have to play with a lot of intensity out there because Crvena Zvezda is a tough team that plays with intensity and they’ve got some physically strong players who will be going all out. We have to focus on oursleves to try to make the most of our strenghts and improve the things we haven’t done well up until now. I think that the defense could hold the key. We have to try and perform well at the back and look to always find the best option in offense.”