Fenerbahce Beko’s Head Coach Dimitris Itoudis, who was defeated 85-71 by Spanish representative Real Madrid, which he hosted in the 11th week of THY Europa League, said that 13 points from 6 offensive rebounds was the main factor in the defeat and that his team would be better with the return of the injured.
Itoudis, who made a statement at the press conference held after the match at Ülker and Spor Event Hall, congratulated Real Madrid and said, “They were better than us and they played better. They came to us with great respect and gave us a lot of trouble here. It was good. We couldn’t convince the players. The atmosphere was great but we couldn’t win the fans, thank you very much for their trust in us.” said.
On a question, the experienced coach said that Nigel Hayes-Davis played much better than last year, but could not reach his own standard today, and evaluated the match as follows:
“We have to look at the beginning of the match. They started hurting us in the first quarter, they took the lead by 9 points. Yes, there is fatigue, it’s true, but no matter how much we came back, we couldn’t threaten them. Real Madrid is a good team, they have very good players and coaches. Our start was bad. Our players were different. According to the matches in the last days. And that’s what happened when we couldn’t shoot shots and there were very good shooters on the opposite team. We couldn’t control Tavares either. When we looked at the first half, they got 13 points from offensive rebounds. The ball was aimed at Tavares. Their 6 offenses “It wasn’t good that they got 13 points from their rebound. We had a short training period. We didn’t work long, but we’ll get better. Everything will be better when everyone is included in the squad.”
Noting that they could not achieve the usual standard in shooting and they hoped for the injured players to return to their side, Itoudis said, “You can play the offense differently. We were able to score 71 points. But no matter what, we are where we want to be, we are at the top. Don’t take it as arrogance, but this team came here with its shortcomings and these players.” used the phrases.
Real Madrid Head Coach Mateo: “It’s hard to win here”
Real Madrid Head Coach Chus Mateo stated that they played well in terms of attack, shared the ball very well, gave good passes and created great shots. “Fenerbahçe Beko is a good team and this is a difficult away game, there is not much to win. Leaders. We had to play very well anyway.” he said.
Also, emphasizing that Fenerbahçe has injured players, he predicts that Fenerbahçe Beko will score more than 71 points if Guduric and Wilbekin are on the field, but that any team can suffer such injuries during the season, and Calathes and Booker are good. He added that they had a good win by checking them.