The Blaugrana crack wanted above all to send a message of encouragement to the Real Madrid coach after his heart attack
“I see the team very well, as I have seen it all year. It’s not the first time we’ve been in a situation like this,” he said.
After losing the court factor against Joventut in the semifinals of the Endesa League, Barça power forward Nikola Mirotic stated this Tuesday that the azulgrana team has been “many times in this situation” and “is eager to meet the goal” of going to the final.
“I see the team very well, as I have seen it all year. It is not the first time that we are in a situation like this, having lost the court factor. We have been in this situation many times.“, assured the Hispanic-Montenegrin on the eve of the third game of the series, at the Palau Olímpic in Badalona.
In fact, Since the arrival of coach Sarunas Jasikevicius on the bench, Barça have won the six knockout series that they have overcome in more than one matchand in four of them he certified the victory in the tiebreaker match.
Mirotic explained that Barça arrives motivated to the appointment: “The important thing is that the team wants to continue competing, wants to be better, wants to meet our goal. The road is hard, but the important thing is to achieve the objectives and I have no doubts about my teammates. There is a lot of commitment and I know that we will do things very well in Badalona”.
“This year we have shown that, if we play well in defence, normally our attack comes out. We are capable, and we have shown it many times, of defending very well. But we have also shown that we are not. You have to make a very good defense, it is to say, of all the team”, ensured the Barcelona star.
In Mirotic’s opinion, the difficulty is guaranteed: “We know that it will not be easy, as it never is. It is a semi-final and we know very well the atmosphere that is created in Badalona, but we are Barça. We know how we have to play and approach these games.”
Likewise, the Barça power forward sent a message of encouragement to Real Madrid coach Pablo Laso on Tuesday, who hours before was discharged from hospital for the heart attack he suffered in the early hours of Saturday to last Sunday.
“Before you ask me anything, I would like to take advantage of this moment to send a lot of encouragement to Pablo Laso. Today we have seen good news, that he has left the hospital“, started the Barça player, taking advantage of the appearance before the media prior to Wednesday’s game against Joventut.
The Spanish-Montenegrin forward, who coincided with Laso during his time at Real Madridwished the coach a speedy recovery: “So I send him a lot of encouragement, that he recover as soon as possible and that he return to the courts.”
“In the end we realize what is important, health and family. So much encouragement from hereMirotic concluded.
Laso felt unwell at dawn from Saturday to Sunday, after obtaining the second victory against Baskonia in the Endesa League semifinal playoff.
After being admitted to the hospital, the coach underwent a catheterization and remained in the ICU for a few hours until he was transferred to the ward, where he remained until this morning.