“We have not known how to handle success”

01/05/2023 at 23:23

TEC

Saras, very critical of the team after the defeat against Virtus Bologna

“When you make four fouls in the first 20 minutes, you don’t have the desire to win,” he said.

After losing this Thursday at the Palau Blaugrana against Virtus Segafredo Bologna (75-83), the Barça coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, assured that they did not know how to “manage success” after the recent victories on the courts of Red Star and Real Madrid.

“You have to know how to handle emotions. Success is more difficult to handle than defeat and we have not known how to do this. When you make four fouls in the first 20 minutes, it means that you have no desire to win or the ability to sacrifice.”summed up the Lithuanian coach in the press room at the Palau Blaugrana.

Jasikevicius recognized that the defeat was fair: “They deservedly beat us. They came with more desire and capacity for effort. As I always say, I did not prepare my players well and they came out without thinking that it was going to be difficult.”

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The Barça coach acknowledged that his team was “bad in the direction of the game” and “we will have to get more out of Rokas (Jokubaitis)”, while he ruled out fatigue as a possible alibi since Virtus Segafredo Bologna “has had the same days of preparation.

“We are where we thought we were going to be, very irregular and trying to get the best out of everyone, but it is impossible if we are not all together. We are in good positions and with a little more consistency we could easily be first”, continued the coach of the Barça club.

“The best thing is that we have a lot of room for improvement. The worst thing is that I’ve been saying this for a month and it’s still a bit tiring, but I think like that. We’re playing at 50-60% of our chances,” he concluded.

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