Valencia Basket- Barça post-game quotes: Jaume Ponsarnau and Joan Sastre

21/03/2021

Jaume Ponsarnau:

“We have started the game with good intentions but little quality, Barça has been imposing its physical superiority. Out of pride we were giving answers, we were not finding inspiration from anyone but behind we were making a more or less solid game. But with so much failure in attack we gave them the race and from there they were clearly dominating the rhythm. Those 7 attack rebounds in the first half have conditioned us and they have scored points. In the second I am proud, after the problems we have, Martin's injury that has forced Guillem to be the only point guard, to other players who are not to play point-guard. The demand has become very high and that at a 40-minute game against Barça has made it even more difficult. Nothing to regret, only the defeat, and to try to take advantage of the game as an excellent practice and growth to play against a rival as physical as Bayern"

 

Joan Sastre:

“We knew it was going to be a very complicated and very tough game and that's how it has been from the first minute. We have never been comfortable and at the pace we wanted, with a lot of changes in the direct block and that has slowed us down a bit. Then we had the loss of Martin, which meant that other players were in different positions. We have made many turnovers, many mistakes that we do not usually make, Barça forced them on us and they played a little more at pleasure. And that has been noticed in the difference in the scoreboard"


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