The Real Madrid basketball coach, Pablo Laso, warned that it will be essential “a good defensive level“to beat Gipuzkoa Basket this Sunday (8:00 pm), which” plays quite open and you have to be vigilant from the first minute, “he declared.
“We know that we are going to have to make a good game if we want to get it out. For us it is mandatory to be at a good defensive level. Gipuzkoa is a fairly open team that is competing very well and we have to be vigilant from the first minute“, Laso commented on the club’s website.
The technician acknowledged that he has the team “touched“because it carries”a lot of match whip“. “We will see how they are all for tomorrow. We are classified for the playoff, it is a first objective fulfilledBut in regular leagues you have to work until the last day to get the best possible position. The team’s work is reflected in the Endesa League, with the feeling of having been very competitive and leading“, I observe.
Regarding the victory over Olympiacos in the Euroleague, he stated: “The feeling is that we dominate from the beginning from the defense. It was not a great offensive game of ours, we lacked fluidity and freshness, but the team was very focused on what it had to do well to get it out.“.
Laso attributed “Much merit from the boys for being very involved, dominating it and having an advantage on the scoreboard. It was an important victory“Due to his sanction, Laso could not lead Real Madrid in the Euroleague game, but he thinks that Chus Mateo”led the game magnificently“.
“Within the plan that we had talked about, it was perfect. Our start marked the game, our defense and soon get those 10 points of advantage. He handled well the situations that we had discussed that could happen to us. I am very happy for him. It is part of the work of the whole team, everyone is important“, he stressed.