“Real managed to punish us with crazy percentages, over 50 percent to threes and almost nothing was successful for us neither in defense nor in attack,” said Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Oded Ketesh last night, after the yellow team’s heavy defeat in Madrid against Real 98:65 in a match within the round -17 in the Euroleague.
Ketch added: “From the beginning, things didn’t go dramatically for us. You have to learn from it, certainly in a game against a team like Real Madrid. It’s a lesson to learn from. Even if we had evened out a bit in terms of percentages, we wouldn’t have been good enough to win – but we’re better than that. The best It is important that we keep the spirit, the togetherness and continue to work hard. There is little to take away from this game, we should mostly forget about it.”
Regarding the first round that Maccabi Tel Aviv went through, Ketch said: “There are games in this round that we could have won, but considering that we lost two significant players, this is a record I would buy in advance.” The Yellows finished the round in ninth place in the Euroleague, with a record of 8:9.