2024-05-05 22:45:14
The visitors started the match confidently, gained a double-digit advantage, but then the game began to fall apart like a house of cards.
Having played a tragic second half, “Žalgiris” lost the section by 0:27, and already had a deficit of 20 points in the third quarter.
“I still don’t remember that,” answered Zalgiris strategist A. Trinchieri when asked if the coach has lost a 0:27 section in his career.
However, the people of Kaunas did not give up, caught up with their opponents and changed the score at the end of the fourth quarter. It already seemed that “Žalgiris” will surpass “Vilkus” after an impressive recovery, but the mistakes that poured in in the last minutes sank the ship of the Kaunas club.
“We played tragically in the second and third quarters. What we did in the first and fourth quarters was not enough to win.
We lacked attention, energy, and were slow. We lost the second half by as many as 22 points. All the players had to be sent to the locker room, but then there would be no one to play with,” added the Kaunas club strategist.
After the match, the basketball specialist was asked whether sections of this match show that the players of “Žalgiris” have gone on a “psychological vacation?”. Then the coach decided to cut from the shoulder.
“Are you serious? Vacation? We have another game in 72 hours, what holiday are you talking about? Do you know our results? We’ve won two games by a landslide and after one poor half we’re already on holiday? Man, are you serious?
This question is not acceptable. We played a tragic half, we will deal with these issues, but don’t you ever disrespect my players again, because I don’t do that to your job.
It’s one thing to play badly, but when it comes to vacations, when a salary is paid for it, there is already tension, is it clear?”, A. Trinchieri retorted.
The coach was told that the journalist did not want to offend him.
“But you did it,” the Zalgiris coach continued. – If I told you that you are on vacation, how would you react? You’re with your computer, but you’re on vacation. Isn’t that an insult? How will you react to this? I’m not mad about the match. Everything happens in life, we played badly in the second half, we are responsible for that. But are my players on vacation? Never. It should be clear in all languages.”
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