Mateo provides clues to the restoration of Rudy, Hanga and Yabusele
Madrid travels to Istanbul this Thursday and performs tomorrow at Fenerbahçe’s court docket (6:45 p.m., Dazn), the fittest workforce within the Euroleague and present chief with a 9-1 document. The Whites are instantly subsequent within the standings with a 7-3 document tied with Olympiacos, Barça and AS Monaco. Chus Mateo, Madrid coach, spoke to the media earlier than flying to Turkey. The coach’s first thought was for Miguel Ángel Martín, who spent two seasons on the membership as supervisor and coach. “I ship a message of condolences to his household, I ship all of them my help and all my encouragement in these troublesome instances.”
The state of type of Madrid. “We now have educated nicely, in an extended week than standard as a result of the sport is on Friday. We now have performed a superb job and we proceed to develop in sure features. We hope to be ready to face a really troublesome match, on a pitch the place we all know how troublesome it’s to win and towards a Fenerbahçe that’s doing issues rather well and will get numerous efficiency from their pictures and lots of factors from every assault and punishes very nicely the losses. Their marketing campaign is extraordinary, however we’re going to attempt to break them at dwelling”.
Rudy’s Restoration. “He’s going little by little, coming into into the dynamics of coaching, though he solely does the non-contact half with the remainder of the workforce. He’s progressing to affix, however shouldn’t be able to play but”.
The nice begin of Fenerbahçe. “It does not shock me as a result of each the coach and the gamers have numerous expertise within the Euroleague and are confirmed. They’ve good chemistry and are getting good outcomes. The Euroleague could be very lengthy and doesn’t give us a break, we now have to see how all of the groups maintain up, not simply the beginning. There are moments and dynamics that groups reap the benefits of and theirs is incredible. we hope to be within the expectations”.
Wilbekin’s harm and Motley’s contribution. “Motley is taking part in rather well, contributing quite a bit to the workforce. And Wilbekin is a significant participant. His harm is a setback {that a} large workforce has to resolve. All of us undergo these conditions. Fenerbahçe has loads of assets with Guduric, Mahmutoglu, Edwards, Calathes, Hazer, Hayes… to play a superb sport, although Wilbekin is a vital mainstay. Absolutely with such a protracted workforce they won’t discover it”.
A extra common Madrid. “The workforce is within the line of labor that we now have to comply with, though not but as common as I would really like. No matter whether or not we win or lose, we’re going to discover victories typically and occasional defeats, we hope not typically, which can make us doubt. Generally the video games go to many factors and it doesn’t imply that the protection could be very unhealthy and in others it’s the different means round. Betis the opposite day solely scored 55 factors for us and we did not defend nicely. It additionally occurs the opposite means round”.
Fenerbahçe and the resemblance to CSKA. “Sure, he has many issues from CSKA, his coach (Dimitris Itoudis) provides him a really marked character, with comparable ideas, though he has completely different gamers, so he can not play the identical means, though there are ideas that we already noticed at CSKA. No matter the truth that there are comparable issues, they don’t play precisely the identical and have completely different assets. A top-level workforce, terribly nicely educated by a superb coach”.
Hanga and Yabusele’s accidents. “Yabusele is doing nicely, taking steps ahead in her restoration, in a constructive line, little by little, doing increasingly issues. We hope that quickly he might be with the workforce, his evolution is superb. With Hanga we have to be very cautious. His harm is a recurrence, so, though it isn’t exaggeratedly severe, we’re going to wait a bit longer for him to completely recuperate. What we do not need is for him to relapse. The harm has been dragging her since final 12 months, along with his choice he additionally suffered (within the Eurobasket) and now he has relapsed once more. We do not need to drive in any respect with him”.
The Istanbul check. “I do not assume it is a cotton check, though it may very well be a superb check as a result of it is a sophisticated area. Nevertheless it’s simply one other sport within the common League. If we win, it’ll sign that issues are going nicely. For those who lose, it would not be a drama both as a result of it is not a straightforward area. Let’s have a look at how far we will go”.
An important facet to win. “Sure, there’s: not shedding balls. If we lose them, we will probably be doomed to obtain counterattacks as a result of they’re a workforce that punishes losses very nicely, they rating nearly 13 factors per sport after the opponent’s loss. They aren’t those that recuperate essentially the most balls, however they’re those that finest punish losses”.
