The first blow on the table of the Endesa League The Real Madrid of Chus Matthew. It was imposed (89-75) to Valencia Basket In the first game of the final, played in the Sports Palace where whites remain undefeated in the domestic championship. No one has won them at home for more than a year, neither did the Valencian team, which crashed into the local defensive wall. The first point stays in Madrid.
«We have defended very well. In the first two rooms we have defended well, but it has cost us to mature to find the shots. We have finished the second part betterwithout a doubt, running and making better shots. Leaving Valencia in 15, 17 and 15 points in three quarters is not easy. We have had the patience and constancy to mature the game against a team that is capable of making very large partials in a very few time, ”said the white coach.
Those of Chus Matthew turned the virtue of Valencia Basket into their conviction and managed to impose the collective game on great individualities. The whites were led by a Andrés Happy omnipresent. «He has been very inspired for the attack without a doubt, but we must recognize the defensive capacity he has. In each defense he does the maximum and knows how to use his body in the proper way, he is a very large player. He has bounced very well, has given three assists and has put 18 points that is something that of course makes him shine, but has shone on both sides of the court”Chus Mateo explained.
Despite the first blow, the Madrid coach keeps his feet on the floor to avoid excess confidence. «Trusting you with them is doing nonsenseit would be stupid on our part. We have a point of a tie that will surely be long and we have to go along the same line that we have had today to have enough patience to mature the game ». insisted.
In this regard, he said that «eL Real Madrid is a different club, And getting and making a good game the first day is very difficult. It is a private club, in which you have to go a little in the guts and idiosyncrasy in a club as demanding as this one. The percentages in which Valencia has moved today are not usual for them. And it is clear that you have to defend so that this happens and that they do not feel so comfortable, he added.
