Chus Matthew attended the media after the second game of the final of the Endesa League between Real Madrid y Valencia Basket. The Madrid coach analyzed the meeting of his before a taronja team that planted battle and put things very difficult for whites. The technician does not want distractions and called for his team to forget the result, that they go 2-0 above in the final, and leave in the Fonteta as if they were 0-0.
In the first instance, Chus Matthew He made an assessment of the party: «It is the final of a competition. Valencia is a worthy finalist who is fighting like nobody for making things difficult. Today they have made an extraordinary party with a lot of success. They have played very well, as they usually do this season, playing a very good and physical basketball. Today we have not been able, like the first day, to stop their counterattack. They have had moments with success of Costello, who opens the field and gives us problems. That is something we know, that they know and it is a strong point for them. We have others and we have tried to exploit them. We have been able to endure without loss, knowing that they punish this section a lot. At the level of shots in the painting they have been better. We have been able to return to a complicated game, bounced, defending and scoring merit baskets. Very happy to win in front of our fans that never leaves us, always spur in bad times. I hope we can repeat it if there is a hypothetical fifth. This is not over yet and we know. We have to continue fighting. Now to forget how we are going and just think about the third game of the series ».
On the reaction capacity, he said: «We have realized where our mistakes came from. The game has been very close to falling from the other side. This is the final of one of the best leagues in Europe. We knew it was going to be difficult. But the parties are resolved when they are resolved. We have tightened our teeth at complicated moments, again near the end, which says of our physical preparation and our mentality »
Llull scored two points throughout the game, but it was the basket that forced the extension and Chus Mateo made clear what he feels towards a legend like Mahón's: «Sergio Llull is a born winner. His history in national basketball and Real Madrid supports him. Today was not his day. We tried to get into the game, but it could not. He is playing with thirty -years years old … This is a gift, to be able to live next to Llull this kind of thing. He gave us a Euroleague with an incredible shot, but it looks like our bread every day. When the team needed a voice, he is always willing to give it. I have a group that wants, I feel safe with them. Nice to have Lllull ».
Regarding the party of Usman Remixthe coach of Real Madrid He got rid of praise towards him: «I am very happy for him. He is an excellent boy. It's how you see him. The skin is left, it can go well or badly, but it gives everything. In the semi against Unicaja he gave us a lot, against Baskonia … He arrived injured, he spent three months out, we did not know how he was going to be and I am glad that he has arrived in this state in this form at this end of the season »
Finally, Chus Mateo surrendered to Andrés Happy and of I'm gazebut asks the team not to trust and leave the Fonteta as if it were the first game in the series: «I am very happy for him, he loves the costumes very much, he works a lot … but today the FACU has been exceptional. He has given 11 assists. I have extraordinary trees. The best base roster that can be had in the Endesa League, with Llull. I would not change them for anything. I will not distract myself with 2-0. The next day we have to go there as if it were 0-0, forget what these two games happened here ».
