Chus Mateo’s words after Real Madrid’s defeat in Milan

Chus Mateo appeared at a press conference after real Madrid suffered a fifth defeat in five away Euroleague matches. The Whites lost to Armani Milan in a poor performance on the evening in memory of Sergio Rodriguez.

Press conference of Chusa Mateo after the defeat by Armani Milan:

“Congratulations to Milan on their victory. We couldn’t maintain the energy needed for this game. It wasn’t the best defensive game we could have played. They beat us one-on-one many times and we need to improve that situation. We probably didn’t have full energy and from the very beginning we saw that our legs weren’t moving as fast as the game. We wanted to try to come back and forced shots that we couldn’t score. We don’t play well with outside players. “The difference they made in the third quarter kept us from coming back.”

“We don’t play with clarity inside. They closed down when we had the ball and we lost the ball many times to Eddie at the bottom post. In any case, it was full of fouls. He is used to playing in a low post and perhaps would have played more clearly in attack, the attack would have been somewhat clearer. But today this is not a problem. The problem is that we didn’t defend well one on one. In my opinion, Nico Mannion and Dimitrijevic got into the paint very easily, and we weren’t able to consistently stop them in that one-on-one situation.

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