This Sunday, the yellows receive Bàsquet Girona. Jaka Lakovic speaks before the match. “Girona is a structured, young and athletic team.”
«The team and the players are fine, recovering after a difficult trip, especially on the way back. In principle, with two training sessions left, the team is doing well. Girona has started the season worse than they expected, but they have taken breath with the last victory, in the last quarter. We must prepare and know the importance of the game. They play with three managers who are also good scorers. Susinskas is a born shooter. Last year it was the best percentage in the league; Nnaji, at number five, accompanies all those handlers very well. They have players who make the team dangerous and we must have good physical and mental preparation to face this match, something that is very important for us.”
«Yes, this above all. On Sunday, the first thing we are going to need is to be together with our fans, because we always love playing in the Arena. The importance of playing our house and protecting our house. We have to play well, with maximum intensity and effort, and with our fans we will be well prepared to win the game. “We want to go into this national team break with good feelings, which is very important.”
«I see it well. He has had ups and downs, like everyone, but I see him well. I think he is still getting used to his role, because his history is that, in each team, like Hamburg and Tofas Bursa, he was the franchise player. The only team in which he has been similar to this is Saint Petersburg. They were a team similar to this one, with twelve players who, at any moment, could take center stage. He is still narrowing down and understanding his role. He is committed to advancing that. He is showing it when his moments come, and those moments are increasingly constant.
«Especially because Girona is a structured, young and athletic team. They carry the defensive rebound very well and we must be aware of this. We always want to do well, because the offensive rebound gives you many chances to win the game. We have to be able to close the defensive rebound, because in the last two games we have done it very well. “We have to insist on it, not only to give second chances to the rival, but to run and play our game in transition.”
«It is an interesting question, but it is difficult to comment on anything without knowing much about the subject. “With the entry of a new league, things would change a lot in European basketball.”
