Scariolo “Like a fairy tale”

Spanish basketball coach, Italian Sergio Scarioloafter his team’s victory, he admitted Lithuania in round 16 of european (102-94), said qualifying for the next round was “like a fairy tale” and didn’t want it to end now.

At a press conference, he said, “We’re in a place few people thought we could be, but we have merit. It’s like a fairy tale and we want to finish it.” I don’t want to. I’ll try to do everything possible to keep it going,” he said at a press conference after the match at Berlin.

Scariolo He urged his players to maintain “humility” with a view to Spain facing the quarter-final winner on Tuesday. Finland-Croatia.

But the Italian coach was proud of his players. In this sense, he recalled that the current team has nine students who “have never played Eurobasket.”

“They came from behind and found a way to stand firm and win in extra time,” he said.

Scariolo To describe the victory he called “incredible,” I speak of “faith.”

“We are here. In the quarter-finals we did it. We beat one of the favourites. We will try to get new opportunities. Why?” he said. added.

Similarly, national coaches Lorenzo Brownthe author of the key with 28 points in the offensive imbalance in extra time.

“His teammates followed him, encouraged him and, of course, were ready to convert his passes ‘history and tradition'”.