Chus Mateo: “Defeat was bound to come at some point”

Chas Mateo coach of real madridregretted the loss his team suffered in the box. malaga unicaja And considering the team’s strong performance at the beginning of the season, 19 wins in 19 official matches“someday” it had to come.

“They played better than us and beat us, especially in the second half. “Obviously, maybe we dropped off a little bit physically in the second half,” or “we didn’t have the mental strength that we had in other eras. They were good, very strong,” he said. said.

“We have to learn. Defeat was bound to come someday.We have been working hard since the Super Cup and it was bound to happen someday. We continue to work day by day, doing exactly what we have in mind. I have to go back to work tomorrow and think about what’s next. This won’t stop. Achieved 19 consecutive wins“I was told that right away, and today I lost because I did worse than my opponent,” he added.

Matthew recognized that Maybe playing four games in one week had an effect.: “We came in conditions that we all know. We played against Bilbao, Valencia, Monaco… Unicaja came with energy, they are a physical team. They chased the basket. From the first moment they tried to run us, they were fast and physical and we had some guys succeed today who were particularly strong.”

Similarly, he said: This setback doesn’t affect the fact that they won by 21 points in the third quarter.: “It doesn’t hurt more, it hurts just as much. We play an ambitious, physical team. It doesn’t hurt more, this is a sport. Today we were worse than them. “We tried to win too.” They got better, so we don’t need to get hurt. ”

“It’s necessary to lose a game and feel hurt, but that’s our mentality, so we have to keep trying to improve every day. Every game has a story. Today we had the advantage, but , another time we’ll have a big advantage and we’re going to win. It’s a sport where you never know where it’s going to go,” he added.