Real is Sarah’s best client in Barcelona

Even from the position of underdog, tough and almost unmistakable Barcelona took this classic and stopped the Real Madrid team, who had 21 wins in their last 22 games. And if you’re wondering who lost last time, you guessed it. He was one of the “Blaugranas”, in the European duel between the top two teams (10/12 in Barcelona, ​​​​93:80).

The Queen is developing into a better… client of Sarah Barça as she lost for the fifth consecutive time in a classic 8-3 in the Lithuanian coach’s season. Real are still ahead in the ACB table (16-2) but have three games more than Barça with a record of 12-3.

The Catalans, who weren’t in their best moment of the year (counting four defeats in their last five games), were desperate for victory to stay close to their eternal opponent but also to regain their lost confidence: ““Winning in psychology will help us” admitted Saronas Yassikevitsios, who looked at the stat sheet with admiration after circling the number 4. It was about his team’s mistakes, of course very few for such a derby: “It’s a scary idea. Almost a miracle…” Add.

In contrast, Pablo Lasso was ready to bang his head against the wall. Real made all the mistakes in the second half. 13 in total, 11 of which scored for Barcelona. Once again, the Madrilenians were betrayed by the “ace”. In the period when Laprovitola in particular, but also Kalathis, who had returned from his injury, gave Barça the right rhythm, all Real playmakers made a hole in the water.

Not so much in the first part, but in the second with the strange Tomas Hertel who suffered from Sergi Martinez’s defense and was the generative reason for Barça to lead by +12 points (56-68). It was the moment Lasso chose a team with Abalde, Rudy and Goss playing… more wood than Barcelona and with a 10-0 lead, Real came back into the game.

Rudy missed the three-pointer that would put Real back in front, Barça scored 10 straight points from just shots and found the crucial three-pointer from Nikola Mirotic’s hand when needed to ‘clear’ the game. Still affected by the coronavirus, ‘Miro’ aimed the shot that brought the difference to +8, 23” from the end, finally ending Real’s hopes of a comeback.

Real looked stronger in the first half, perhaps also thanks to the shine of Felipe Reyes, for whose sake the game was abandoned in the ninth minute (9 was the number) and the legendary captain reverently announced the final with his children at the stadiums: “I think my team has fulfilled all of Madrid’s dreams“However, the finale of the game was anything but dreamy for the hosts.

The excited lasso

Lasso, angry after the end of the game, shook hands with Yassikevitsios with various movements and voices related to pinball. The Real coach didn’t want to continue or attack the referees. At least in the first year: “I had more with my players and the way they handled the game. We lost our minds and couldn’t follow Real. ..”

Saras also did not want to continue the “episode” with the opposing coach. And he hasn’t dealt with refereeing, because as he said… he doesn’t (sic) interfere with referees: “I don’t want to deal with refereeing. I always fight for the good of the team and I do that often because I yell at the players a lot, the referees punish them with technical penalties!”

Real complains about a foul by Laprovitola on Hanga, which was not called by the referees, but who gave the fouls against the Madrilenians easier. Sergio Yul was even caught by TV cameras shouting “You are unfortunate”.

We remind you that Yul in the defeat at the Palau Blaugrana a month ago, he had shown the Barça fans the… middle finger of his hand.

However, Barcelona got the win they wanted as they had more brains and greater accuracy from distance (10/18 threes), but also key players like Kyle Kuric (4/5tr) and Sertak Sunley, who assisted in the second by scoring from medium distance (6/11d) even from the line of three (1/2).

“We showed our strength. We’ve had a lot of problems with injuries and Covid, but we’re slowly getting back to where we should be.” commented the Turkish center as the two sides prepare again for another classic in a few days as the Copa Den Rey (17-20 / 2 in Granada) looms. Barring anything dramatic, we’ll see them dueling again in the finale.

Real, slowly finding those they missed last year (Rudolph and Deck played on Sunday but not Tombkins, who was dropped from the league’s squad), will have to overcome the syndromes they now appear to be permanently confronted with , each time against Barça , which – with Saras on the bench – seems to create client dominance.