Whistles
for the leadership of the CABB headed by
Fabián Borro
and
applause
for the
players
despite the lament for having been left
out of a basketball World Cup for the first time in 41 years
.
The post-defeat against the Dominican Republic in Mar del Plata delivered scenes of
anger
,
sadness
and
despair
in the members of the
Argentine National Team
, without being able to explain how a 17-point advantage escaped them to cause the painful elimination.
The first to face the press was
Patricio Garino
.
The forward, in any case, could hardly provide statements in the mixed zone because he broke a couple of times, each time he tried to argue about the 75-79 score that appeared on the scoreboard at the Islas Malvinas sports center.
"So much sacrifice..."
, was what he managed to outline visibly distressed.
When he recovered, he offered his apologies to the people who filled the stands:
"The sacrifice that the whole team made to be here... so many kilometers... and miss this opportunity. It will mark us for the rest of our lives"
.
"Making an analysis now is very difficult. So many players who went through these windows, who did their job... not being able to finish it hurts a lot. The ring closed on us, they had enormous defensive aggressiveness and they also had the chance to gain confidence in attack"
, he completed, in statements to TyC Sports.
Facundo Campazzo and the face of the most painful defeat in 41 years for the Argentine basketball team.
The one who followed was
Facundo Campazzo
, charismatic and talented leader of the National Team, who was much more expressive about the moment he was experiencing.
"It's a shame..., sorry. It's a shit. We didn't play well, in the second half we dried up. We have to give credit to the Dominican Republic, who played a great game. They knew how to defend us well, we couldn't take advantage, we made a a very obvious game. But hey, now we have to be more united than ever and keep working. I'd rather be here with my brothers feeling this shitty feeling than be in another place", he stated
.
And he added:
"We have to keep going. It's a shit that we can't be in the World Cup, but the mentality now has to be thinking about what's coming, working and moving forward with this group. I say thank you to the people and Sorry from the whole team. We left everything
. "
Photo: VICENTE ROBLES / AFP.
There was also time for coach
Pablo Prigioni
, who took over a few months ago after the sudden departure of Néstor 'Che' García -who now leads the Dominican Republic and had his revenge- and won the Copa América title in Brazil, although suffered this hard blow.
"It's a very hard blow and it's going to hurt a lot to watch it on television," confessed Prigioni, who clarified that the elimination was not only because of what happened in Mar del Plata, but that there were 11 other games in which the main objective could not be achieved. .
"I think that for many moments we thought we had it under control and we were not able to calm down to maintain the difference or open the game. We fell short. Let's chew this bitter taste. It is a very hard blow. We could have finished the third quarter a little better. Many times we had the option of scoring easy baskets and keeping the difference
," he said.
look also
Argentina fell with the Dominican Republic of Che García and was left out of the Basketball World Cup
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