Sharas blamed Barcelona players, Spain killed him: "Coach loss"

The Barça coach criticized after the loss to Real: "There is not enough professionalism and sacrifice", the Spanish media actually blamed him.

Lasso praises Yui

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20/05/2022

Friday, 20 May 2022, 07:58

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Real Madrid players celebrate qualifying for the Final Four (from Real Madrid's official Twitter account)

Great joy was recorded last night (Thursday) among Real Madrid players after the thrilling victory over Barcelona 83:86 that sent Pablo Lasso's team to the Euroleague final against Anadolu Efes.

The Blancos fell into a double-digit deficit, but managed to turn around during the third quarter.

Sharas' players managed to force a draw again, but Real did not give up and managed to scratch a first victory against the arch-rival after five consecutive losses in all competitions.

On the part of Barcelona, ​​the disappointment is huge after again not the Catalans, who finished at the top of the Euroleague table, failed on the way to achieving the most prestigious title in European basketball.

In addition, Barça became only the third team to lose an 11-point lead by at least half in the Factory Four Final Four.

Two teams that did it before it were Siena against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the semi-finals in 2008 (lost a 12-point advantage) and CSKA against Olympiacos in the 2012 final (lost a 14-point lead).

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Real Madrid coach Pablo Lasso said at the end: "The players played great. They followed the instructions very well. We trained ourselves excellently after the injury of Nigel Williams Goss already 20 seconds later. Everyone was ready and that is the most important thing they can do for their coach. "Even though we were behind, we continued to fight and believe."

On veteran Sergio Yui, who was especially great at Money Time: "He's the soul of the team. He's been here forever and it seems to me he'll stay here forever. He moved the ball, found the empty areas, kept good. It was a great performance by Sergio, but The other players also did a great job. "

Barcelona coach Ronas Jasikevicius: "We did not do anything according to our game plan. We led by 11 points at half-time and talked about Real missing a lot and we looked good, but we did not do the small things, which are so important in games like this. When Madrid started "To score, it was already too much. We allowed too many rebounds after their penalty offenses, we did not communicate well. It hurts. We did not pay attention to the small details."

Sharas got off the floor without shaking hands with Pablo Lasso, and at the press conference at the end pointed an accusing finger at his players.

"When we talk about this team, we always talk about Killing Instinct. In the last two years we have not been able to finish any series. We have not been able to finish games properly. We are not killers. I miss the days when the players showed more professionalism and sacrifice," he said.

On the other hand, the Spanish media criticized the coach.

"It was first and foremost Pablo Lasso's victory over Sharas," they claimed in El Largro.

"A coach like Zeljko Oberdovic would have made it harder for Lasso. When Sharas is on the lines, it's easier for Real."

In an commentary column in the "S" we noted that "Sharas is a great coach, but he continues to screw up in a critical area that really great coaches excel at - knowing how to read your players and get the best out of them at any given moment. "Sharas is constantly trying to push his players. There are those who respond to it well, but others do not like it, and thus contribute less to him. In the third quarter he tried to bring up bench players who would stop Real's run, and it just did not work."

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